Saturday

December 13, 2014

Armed conflicts and attacks

Taliban insurgency

Gunmen assassinate Atiqullah Rawoofi, the head of the Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, in the outskirts of Kabul. (AP)

Twenty-one people die in attacks across Afghanistan including two American soldiers. (AP via Washington Post)

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Iraqi officials claim that ISIL have shot down a military helicopter near Samarra, killing both pilots. (AP)

Arts and culture

Germany's most successful television show, Wetten, dass..?, ends after a 33-year-run. (AP)