The Afghan Taliban claimed killing two American soldiers and wounding a third in attack in neighboring Helmand and Uruzgan provinces.

The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed killing three Nigerian soldiers in a raid on their base in Kareto, a town in Nigeria's Borno State.

Responding to the growth in Hazara militias, and the Afghan government authorizing such a group in Bamiyan province, the Afghan Taliban assured that its fighters do not target individuals based on their sect or ethnicity.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) reported its first attack in nearly two months, bombing Houthis in Yemen's al-Bayda' governorate.

Commenting positively on the Moscow conference in which a delegation from its Political Office participated, the Afghan Taliban called it a "positive step towards resolution".

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), the Mali-based branch of al-Qaeda (AQ), claimed a suicide bombing on a headquarters of foreign forces, including Britons, Canadians, and Germans, in Gao.

The Islamic State's Yemen Province (ISYP) claimed killing 10 al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters in a near-10 hour clash in the country's al-Bayda' governorate.

The Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed inflicting 55 casualties among Shi'ites and Afghan security forces in a suicide bombing in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

A media unit for the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement gave details of the attack at the Sahafi Hotel in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, and claimed casualty figures of 30 killed and 120 wounded.