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Horror roadside blast kills 11 members of one family in Afghanistan
Provincial authorities have blamed the Taliban for the atrocity.
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Provincial authorities have blamed the Taliban for the atrocity.
A court cut Alexander Blackman’s sentence to seven years after his murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter.
Families gathered outside the base to hear news of their loved ones at the base in northern Afghanistan.
Blackman was filmed murdering the injured fighter (and paraphrasing Shakespeare’s Hamlet) in footage captured by a camera on a soldier’s helmet.
Alexander Blackman was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a wounded Taliban soldier.
The pair appear pale and unshaven in the video.
The case of Alexander Blackman has divided public opinion in Britain.
The couple were kidnapped in 2012 during a backpacking trip. Their two sons were born in captivity.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Two men were also shot dead by German forces.
Dozens more were injured in the attack, one of the deadliest this year.
The country is being deprived of much-needed income by the thieves.
Dr Kathleen Thomas gave an emotional account of the Kunduz hospital bombing in Dublin this week.
The strike took place “in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area.”
The app, which was designed to show news and videos from the group, was only up shortly before it was taken down.
The Taliban said that the suicide blast that hit families in a park was targeting Christians.
Three people were wounded by the attack, which the Taliban claimed responsibility for.
The man crashed a motorcycle into the main gate of a government office.
More than 130 students were killed in their school by Taliban gunmen.
At least 50 people, mainly civilians, were killed in the attack.
Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri has been detained at the camp without charge.
The killing happened in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan.
The charity says Washington was fully appraised of the hospital’s location in advance of the strike.
Mullah Omar died in 2013 but the Taliban have recently released quotes in his name.
Public prosecutor Sayed Naeem had said they were all sentenced to life in prison – now he claims he was misquoted.
It’s the cash crop for the Taliban – and it’s about to get even scarier.
More than 100 people were wounded.
The Taliban had demanded the release of some of their colleagues in government custody.
“Friends uplift the soul.”
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There has been worldwide condemnation of the attack, that killed 141 people in total.
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has described it as an “outrage that beggars belief”.
A new report has detailed incidents across the world.
WARNING: This article contains a graphic image of those killed in the blast.
The shocking footage is included in a BBC documentary to be broadcast tonight.
NATO hasn’t yet released the nationalities of the victims.
Western powers were growing increasingly weary of military engagements in the Middle East – but this provocation will ensure a sustained, focused campaign to eliminate Isis.
It comes as new letters emerge, suggesting he was in a troubled state of mind before and during his deployment with the military.