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http://ift.tt/2s0EQ8d The attack is the latest in a series of assaults on Western-backed forces as the Taliban step up their annual spring offensive and the insurgency expands more than 15 years after they were toppled from power in a US-led invasion. A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, officials said, in the first major insurgent attack at the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing, which provincial authorities said targeted Afghan security forces working with American troops in Khost province. The attack is the latest in a series of assaults on Western-backed forces as the Taliban step up their annual spring offensive and the insurgency expands more than 15 years after they were toppled from power in a US-led invasion. “A suicide car bomb in Khost province has killed 18 people and wounded six others, including two children,” said interior ministry spokesman N...

http://ift.tt/2r3TTjk Arsenal's French striker Olivier Giroud (2L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Arsenal's English midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (2R), Arsenal's Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez (R) and Arsenal's Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on November 19, 2016. Paul ELLIS / AFP Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain said winning Saturday’s FA Cup final would not banish the hurt of Arsenal missing out on the Champions League. The England midfielder, 23, is in contention for a place against champions Chelsea at Wembley in what could be manager Arsene Wenger’s last game in charge of the Gunners. Arsenal missed out on Champions League qualification for the first time in two decades and Oxlade-Chamberlain said: “The season has been an odd one. We finished on 75 points and in other years that might have left us in different ...