A roadside bomb near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan killed three American service members on Monday, U.S. forces confirmed. The explosion occurred near Bagram Airfield, which serves as the major U.S. air facility in the country, the United States and the NATO Resolute Support mission said. Three other Americans and an Afghan contractor sustained injuries in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying its suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car near the base.
The Taliban launched an attack early Thursday on a government compound in the western Badghis province of Afghanistan, killing at least 20 security officials. Intense fighting continued into Thursday afternoon, said Jamshid Shahabhi, the provincial governor’s spokesman. The casualties include soldiers and policemen. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack. The insurgent group has persisted with almost daily attacks on Afghan security forces despite ongoing peace talks. U.S.
More than 130 people died in a weekend attack on an ethnic Peulh village in central Mali. It was the deadliest instance yet of recent ethnic and jihadi violence. Attackers wielding guns and machetes targeted the village of Ogossagou in the central Mopti region. The casualties included “pregnant women, young children, and the elderly,” said Abdoul Aziz Diallo, president of a Peulh Fulani group known as Tabital Pulaaku.
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