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Death toll from Afghanistan’s heavy rain, flash flood rises to 300
May 12, 2024
Death toll from Afghanistan’s heavy rain, flash flood rises to 300
Heavy monsoon rains have ravaged northern and northwestern Afghanistan, with the UN Food Program reporting at least 300 confirmed fatalities, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The flash floods have destroyed over 1,000 homes in the Baghlan province alone, according to the…
5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Azerbaijan’s coastal city
May 12, 2024
5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Azerbaijan’s coastal city
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale on Saturday shook a city on the Azerbaijani Caspian coast. According to the Azerbaijani Seismological Service Center, the earthquake’s epicenter was in the mountainous Lankarnan province, about 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) northwest…
Iraqi Government Calls on 60 Countries to Repatriate Their ISIS-Member Citizens
May 11, 2024
Iraqi Government Calls on 60 Countries to Repatriate Their ISIS-Member Citizens
The government of Iraq has asked all sixty countries whose citizens are living in the camp of the families of the radical Sunni group of ISIS to repatriate them as soon as possible. This camp, which lies in northern Syria,…
Kuwaiti Court Hands Down 10th Grader 5-Year Imprisonment for ISIS bomb plot on Husseiniya
May 11, 2024
Kuwaiti Court Hands Down 10th Grader 5-Year Imprisonment for ISIS bomb plot on Husseiniya
The Juvenile Court in Kuwait handed down a five-year prison sentence to a tenth-grade student for his involvement with Daesh and his attempt to bomb a Husseiniya in the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate, Middle East Monitor reported yesterday. According to the…
Escalating Violence Disrupts Life in Pakistan’s Tribal Regions
May 11, 2024
Escalating Violence Disrupts Life in Pakistan’s Tribal Regions
Residents of Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border are facing increasing disruption to their daily lives due to ongoing military operations and clashes between security forces and militants, VOA reported yesterday in an article citing local sources. The Center…
Flash Floods Claim 50 Lives in Afghanistan
May 11, 2024
Flash Floods Claim 50 Lives in Afghanistan
At least 50 people lost their lives after flash floods hit several parts of Afghanistan on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The floods hit at least two provinces in the north and northeastern parts of the country, causing heavy damage,…
Taliban Ban on Afghanistan International Media Condemned as Violation of Free Press
May 10, 2024
Taliban Ban on Afghanistan International Media Condemned as Violation of Free Press
The Afghanistan Journalists Center has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban work and cooperation with Afghanistan International Radio and Television, calling it a violation of the country’s media laws, Khaama Press reported today. In a statement issued on Thursday, the…
Pakistan Army Chief Warns of “Digital Terrorism”, Implicates Khan’s Party
May 10, 2024
Pakistan Army Chief Warns of “Digital Terrorism”, Implicates Khan’s Party
Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, has accused “inimical forces” of unleashing “digital terrorism” and attempting to sow division between the military and the public through “lies, fake news and propaganda,” Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. In a speech to army…
Bomb blast kills 3 Taliban security personnel in northern Badakhshan
May 9, 2024
Bomb blast kills 3 Taliban security personnel in northern Badakhshan
A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others. Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a “sticky improvised explosive device”…
Security Forces Eliminate Six Terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Operations
May 9, 2024
Security Forces Eliminate Six Terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Operations
In two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, security forces have eliminated a total of six terrorists, Dawn online newspapaer reported yesterday. In Dera Ismail Khan district, five terrorists were “successfully neutralised” during an operation. In North Waziristan, another terrorist…