After setting the historical shrines of Logar province of Afghanistan on fire on Saturday February 21st, 2015, the ISIL militants also killed one civilian and replaced the Taliban’s white flag with their own black flag in the Charkh district. On the same day, the ISIL men entered locals’ houses, broke their televisions and warn people not to watching television anymore (Tolonews).

The ISIL affiliated group claimed the responsibility and asked Talibans militants in the Province to declare their allegiance to Al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant. On Tuesday February 24th, 2015, another 30 men, all from Hazara ethnic minorities, were kidnapped in Zabul province by a group of masked men but no one yet claimed responsibility for it.

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The U.S.-led international coalition’s warplanes bombed Thursday locations of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) in the vicinity of the town of Tel Temir (50 km west of Hasakah), in northeastern Syria.

Speaking to ARA News in Tel Temir, civil rights activist Omar Khalil said that the coalition’s warplanes targeted Thursday afternoon IS militants in the Assyrian villages of Aghibish, Hwaijah, Tel Fwaida, and Mount Abdulaziz, without verifying the losses in the radical group’s ranks.

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Ukraine’s military has announced that it will begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front lines of the conflict. The announcement came after defence officials reported that there had been no deaths in eastern Ukraine due to fighting in the past two days. It is the longest period without casualties since early January, when fighting again flared in eastern Ukraine.

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The rebel group of Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) announced that their forces were able to seize the Kahliat garrison which lies 5 kilometers west of South Kordofan capital town of Kadugli on Tuesday morning.

Areas in the proximity of Kadugli have witnessed an uptick in military operations between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and SPLM-N rebels since last December which saw some rockets landing inside the city center.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched an offensive against Hutu militants from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the east of the country without the support of UN troops, according to latest reports.

“Operations against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) began in South Kivu early this morning and will last as long as these people resist,” said an officer in the armed forces (FARDC) speaking anonymously to AFP. “We have taken steps to protect the population,” continued the officer.

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