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School poisonings, if deliberate, deserve death: Iran leader

AT Kabul: Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.” It was the first time Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say …

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Italy denies government failings led to deadly migrant shipwreck

AT Kabul: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has defended her government’s actions in the hours before a deadly migrant shipwreck just metre from shore, amid intensifying allegations that the tragedy could easily have been averted. The migrant vessel — an old wooden fishing boat carrying about 200 people, mostly from Afghanistan, …

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Blinken meets Kazakhstan leaders in trip to boost US influence in Central Asia

AT Kabul: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kazakhstan on Tuesday for a series of meetings with top diplomats of Central Asian nations to boost US influence in Central Asia. Blinken’s visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on Tuesday marks his first trip to the region as …

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Dozens dead after boat carrying migrants breaks apart in Italy coast

AT Kabul: Forty-three migrants died and 80 others survived after their boat sank off the Italian coastal city of Crotone in the southern region of Calabria on Sunday (February 26). Speaking to the news agency Reuters, Danilo Maida, a spokesperson for the firefighters’ service in Calabria, said that firefighters and …

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6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Tajikistan

AT Kabul: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in a remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region, Chinese state television CCTV reported on Thursday, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below …

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China, Central Asian nations to boost industry, investment cooperation

AT Kabul: The ancient Silk Road, an overland route linking the East and the West, spanning thousands of miles, with its longest part lying across the territory of Central Asia, has embodied the spirit of cooperation, mutual learning and mutual benefit for years. Since China proposed the Belt and Road …

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Former ISI chief wanted to bring TTP members back to Pakistan

AT Kabul: Pakistan Human Rights Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Sunday said, the former ISI chief Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members back to the country, but his plan backfired, Pakistan based Dawn newspaper reported. He said that: “At that time, General Faiz …

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PTM leader Ali Wazir pledges to continue struggle in Pakistan

AT Kabul: Ali Wazir one of the senior members of the Pashtun Preservation Movement (PTM), was released from Karachi prison after more than two years of imprisonment and was warmly welcomed by the members of this movement. Ali Wazir was accused of making provocative statements against Pakistan’s government institutions, but …

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On the one year anniversary of Russian special operation in Ukraine

By: Demitry Zhirnov, Russian Ambassador in Afghanistan Kabul: Almost a year has passed since the start of special military operations by Russia in Ukraine. The Kiev Regime continues to cold-bloodedly shell Russian civilian cities. For example on January 29, the armed forces of Ukraine conducted a barbaric attack on a …

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