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14 Canadian Embassy Guards Of Nepal National Killed By Taliban In Kabul

April 14, 2023 7:12 am7 comments
14 Canadian Embassy Guards Of Nepal National Killed By Taliban In Kabul

At least fourteen security guards of Nepal national have been killed in Afghanistan capital Kabul by a Taliban suicide bomber. According to Interior Ministry, the guards were boarded on minibus while on the way to the Canadian Embassy when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked, stepping up assaults as part of […]

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Afghan Forces Released Hostages From Prison Of Taliban Militants

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Afghan Forces Released Hostages From Prison Of Taliban Militants

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) released a statement Saturday revealing nine hostages have been released from a prison that is run by the Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province of the country. The statement further reads an operation was conducted by the government forces and other security institutions in […]

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NPR Photographer David Gilkey Killed In Afghanistan

April 13, 2023 11:26 pm10 comments
NPR Photographer David Gilkey Killed In Afghanistan

Veteran news photographer and video editor for NPR, David Gilkey, was killed earlier today along with an Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna while on assignment in southern part of Afghanistan. The two and two other NPR journalists, Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva, were traveling near Marjah in Helmand province with […]

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Indian PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Hydroelectric Salma Dam In Afghanistan

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Indian PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Hydroelectric Salma Dam In Afghanistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a dam on Saturday in Afghanistan revealing more strengthening ties between the two nations. Built at the cost of $290 million, the 42 megawatt Salma hydroelectric dam in western Herat province of Afghanistan bordering Iran is one of the two major projects of India. […]

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Taliban Leader Mullah Mansour Killed In Unmanned Airstrike In Pakistan

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Taliban Leader Mullah Mansour Killed In Unmanned Airstrike In Pakistan

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is reported to have been killed in an air strike carried out by United States in a remote area just inside the Pakistan border connected to Afghanistan on Sunday, May 22. The operation targeted the leader at around 6 a.m. ET Saturday in the […]

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Nigerian, Afghan Leaders Taken Remarkable Steps Against Corruption: Cameroon

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Nigerian, Afghan Leaders Taken Remarkable Steps Against Corruption: Cameroon

A day before British Prime Minister called Nigeria and Afghanistan as fantastically corrupt countries. Today he said the government of both the countries have been taking remarkable steps forward on corruption. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was asked in London at the anti-corruption conference whether his country was fantastically corrupt. He […]

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