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Helmand, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).- The Afghan Army Friday claimed to have killed 94 militants, including a Taliban regional commander, in the besieged Lashkargah city of southern Afghanistan.The army unit, which is leading the battle against the Taliban in Helmand, tweeted that Taliban commander Mawlawi Mubarak was among 94 terrorists shot down by the Afghan forces in the capital of southern Helmand province.The military said the militants killed in the past 24 hours included Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. (Camera: WATAN YAR).B-ROLL OF HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN.
At least 13 people are dead after militants opened fire on vehicles travelling along the Kabul-Ghazni highway in Wardak province's Sayad Abad district in Afghanistan at around midnight Tuesday.
Images of the house which was targeted by an overnight Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The Israeli army said they hit the emerging "Lion's Den" armed group, with Prime Minister Yair Lapid adding that one of its leaders Wadih Al Houh had been among those killed. IMAGES
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimates -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic -- including lives lost to its knock-on effects -- finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis. SOUNDBITE
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