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Added on the 19/04/2016 09:30:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Iraqi security forces cordon off the site of a rare suicide attack that hit a commercial street in central Baghdad. State television reported that there were "dead and wounded" without giving any figures. IMAGES
At least five people are killed when a suicide bomber on foot strikes near the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul in an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. IMAGES
The clear-up operation begins in Kabul after simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds killed 16 people on Wednesday. IMAGES
Israeli tanks seen on Al-Rashid road in the central Wadi Gaza area and gunfire heard, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. IMAGES
Men are seen sitting on the wall of the former US embassy and locals wave flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the name given to the country by its new rulers -- across the capital to celebrate the second anniversary of the Taliban government's takeover of the country. IMAGES