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Top Taliban leader killed in a special military operation in north of Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Abu Sayyaf may behead hostages today	1 21:47 swksvolFF [11136]
Good morning	9 21:47 swksvolFF [11137]
30 hideouts, bunkers destroyed near Darra	0 [11128]
TTP claims responsibility for Singh’s murder	0 [11126]
Derna mujahideen accuse Hafter of targeting civilians	0 [11124]
PTI office holder arrested in connection with minority MPA's murder	1 08:49 Frank G [11128]
Blast kills 7 Yemeni soldiers	0 [11128]
10 al-Qaeda operators die in Soddy airstrikes	0 [11127]
al-Nusra troops hammer Hama with mortars	0 [11127]
Hundreds of Sunni Arabs joined ISIS ranks in Iraq’s Anbar	5 20:54 Pappy [11129]
17 ISIS Bad Guys have a Very Bad Day in Mosul	3 23:09 SteveS [11132]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 14 detained	0 [11128]
Anbar Antics: 22 die	0 [11126]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [11127]
Kurds, Iraqi militia battle it out in Salahuddin	0 [11130]
16 wounded as two rocket projectiles fired from Syria hit Turkey’s Kilis	0 [11130]
Kabul University lecturer loyal to ISIS terrorist group arrested	0 [11130]
Top Taliban leader killed in a special military operation in north of Afghanistan	1 20:37 Frank G [11140]
Clash among Afghan and Pakistan forces in Goshta district of Nangarhar	0 [11129]
Taliban shadow judge for Jawzjan province killed in special military raid	0 [11128]
Taliban militants suffer 19 dead in Jawzjan and Uruzgan clashes	0 [11127]
Boko Haram: Curfew still in force in Maiduguri	0 [11127]
Mounted Boko Haram gunmen attack village	0 [11130]
US, allies stage 28 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria	0 [11128]
Pakistan says 2 security personnel wounded in mortar fire from Afghanistan	1 20:48 Frank G [11131]
Yemen sides appoint ceasefire observers as army fights al Qaeda	0 [11128]
14 dead in regime, rebel attacks in Aleppo	0 [11129]
Multiple Suicide Blasts reported in Baidoa	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
IS Anti-Tunnel System Could Put End To Smugglers, Migrants From Mexico	12 19:28 Airandee [11135]
US asks Pakistan to take concrete action against Haqqanis	0 [11127]
Escalated Aleppo Fighting Leaves Few Roads to Refuge	0 [11130]
Kurds refuse any concessions to the Syrian government	1 07:51 AlanC [11131]
Nigeria: Sharia Council Scribe - Shiites Pose Greater Threat Than Boko Haram	0 [11127]
Dozens of Migrants Break through Macedonian Border	0 [11131]
Isis increasing co-operation with Boko Haram - the 'world's most horrific terrorist group'	0 [11128]
Kurdish forces to keep territory taken from Syrian govt forces under truce	1 03:08 newc [11127]
Creating ‘safe zones’ in Syria impractical - Obama	2 07:40 Procopius2k [11127]
Uganda picks Tanzania for oil pipeline, drops Kenya plan	1 09:57 Phairt Barnsmell9169 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Drop the T	6 22:01 swksvolFF [11134]
Charles Koch jumps shark, Compares Donald Trump To A Nazi	18 19:39 Airandee [11133]
The Clinton's used Goat Airways LLC ?	0 [11128]
Ohio 'Execution Style' Murders Linked to Marijuana Grow	6 20:54 Frank G [11131]
Turkey’s Crackdown on Critics of Erdogan Snares Dutch Journalist	0 [11127]
Today's Idiot	3 08:53 ptah [11129]
Except one, JUI-F, JI senators have no declared sources of income. Really.	0 [11130]
Death toll from Ecuador earthquake surpasses 650	0 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
The Brit explains The Donald (video)	2 22:51 swksvolFF [11130]
End of the Line for the 'Never-Trump' Brigade?	4 21:41 Iblis [11131]
PSEUDOSCIENCE: Matt Ridley	2 07:44 Bobby [11134]
Buchanan: 'Reality Is That Donald Trump Won and Everybody Knows It'	2 20:50 trailing wife [11130]
Defeating polio	0 [11126]
Boko Haram: The End Of A Conspiracy?	0 [11128]
How Peace Negotiator Martin Indyk Cashed A Big, Fat $14.8 Million Check From Qatar	6 20:57 Frank G [11129]
William McRaven: A warrior's career sacrificed for politics	12 23:12 newc [11133]
Guns on university campuses: The Colorado experience	7 18:09 Zenobia Floger6220 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Maine governor: Cruz campaign 'stabbed us in the back' at state convention	3 18:53 Ulereter Ulose6097 [11130]
New York: The mayor is going down! Yew betcha.	6 10:58 Pappy [11135]

	
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1	al-Shabaab
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