SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir -- Three militants including a commander, a trooper and seven civilians were killed Saturday in fierce gunfight and subsequent clashes between the militants and government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The gunfight erupted at village Kharpora-Sirno in Pulwama district, about 35 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India Controlled Kashmir-Clash)

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MOGADISHU -- The United States military said it conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Saturday, killing eight al-Shabab terrorists.

The U.S. Africa Command said the no civilian was killed in the latest drone strike which was carried out in coordination with Somali government in the vicinity of Gandarshe, about 48 km southwest of Mogadishu. (Somalia-U.S.-Airstrike)

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KABUL -- At least 26 fighters from the Taliban, the Islamic State and government forces have been killed in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Saturday.

The government forces in the latest crackdown against anti-government insurgents air-bombed Taliban hideouts in Qala-e-Zal district of northern Kunduz province on Saturday, killing four insurgents on the spot and injuring two others, an army spokesman in northern region Ghulam Hazrat Karimi said. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Casualties)

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ADDIS ABABA -- Ethnic clashes near Moyale town in southern Ethiopia have left 21 people dead, said a state media report on Saturday.

Surewe Mohammed, Deputy Head of Communications Head Office of Somali regional state, said several days of ethnic clashes in Moyale town on the border with Kenya left 21 people dead and 61 others injured, reported state media outlet Ethiopia News Agency. (Ethiopia-Unrest) Enditem

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