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Number of Wounded in Crocus City Hall Attack Rises to 360: The number of people wounded in Friday’s deadly concert hall attack has risen to 360 ...
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Number of Wounded in Crocus City Hall Attack Rises to 360
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On the streets of Moscow, there is shock and grief after a massacre in a concert hall killed 137 people. The Kremlin is refusing to comment on the Islamic ... Show more   #afp   #Moscow   #concerthall   #shooting
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When Rena Dourou, the former SYRIZA regional governor, remarked, “I had a stroke of bad luck on my watch,” following the deadly wildfire in eastern Attica in ... Show more
Incorrigible: When Rena Dourou, the former SYRIZA regional governor, remarked, “I had a stroke of bad luck on my watch,” following the deadly wildfire in eastern ...
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Incorrigible
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View from Pakistan: Bangladesh polls and the state of democracy in South Asia: A new Covid crisis, bombings in Iran, PTI election symbol loss and political ...
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View from Pakistan: Bangladesh polls and the state of democracy in South ...
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Disease increasingly rife in Gaza refugee camps, with diarrhea in under-5s on the rise
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Disease increasingly rife in Gaza refugee camps, with diarrhea in under-5s ...
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Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday: Sick leave due to Covid still rising in Austria, far-right state councillor recommends ice bath ...
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Today in Austria: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
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Two years after the Taliban’s reconquest, rates of poverty and malnutrition have skyrocketed among the country’s young. Show more
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In Afghanistan, the Situation for Children is Grim – and Getting Grimmer: Two years after the Taliban’s reconquest, rates of poverty and malnutrition have ...
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In Afghanistan, the Situation for Children is Grim – and Getting Grimmer
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A life of shock and veil: Two years ago, the Afghan capital Kabul fell to the Taliban. Since then, the country has become hell on earth, especially for women ...
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A life of shock and veil
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Hampshire Afghan war veteran's fury as thieves raid his business: More than £100,000 worth of bikes were stolen from a bike store owned by a former Royal Marine ...
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Hampshire Afghan war veteran's fury as thieves raid his business
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Gujarat ATS arrests 5: Family of woman held for ‘ISKP link’ in shock: Sumerabanu Malek, who had been arrested by the Gujarat ATS.
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Gujarat ATS arrests 5: Family of woman held for ‘ISKP link’ in shock
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Imran Khan bailed, Afghan children face malnutrition, Sri Lanka electrifies tuk tuks & more

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Quick Glance: Pakistan's Supreme Court Orders Release of Former PM Imran Khan After His Arrest Sparks Violence
  • Former Prime Minister Imran Khan is ordered to be released by Pakistan's Supreme Court after his arrest led to violent clashes between protesters and police

  • Over 2,000 of Khan's supporters were arrested in government crackdowns following his arrest

  • Khan, who was previously removed from office due to a no-confidence vote, faces multiple corruption charges in Pakistani courts

  • New terrorism charges were filed against Khan and his party leaders for allegedly inciting violence
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A paranoid president, US abandonment— new report on why Afghan forces collapsed after American withdrawal
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A paranoid president, US abandonment— new report on why Afghan forces ...
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Pakistan Taliban re-emerges as potential threat amid economic crisis: Police in Pakistan’s Northwest region bordering Afghanistan are seeing standing in defence ...
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Pakistan Taliban re-emerges as potential threat amid economic crisis
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‘Is it a sin to learn?’ Afghan women grapple with Taliban edicts.: Many young women had expected to contribute to Afghan society as trained professionals ...
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‘Is it a sin to learn?’ Afghan women grapple with Taliban edicts.
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Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis: Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the ...
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Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis
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UN Food Agency: Afghan Malnutrition Rates at Record High: “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout the year,” said a World Food Program spokesperson ...
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UN Food Agency: Afghan Malnutrition Rates at Record High
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Inside South Asia: Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition: The story of Afghanistan: The UN Food Agency says malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs ...
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Inside South Asia: Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition: The story of Afghanistan
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Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement: The country's Taliban rulers a day earlier ordered women nationwide to stop attending ...
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Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement
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Winter temperatures in Afghanistan plunge to deadly low: Afghanistan's coldest winter in more than a decade has killed at least 162 people in about two weeks ...
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Winter temperatures in Afghanistan plunge to deadly low
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Taliban bar women from working at NGOs: The order is the new government's latest attempt to restrict women's rights and freedoms in the country.
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Taliban bar women from working at NGOs
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Government announces inquiry into allegations SAS killed Afghan civilians: The government will expand a planned inquiry to include murder allegations against ...
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Government announces inquiry into allegations SAS killed Afghan civilians
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Gravitas: Who helped Taliban repair the abandoned American aircraft?: Taliban says it has repaired over 70 destroyed planes and helicopters. These aircraft were ...
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Gravitas: Who helped Taliban repair the abandoned American aircraft?
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"The deteriorating economy has caused sharp declines in income, rising debt, & high unemployment. Due to a severe increase in commodity prices ... Show more   https://www.livemint.com/news/world/around-20-mn-people-in-afghanistan-to-face-acute-hunger-by-this-march-report-11672361313551.html

