Pakistan
The government of Pakistan declares "open war" against the Taliban in Afghanistan, initiating the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War.
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Bibisara Assaubayeva
Bibisara Assaubayeva, Kazakhstani chess grandmaster
The first bombing of the World Trade Center occurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb exploded in the parking garage, killing...
"The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."
Arthur C. Clarke
2021 Zamfara school kidnapping
A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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Arthur C. Clarke
"The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."
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Pakistan
The government of Pakistan declares "open war" against the Taliban in Afghanistan, initiating the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War.
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2021 Zamfara school kidnapping
A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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Indian Air Force
Indian Air Force fighter-jets target Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot, Pakistan.
