By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,