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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says drone strikes have killed up to 60 insurgents, many of them allied to the Islamic State group, in recent days. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, said Wednesday that the strikes took place in Nangarhar and neighboring Paktika provinces in …

ISLAMABAD – A local police official in northwestern Pakistan says the death toll from an army helicopter crash has risen to 12 and that rescuers have transported the bodies of all the victims to hospitals. Fida Khan said Friday that the helicopter suddenly went down a day earlier in the …

MOSCOW – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in eastern Ukraine says four of its armored cars were destroyed in an apparent arson attack. It was unclear who carried out the attack in Donetsk, the main rebel-held city. The white sport utility vehicles were parked outside the …