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At least 20 people, including civilians and prisoners, have been killed in fighting between security forces and gunmen who raided an Afghan jail in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Monday. Outside the prison compound, heavily armed Afghan security forces stand by in armoured vehicles mounted with machine guns. IMAGES.
Images show Pakistani forces on the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan, where Afghan forces are clashing with Taliban fighters in an operation to retake the key border crossing. The insurgents are tightening their grip in the north and battling for the stronghold of an infamous warlord. IMAGES on the Pakistani side of the border
Smoke pours in the sky above the capital of Badghis province in northern Afghanistan after a day of heavy fighting that saw the Taliban storm the city in their most brazen assault since the United States stepped up its troop withdrawal. IMAGES
Afghan authorities said government forces have recaptured the northern city of Kunduz on Thursday, three days after it fell into Taliban hands, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Taliban fighters attacked a jail in Ghazni, 120 km southwest of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul early Monday morning, freeing hundreds of prisoners, officials told Reuters.
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.