Xinhua world news summary at 1030 GMT, July 24
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir– Unidentified gunmen shot dead a civilian in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Saturday. The attack was carried out on Friday night at Larugam village of Tral in Pulwama district, about 45 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. KABUL– Thirty-three Taliban militants were…
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir — Unidentified gunmen shot dead a civilian in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Saturday.
The attack was carried out on Friday night at Larugam village of Tral in Pulwama district, about 45 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Police blamed militants for the killing. (India-Controled Kashmir-Gunmen Attack)
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KABUL — Thirty-three Taliban militants were killed and 17 others wounded in Afghan Air Force (AAF) airstrikes in two provinces on Friday, the country’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday.
In northern Jawzjan province, 19 militants were killed and 15 wounded after warplanes targeted militants’ hideouts in Murghab and Hassan Tabbin villages on the outskirts of provincial capital Shiberghan, the ministry said in a statement.
Fourteen Taliban, including two non-Afghan militants, lost their lives and two others wounded when the air force struck their position on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, capital of southern Helmand province, according to the statement. (Afghanistan-Airstrikes-Taliban)
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NEW DELHI — Eight people were killed after two cars collided head-on with each other in the southern Indian state of Telangana, police said Saturday.
The accident took place Friday late evening near the Chennaram gate in Nagarkurnool district, about 120 km south of Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana.
The victims include six passengers in the cars and two bystanders, a senior police officer posted at Nagarkurnool district said. (India-Telangana-Road Accident)
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LOS ANGELES — The Tamarack Fire, which has been burning for two weeks, grew to 58,417 acres (236.4 square km) by 8,000 acres (32.4 square km) on Friday morning with only 4 percent contained, prompting new evacuation orders for about 1,400 residents nearby.
Ignited by lightning strike on July 4 in California’s Alpine County, bordering the state of Nevada, the blaze exploded in size on Thursday after sparking a spot fire east of Highway 395, a main route running through the mountains, according to Inciweb, an interstate incident information system.
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