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Afghan forces asked for US air support while fighting the Taliban in Kunduz shortly before an air strike resulted in the deaths of civilians there, the American commander of global forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.

Video footage showing a body, which was later claimed to be Birlik, the brother-in-law of HDP Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik, being dragged behind a police vehicle emerged last week.

On Tuesday Israel demolished homes of two Palestinian militants who carried out deadly attacks in Jerusalem a year ago.

Afghanistan continues to face insecurity 14 years after the United States and its allies invaded the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

The Israeli has a clear obligation under global law to protect the Palestinian civilian population, including from Israeli citizens.

The army also said 17 Boko Haram fighters died in the fighting following the pre-dawn strike.

A deadly terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City leaves two Israelis dead.

Afghan security forces have retreated to the outlying airport, leaving the Taliban effectively in control of Kunduz after they stormed the city on Monday, capturing government buildings and freeing hundreds of prisoners.

Check out the clip above, via Al Mayadeen.

Benet’s wife and two-year-old child were injured.

In this context, Nidal al-Bizri, the president of the Nablus Businessmen Forum, told Al-Monitor, “The Palestinian participation in the opening of such a hall amid the continuous Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque looks like a hard decision for Palestinian businessmen”.

Violence intensified in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Sunday after Israelis were targeted in two stabbing attacks and a Palestinian was killed in a clash with Israeli troops, officials said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow had called for fresh contacts with the U.S. over avoiding clashes with the Washington-led coalition fighting IS in Syria.

No group has said it carried out the attacks yet but suspicion has fallen on Boko Haram Islamists.

MSF says it a U.S. airstrike was to blame for the bombing that killed 22 people, which Afghan officials now claim was in retaliation for fire from Taliban fighters hiding in the hospital. The airstrike was directed at insurgents who were firing on US soldiers assisting Afghan...