At least 57 Afghan policemen were killed and another 37 wounded during two days of clashes in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, said officials on Monday.

The 505 Bost zone police commander in Helmand, Maj. Gen. Asmatullah Dawlatzai told media that the clashes that erupted between security forces and Taliban rebels two days ago were still underway in Greshk and Nad Ali districts of the province.

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The Philippines military says 22 members of a Daesh-linked group have been killed in a series of clashes with government troops in the predominantly Muslim south in the past three days.

Military spokesman Maj Filemon Tan Jr. said in a statement Saturday that the deaths occurred after the “beheading of two civilians in the area” of Lanao del Sur.

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The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday confirmed that its former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike last week and appointed a successor.

In a statement sent to media, the insurgent group said its new leader is Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, one of two Mansour’s deputies.

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Six 29 Assam Rifles personnel were killed in an ambush laid by militants in Manipur’s Chandel district near the Indo-Myanmar border.

The convey was attacked by heavily armed militants around 1 PM in Joupi Hengshi area.

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Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a US drone strike, a senior commander with the militant group has said.

Mullah Abdul Rauf told The Associated Press on Sunday that Mansour died in the strike late Friday night.

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