JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Taliban shadowy chief for Pachiragam district and eight of his armed men were killed following a special operation in the eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said.
"Acting on tip-off the security forces launched special operations in Landi Pachir area of Pachiragam district early Monday killing nine rebels including Taliban shadow governor for Pachiragam district on the spot," Attaullah Khogiani the spokesman for provincial governor told reporters here. (Afghanistan-Attack)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's air force attacked and destroyed a Syrian anti-aircraft missile battery on Monday morning, after a missile from the battery was fired towards Israeli aircraft over Lebanon, a military statement said.
An Israeli military spokesperson said in the statement that the strike was launched at around 10:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) against a Syrian army's battery located 50 km east of Damascus. (Israel-Syria-Battery)
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LISBON -- The death toll has risen to 27 in the deadly forest fires in the north and center of Portugal and is expected to climb further, Patricia Gaspar of the National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) said on Monday, as Portugal continued to battle multiple forest fires.
ANPC spokeswoman Patricia Gaspar told media that among those killed in the ravaging forest fires, 16 were in Viseu, 10 in Coimbra and one in Castelo Branco. (Portugal-Hurricane)
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- Iraqi security forces on Monday fully recaptured the city of Kirkuk and took control of the government building after the Kurdish forces withdrew from the city, a local security source told Xinhua.
The Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), Iraqi army, federal police and the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi brigades swept the city of Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, and took control of provincial government building in central the city, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Kirkuk) Enditem
