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MUNICH - An Afghan national has admitted to purposefully driving into a crowd in the German city of Munich and the authorities have determined an Islamist motive for the crime, a prosecutor said ...

A 24-year-old Afghan man who drove a car into a crowd at a demonstration in Munich on Thursday, injuring 39 people, may have had Islamist extremist motives, authorities said Friday. The lead ...

A 24-year-old Afghan man who drove a car into a crowd at a demonstration in Munich on Thursday, injuring 39 people, may have had Islamist extremist motives, authorities said Friday. The lead ...

Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what ... whose CSU party is allied with the conservative CDU at the national level. The CDU/CSU alliance, which polls suggest is on track ...

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But on some street corners, glittering colossal wedding halls loom out of the gloom, a rare display of opulence in the Afghan capital ... most important event for girls and boys.

An Afghan national involved in terrorism inside Pakistan was killed during an operation by the security forces in general area Datta Khel of North Waziristan. The individual was later identified as ...

Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders ... whose CSU party is allied with the conservative CDU at the national level. The CDU/CSU alliance, which polls suggest is ...