Two earthquakes on 1 September killed more than 2,200 people, while aftershocks brought fresh landslides. Helicopters come in handy for aid groups, but help is patchy & slow
Dozens of commando forces were being airdropped at sites where helicopters can't land, to help carry the injured to safer ground, said the head of disaster management in Kunar.
Law bans romantic poetry, criticism of Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, or references to 'un-Islamic' ideologies, feminism, communism, democracy, & nationalism.
According to the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group, almost 8,000 homes have been destroyed with several people still feared trapped under rubble.
The Health Ministry in Kabul has called for international aid to tackle the devastation caused by the magnitude-6 quake that struck around midnight at a depth of 10 km,
Taliban-led govt said more than 2,800 have been injured. Entire villages of mud and stone were flattened, while landslides cut off vital routes and triggered communication breakdowns.
Wang also told his counterparts that the three countries should expand development cooperation, trade and investment exchanges, and network connectivity.
A report, based on inputs from 90 US, UN officials, claims that Taliban rulers block minority communities from getting international aid & collude with UN officials to seek kickbacks.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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