Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Afghanistan and US look to Taliban for help as Isis attacks rise

Islamic State’s lethal escalation coincides with renewed efforts to end 17-year Afghan war

The suicide bombing and hostage-taking at a government building in Jalalabad is the latest in a series of attacks, attributed to Islamic State terrorists, that have killed or wounded hundreds of people in eastern Afghanistan since mid-June.

Related: Afghanistan: gunmen kill and wound staff at midwife training centre

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