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Al Qaeda urges Muslims to shun World Cup, stops short of threats: Al Qaeda's regional branch urged Muslims around the world to shun the soccer World Cup in Qatar ...
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Al Qaeda urges Muslims to shun World Cup, stops short of threats
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Taliban bars Afghan women from public parks, funfairs in Kabul: The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs ...
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Taliban bars Afghan women from public parks, funfairs in Kabul
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The Case for Keeping U.S. Troops in Syria: America’s military presence in Syria helps to keep regional powers in-check, writes James Jeffrey for Foreign Affairs.
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The Case for Keeping U.S. Troops in Syria
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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei calls for unity after shrine attack: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iranians on Thursday to unite after an attack ...
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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei calls for unity after shrine attack
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President Biden’s shameful Saudi appeasement: President Joe Biden has had his share of bad moments, from the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan to his ...
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President Biden’s shameful Saudi appeasement
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Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan: Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of ...
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Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan
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Former Afghan President Karzai tweets his support of protesting female students: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to ...
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Former Afghan President Karzai tweets his support of protesting female ...
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UN expert describes ‘staggering repression’ of women and girls in Afghanistan: UN mission accused Taliban authorities of harassing UN Afghan female employees
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UN expert describes ‘staggering repression’ of women and girls in ...
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Some girls' high schools in eastern Afghanistan open - local officials: Authorities in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia said girls' high schools had ...
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Some girls' high schools in eastern Afghanistan open - local officials
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Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader: The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations ...
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Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader
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New Mexico man accused of planning Islamic State training center: A New Mexico man was charged with attempting to set up a training center for people wishing to ...
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New Mexico man accused of planning Islamic State training center
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Afghan women open library amid Taliban rule to help gain education: With many women forced out of work and girls unable to attend school under the Taliban ...
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Afghan women open library amid Taliban rule to help gain education
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MSF Wants Northwest Nigeria Part of UN's Humanitarian Plan: Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices ...
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MSF Wants Northwest Nigeria Part of UN's Humanitarian Plan
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Millions of Afghans Facing Catastrophic Hunger : UN warns more than 6.6 million Afghans on brink of famine as winter looms
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Millions of Afghans Facing Catastrophic Hunger
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Women working inside an Afghan chemical lab face uncertain future: At a fertiliser plant in Afghanistan’s north, women work to support their families amid ...
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Women working inside an Afghan chemical lab face uncertain future
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‘It's Jason Bourne Shit’: How the US Killed the Leader of Al Qaeda: The strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul was partly the work of a military unit ...
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‘It's Jason Bourne Shit’: How the US Killed the Leader of Al Qaeda
Quick Glance: US drone strike kills Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
  • President Joe Biden announced Monday that a US drone strike killed Al Qaeda commander Ayman al-Zawahiri in an Afghan capital bunker, adding that "justice had been delivered" to the relatives of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

  • Biden said in a solemn televised message that he gave the final approval for the high-precision assault that successfully struck Zawahiri in Afghanistan's capital over the weekend.

