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Fighting on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces has flared up along the border, AFP reports. Several airstrikes have also been directed at targets in Afghanistan, including at the former US Bagram airbase north of Kabul.

The conflict between the two countries escalated last week after months of attacks from both sides. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif then declared "open war".

Pakistan claims to have bombed 46 locations in Afghanistan and killed over 400 Afghan soldiers. The Taliban government claims that over 80 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and 27 military posts have been taken, but the data is difficult to verify independently.

Russian invasion Voices on the Ukraine war
Stubb: US must understand that Ukraine is winning the war

The EU needs to convince the US that Ukraine is winning the war against Russia. This is what Finnish President Alexander Stubb says in SVT's Agenda. He says that the narrative in the US, that Ukraine is about to lose, is not true.

According to Stubb, the war is both a strategic and military failure for Vladimir Putin. In addition, the Russian economy is under severe pressure.

– Putin will not win the war. But he will not drive with peace either. That is our dilemma, says Stubb.

The bar shooting in Texas
Three dead in shooting in Texas – FBI suspects terrorist attack

Three people have been killed and 14 injured when a lone perpetrator opened fire on a bar in Austin, Texas, USA. This is reported by Fox News.

The perpetrator is said to have been shot dead by police. The motive is still unclear, but according to a statement from the FBI reported by AFP, it may be a terrorist attack. 

Texas shooter expressed sympathy for Iranian regime

Ndiaga Diagne, who is identified as the perpetrator in last night's shooting at a bar in Texas, wore a T-shirt with the text "Property of Allah" (God's property) and another T-shirt with an Iranian flag, a police source told the AP.

SITE Intelligence Group, a consulting firm that tracks Islamist and Nazi violence on the Internet, said according to AFP that the perpetrator expressed sympathy for Iran's Islamist regime.

Two people died and 14 were injured in the shooting. 53-year-old Diagne also died after police shot him. The incident is being investigated as a suspected terrorist crime.