Taliban suicide bombing kills 2 soldiers in Afghanistan

Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Kunduz province on Monday. (Reuters)
Updated 27 May 2018
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Taliban suicide bombing kills 2 soldiers in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says a suicide car bomb attack by the Taliban has killed at least two Afghan soldiers.
Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, says four other soldiers were wounded in Sunday’s attack in the Nad Ali district. He says the large explosion could be heard from far away, and that the toll could rise.
The Taliban, who control several districts in Helmand, claimed the attack.


UK, allies convinced Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned

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UK, allies convinced Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned

  • That was the conclusion of the five ⁠governments based on analyzes ‌of ‌samples from Alexei Navalny – statement

LONDON: Britain and allies France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are convinced that late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal ‌toxin in a ‌penal colony ‌two ⁠years ago, they ⁠said in a joint statement on Saturday.

That was the conclusion of the five ⁠governments based on analyzes ‌of ‌samples from Navalny, ‌according to the ‌statement issued in London.

It added that the analyzes had conclusively ‌confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin ⁠found ⁠in poison dart frogs in South America and not found naturally in Russia. The Russian government has denied any responsibility for Navalny’s death.