  • "What we know is that the senior Haqqani Taliban were aware of his presence in Kabul," the Biden official added.

  • Some militants questioned the legitimacy of the story that he had been slain, while others believed Zawahiri had attained his desire for "martyrdom."
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Military veteran living with chronic pain for a decade says he had to learn to 'push through'
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Military veteran living with chronic pain for a decade says he had to ...
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Children’s malnutrition has always been a problem in Afghanistan, but according to UNICEF Afghanistan the situation has deteriorated over the past year under ... Show more
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John Oliver Exposes Tragic Consequences Of America's Most 'Mind-Blowing F**k-Up': The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" said it'll "take years to fully ...
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John Oliver Exposes Tragic Consequences Of America's Most 'Mind-Blowing ...
Quick Glance: From schoolgirl to ex-journalist to government official: a year after Western forces departed, here is how people live under the Tabliban dictatorship.
  • On August 16, 2021, US soldiers defend a barricade at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan.

  • The date of August 15, 2021, is significant not only because it marks the end of Western military involvement in Afghanistan and the fall of Ashraf Ghani's government (editor's note.

  • Today, he has no employment in construction: "With the Taliban's rule, not only work, but also life has ceased," he stated.

  • I chatted with Shaima (name changed), a girl who was in tenth grade at a Kabul school before the Taliban invaded.
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This week on #SouthAsiaDiary with Mariam Wardak

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The Mysterious Collective Ailments Affecting Afghan Women and Girls: The women have attributed these events as poisonings, usually attributed to attacks by the ...
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The Mysterious Collective Ailments Affecting Afghan Women and Girls
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SAS unit repeatedly killed Afghan detainees, BBC finds: Internal emails seen by the BBC show top special forces officers were aware of concerns over killings.
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SAS unit repeatedly killed Afghan detainees, BBC finds
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BBC probe suggests Afghanistan war crimes by UK special forces: At least 54 Afghans were killed by British special forces in suspicious circumstances during the ...
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BBC probe suggests Afghanistan war crimes by UK special forces
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When the Taliban blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001, it sent shock waves around the world. But they were far from the first to deliberately destroy ... Show more   https://p.dw.com/p/4FSZw

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This weekend on #SouthAsiaDiary with Mariam Wardak

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UK special forces killed Afghan detainees in suspicious circumstances, probe finds
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UK special forces killed Afghan detainees in suspicious circumstances ...
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SAS ‘death squad’ accused of killing Afghan detainees: Evidence suggesting SAS troops murdered detainees and unarmed people in cold blood on operations in ...
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SAS ‘death squad’ accused of killing Afghan detainees
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Former military chief calls for ‘thorough investigation’ of SAS Afghanistan killing claims
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Former military chief calls for ‘thorough investigation’ of SAS ...
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SAS operatives unlawfully killed detainees, unarmed men in Afghanistan - report: Witnesses said SAS units competed with each other for the highest body count
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SAS operatives unlawfully killed detainees, unarmed men in Afghanistan - ...
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Taliban supreme leader warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan: The Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has once again warned ...
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Taliban supreme leader warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan
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Nearly 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of 5 years estimated to suffer from malnutrition as economic prospects remain grim for Afghanistan ... Show more   wionews.com/videos

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Taliban to Convene All-Male Meeting of Clerics, Elders for Afghan Unity Debate: Men-only session seen as attempt to promote domestic legitimacy for ruling group ...
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Taliban to Convene All-Male Meeting of Clerics, Elders for Afghan Unity ...
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British SAS Soldiers Killed Detainees and Unarmed Men in Afghanistan, BBC Investigation Reveals
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British SAS Soldiers Killed Detainees and Unarmed Men in Afghanistan ...
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Death toll from Afghanistan's earthquake rises to 1,150 people: The country of 38 million people was already in the midst of a spiralling economic crisis ...
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Death toll from Afghanistan's earthquake rises to 1,150 people