Daesh claims responsibility for attack on media workers in eastern Afghanistan

Relatives carry the body of a woman who was killed by Daesh gunmen in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan on March 2, 2021. (AP)
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Updated 03 March 2021
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Daesh claims responsibility for attack on media workers in eastern Afghanistan

  • Daesh fighters targeted three female employees of a television station

Daesh claimed responsibility for an attack that killed three female media workers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening.
The militant group, which has a presence in Afghanistan, said its fighters had targeted the three female employees of a television station in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according to SITE Intelligence group.
Three women who worked for Enikas TV aged between 18 and 20 had died and a fourth was critically injured after being shot on their way home from work, Afghan officials had said.


Trump to say will ‘confront threats to America’, as Iran tensions rise: excerpts

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Trump to say will ‘confront threats to America’, as Iran tensions rise: excerpts

  • “As president, I will make peace wherever I can — but I will never hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we must”

WASHINGTON, United States: President Donald Trump will tell Congress Tuesday he will “confront threats” to the nation, according to excerpts from his State of the Union speech, as the United States expands its military presence near Iran.
“As president, I will make peace wherever I can — but I will never hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we must,” Trump will say in his first State of the Union address since he began his second presidential term 13 months ago.