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Suicide Bomber Targets Nato Convoy In Kabul

A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul, officials say.

The victims were all civilians, a government spokesman said. About 25 other people were injured, including three US service members. The attack on the group of military vehicles happened next to the US embassy during the morning rush hour.

So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack. The group has been in Afghanistan since 2015 and has claimed several attacks in the country recently.

Two of the vehicles were badly damaged, along with several other passing cars, AFP reports. Windows were shattered up to several hundred metres away from the scene.

The armoured personnel carriers, which are designed to resist large blasts, were able to return to a coalition base, the Nato-led Resolute Support mission said on Twitter. The wounded were in a stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, and were being treated at coalition medical facilities, it added.

The attack comes three weeks after the US dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb, known as «the mother of all bombs», on a tunnel complex used by IS in Afghanistan, reportedly killing many militants.

Meanwhile, the US is discussing whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, where militant groups have carried out numerous attacks recently.

Suspicious Public Tip Off Police Over 3000 Times In The Last Two Months

Police received over 3,000 tip-offs by the public about possible terrorist activity in the last two months.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said a significant number of calls had been made after the Westminster attack. It said that despite most of the information being false alarms, some of the calls had resulted in further action that might have been missed.

A spokeswoman for the council said the increased public response «had been really heartening».

Speaking at a conference in London, the NPCC’s lead for protective security said authorities had also received 300 referrals about extremist material online. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lucy D’Orsi said: «The increased response from the general public and from professionals whose job it is to keep people safe within crowded places, has been really heartening. «But, as we have seen very recently here in London, we can not afford to stand still. «We need to exploit every possible way of keeping people safe and do all we can to keep everyone vigilant.»

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Student Found Guilty Of Leaving Bomb On Tube Train

A student has been found guilty of building a bomb and leaving it on a London Tube train.

Damon Smith built the device in the home he shared with his mother before packing it into a rucksack and leaving it on a Jubilee line train in October.

The 20-year-old had admitted perpetrating a bomb hoax but claimed he had only intended it to give off smoke and scare people. But it contained ball-bearing shrapnel for «maximum damage», jurors heard.

Had it worked, it would have exploded just as commuters were being ordered off the platform at North Greenwich station.

The Old Bailey was told Smith had an autistic spectrum disorder and a keen interest in guns, bombs and other weapons, which may have been a function of the condition. His lawyer told the trial he was no «hate-filled jihadi» and never meant to harm anyone. But the jury convicted him of making or possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life after two hours of deliberations.

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Three Egyptian Police Officers Killed By Militants

Suspected militants have killed three police officers and wounded five others in an attack in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the interior ministry says.

The assailants, riding in two vehicles, opened fire on a security convoy on the main ring road in the Nasr City area. No group has yet said it was behind the attack, which occurred on Monday night.

However, jihadist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

Last month, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi declared a state of emergency after at least 45 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks on two Coptic Christian churches in Tanta and Alexandria. So-called Islamic State said a local affiliate had carried out the bombings.

Hours before Monday’s attack, the UN high commissioner for human rights questioned the measures being taken by Egypt’s government to combat jihadism.

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Dozens Of Civilians Killed By IS In Syria

More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants near Syria’s north-eastern border with Iraq.

They targeted a makeshift camp for displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees at Rajm al-Salibi, near the town of Shaddadi in Hassakeh province.

The militants also also clashed with members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stationed at a nearby checkpoint.

The US-backed alliance is spearheading the battle against IS in eastern Syria. Its Kurdish and Arab fighters are close to taking control of the strategically important Euphrates River Valley town of Tabqa and will soon launch an offensive to retake the de facto IS capital of Raqqa.

At least five IS suicide bombers blew themselves up outside and inside the camp at Rajm al-Salibi, south-east of the town of Shaddadi, at dawn on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory, a UK-based monitoring group, reports.

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