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Afghanistan: Officials Accuse the US Military of Killing Eight Policemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2016 | World

Local Afghan officials said that US forces killed eight Afghan policemen in raids that were meant to protect them from a rebel attack on a police post in the south of the country on Sunday. This incident in the troubled state of Uruzgan is the first of its kind since...

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Armenian police officers block the streets to Erebuni police station in Yerevan on July 17, 2016 (AFP Photo/Karen Minasyan)

Armenian Armed Group Holds Hostages at Yerevan Police Station

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2016 | World

Yerevan-An armed group stormed a police station in Yerevan and took seven hostages calling for the release of a political leader who was arrested two months ago for gun possession. The Armenian National Security Service denied any coup attempt. Earlier, an opposing...

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Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016.- Reuters

Two Women Stage Attack on Police Station in Istanbul Suburb

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Two women staged a gun and grenade attack at a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday, footage from the Dogan news agency showed. Television stations said there were no casualties. The footage showed one of the women hurling a...

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French police secure the area after a man was shot at a police station

Man with Knife Shot Dead at Paris Police Station

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 7, 2016 | World

Officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man wearing a fake explosive vest at a police station in northern Paris on Thursday, French officials said, a year to the day after an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo launched a bloody year in the French...