INDIA TO MOVE MIGRANT WORKERS IN KASHMIR TO ARMY CAMPS AFTER KILLINGS

Sun 17 October 2021: After several Indian migrant workers were killed by militants in Kashmir, the police commander on the Indian side of the disputed territory announced on Sunday that vulnerable Indian migrant workers will be relocated to army and police camps for security. After three laborers from the eastern state of Bihar were shot […]

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TALIBAN PLEDGES TO INCREASE SECURITY AT SHI’ITE MOSQUES AFTER 2ND DEADLY BOMBING

Sun 17 October 2021: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) authorities have pledged to step up security at Shi’ite mosques as hundreds of people gathered on Saturday to bury the victims of the second Islamic State (Daesh) suicide attack on worshippers in a week. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on the Fatima mosque in Kandahar […]

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UZBEKISTAN RECEIVES OVER 100 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID FROM UN FOR AFGHANISTAN

Sun 17 October 2021: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sent 96 tonnes of humanitarian goods to the Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan, according to the head of the cargo center, Nodirbek Jalilov, Sputnik reported. “The total volume of delivered cargo is 96 tonnes, these are essential items,” Jalilov said. He noted that […]

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TALIBAN TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR GIRLS’ EDUCATION ‘SOON’, UN SAYS

Sat 16 October 2021: The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after four weeks in which Afghan boys have been allowed a secondary education but girls have not. “The de facto minister of education told us that they are working on […]

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CHINESE SPACECRAFT SHENZHOU-13 DOCKS FOR A SIX-MONTH MISSION.

Sat 16 October 2021: The Shenzhou 13 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong space station core module on Saturday, beginning a six-month stay in orbit for the three-person crew, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). According to an agency statement, Shenzhou 13 docked Saturday, some 6.5 hours after taking off from the Jiuquan Satellite […]

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ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY COULD RUN KABUL AIRPORT, AFTER TALIBAN TALKS

Fri 15 October 2021: Having previously run Kabul airport, Turkey can take similar steps in the future, along with Qatar and Afghanistan, if the three countries can reach a deal, the Turkish president said on Friday. Speaking to reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that during a recent visit to Turkey, […]

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UN PLANE WITH HUMANITARIAN AID FOR AFGHANISTAN LANDS IN UZBEKISTAN

Fri 15 October 2021: The first plane with humanitarian assistance dispatched by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for Afghanistan arrived in Uzbekistan’s Termez on Friday, a representative of the local airport told Sputnik. The UN announced earlier this week that its refugee agency will send three planes with humanitarian aid for Afghanistan via Termez in […]

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AT LEAST 32 DEAD AFTER BLAST HITS MOSQUE IN AFGHANISTAN’S KANDHAR

Fri 15 October 2021: According to public health officials in the province, an explosion inside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar killed at least 32 people and injured 45 others. On Friday afternoon, an explosion occurred in the Bibi Fatima mosque, the city’s main mosque for Shia worshippers. Interior ministry spokesman Sayed […]

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OVER 30 COUNTRIES AGREE TO RECOGNISE INDIA’S COVID VACCINE CERTIFICATES: REPORT

Thu 14 October 2021: Over 30 countries have agreed on mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccine certificates with India, official sources told news agency PTI on Thursday. The countries that have agreed on mutual recognition with India include the UK, France, Germany, Nepal, Belarus, Lebanon, Armenia, Ukraine, Belgium, Hungary and Serbia, they said. South Africa, Brazil, […]

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