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Afghan security forces captured a Taliban local commander in Wardak province with Maidan Shahr as its capital 35 km west of Kabul on Wednesday.
Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombs in Baghdad has killed 23 people and wounded dozens.
A bloody crackdown cannot solve the fundamental conflict in Egypt, and both sides need to show restraint to end the intense situation, Chinese and African experts said on Wednesday. Over 200 dead
Blood flows at Egyptian protests
US condemns use of violence against protesters
Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of thousands of supporters of the deposed Islamist president on Wednesday, shooting almost 200 of them dead in the bloodiest day in decades.
Blood flows at Egyptian protests
US condemns use of violence against protesters
With tensions high and expectations low, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators kicked off their first substantive round of peace talks in nearly five years.
At least 235 people were killed and over 2,000 injured in clashes across Egypt after the police started at dawn to disperse supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi
The United States on Wednesday strongly denounced a violent crackdown on protesters in Egypt, where at least 149 people have been killed when the police were trying to disperse two major sit-ins in the capital of Cairo.
At least eight top leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were allegedly arrested at Rabaa Al Adawiya square in Cairo's Nasr City during an operation by the police to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt declared a monthlong state of emergency on Wednesday after security forces swept in to clear two sit-in camps of supporters of Morsi.
US condemns use of violence against in Egypt
Egypt's Brotherhood top leaders arrested: TV
At least 95 people were killed and 874 injured across Egypt on Wednesday, as the police staged a dispersal operation against supporters of ousted president.
US condemns use of violence against in Egypt
Egypt's Brotherhood top leaders arrested: TV
A television cameraman working for Britain's Sky News was shot and killed in Cairo on Wednesday as violence flared in Egypt, Sky News said.
At least 15 people were killed and 203 others were injured in clash between supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the security forces during a crackdown.
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