A top activist of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Asmatullah Shaheen was killed along three others on Monday when anonymous armed assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Miranshah, North Waziristan.

According to sources, the incident of shooting occurred near Darga Mandi area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil early today morning.

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Acording to reports, dozens of Afghan national soldiers and Taliban militants were killed or injured following militants attack in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan.

The incident took place Ghaziabad district early Sunday morning, leaving at least 19 Afghan army soldiers dead, local officials said.

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Pakistan Air Force fighter jets bombed suspected terrorist hideouts in the tribal belt on the Afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, security officials said.

“At least 40 terrorists were killed in the precision strikes in the Mir Ali area,” one intelligence official told Reuters. “Six different locations were bombed.”

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About 17 Taliban militants were killed while 16 others detained in operations carried out by Afghan security forces within the last 24 hours, the country’s Interior Ministry said Monday morning.

“Afghan National Police, army and the National Directorate for Security (NDS) launched several anti-terrorism joint operations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Zabul, Wardak, Khost, Paktika and Helmand provinces, killing 17 armed Taliban members and detaining 16 others over the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

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Two frontline posts controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) that severed as protection for the group’s Laiza headquarters were seized by Burma government troops after heavy clashes on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Ja Ing Yang and Hka U, both posts held by KIA battalion 18 under the group’s 5th Brigade, were attacked and then captured by the Burma Army, according to KIA frontline officers who declined to be quoted by name.

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