Six-year-old Afghan girl orphaned in ISIS attack

The ISIS attack in Jalalabad on Tuesday killed a young Afghan UN worker who lost her husband in a bombing three years ago, leaving their 6-year-old daughter an orphan.

The International Organisation for Migration confirmed the death of the woman, who was not identified, among at least 13 civilians killed in the raid.

"This young woman, who was 22, lost her husband in a bombing in Kabul three years ago. She leaves behind a 6-year old daughter, now an orphan," the IOM said.

The agency said it would not release further details, to protect the family's safety.

Another IOM employee was among at least 20 people injured when militants set off several explosions before storming the refugees and repatriations department in the capital of Nangarhar province.

"It is a loss for IOM, our partners and Afghanistan," said IOM director general William Swing. "Everyone in IOM is thinking of our colleagues working in difficult conditions across the country on behalf of the Afghan people in the aftermath of this senseless attack.”

The International Rescue Committee said it also lost an employee. He was identified as Fareedullah Noori, a water, sanitation and hygiene engineer who had worked for the IRC since 2010.

"As one of our lead responders to humanitarian needs in Nangarhar, Fareed was representing IRC at an emergency meeting at the time of the attack. He was killed doing the work of helping others, which he was so committed to," the NGO said.

Attacks by ISIS in recent years have added to the civilian death toll from the insurgency waged by the Afghan Taliban, which was toppled in a United States-led invasion in 2001.

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The UN last month said the number of Afghan civilians killed in the first half of this year was the highest since 2009.

Foreign civilians have also been targeted, with three employees of a catering firm kidnapped and killed in Kabul on Thursday.

Afghan officials said the victims were a Malaysian national, 64, an Indian, 39, and a Macedonian, 37. The three men worked as cooks for food and catering services company Sodexo at Kabul airport.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for their deaths.

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A fuel tax protest by French drivers appealed to wider anti-government sentiment
Unlike previous French demonstrations there was no trade union or organised movement involved
Demonstrators responded to online petitions and flooded squares to block traffic
At its height there were almost 300,000 on the streets in support
Named after the high visibility jackets that drivers must keep in cars
Clashes soon turned violent as thousands fought with police at cordons
An estimated two dozen people lost eyes and many others were admitted to hospital

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The flights
Whether you trek after mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda or the Congo, the most convenient international airport is in Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali. There are direct flights from Dubai a couple of days a week with RwandAir. Otherwise, an indirect route is available via Nairobi with Kenya Airways. Flydubai flies to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, via Entebbe in Uganda. Expect to pay from US$350 (Dh1,286) return, including taxes.
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Superb ape-watching tours that take in all three gorilla countries mentioned above are run by Natural World Safaris. In September, the company will be operating a unique Ugandan ape safari guided by well-known primatologist Ben Garrod.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, local operator Kivu Travel can organise pretty much any kind of safari throughout the Virunga National Park and elsewhere in eastern Congo.

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