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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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Protests in Pakistan against return of outlawed Pak Taliban militants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Residents of Swat and Lower Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan held protests against the return of outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, reported South Asia Media Research Institute (SAMRI).
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BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa meets MEA Joint Secy, requests to summon
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday met the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs JP Singh and requested him to summon the Pakistan High Commissioner with regard to the kidnapping of a Sikh woman teacher in Pak
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Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee to lead fight in Panjshir
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Taliban has appointed Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a special military commander for Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan and the Andarab district of Baghlan province.
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Crime rate rises in Afghanistan post Taliban takeover
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Amid the rising crime rates in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in the country, another incident has come to light as armed robbers killed an elderly cab driver recently in the capital of Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif after robbing his car.
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Flooding in Afghanistan's Logar leaves 20 dead, over 30 injured
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Logar [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): The devastating floods that hit Afghanistan's Khoshi district in the Logar province has left at least 20 people dead and over 30 others injured, with four individuals missing, media reports said citing provincial Governor Mawlawi Enayatullah Shoja sai
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Pakistan: Sit-in continues in Bajaur tribal district amid rising killing i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): A sit-in which was organized to call for maintaining law and order in the Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been continuing as the protestors demand the restoration of peace and security in the region.
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Sikh girl abducted, forcibly converted in Pakistan's KPK, massive protests
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Buner [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Sikh community in the Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan organised massive protests after a Sikh girl was forcibly abducted and converted to Islam on the evening of August 20.
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Lockdown in Chinese city continues to cause disruption in trade flows
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 21 (ANI): Amid concerns over the Chinese economy, Yiwu city in Zhejiang province is continued to cause disruptions to trade flows after thousands of e-commerce merchants reportedly suspended deliveries when the city went into a COVID-19 lockdown.
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Plan to change PoK status under consideration, says JUI-F chief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that a plan is under consideration to change the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and declare it as a separate province.
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Protest in Punjab province over flood situation in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Students in Pakistan's Punjab province protested against the Shahbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government over the flood situation in the country.
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Congo probes suspected Ebola case in North Kivu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brazzaville/Kinshasa [Congo], August 21 (ANI): Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease in the country's eastern province of North Kivu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
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