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Floods in Zabul province leave 10 dead
Afghanistan has been particularly hard hit by floods in the past few months, which experts are attributing to climate change.
Devastating floods that swept through a number of districts in Zabul province on Sunday night have left at least ten people dead, officials confirmed Monday.
According to Zabihullah Jawohar, Zabul Police Command spokesman, heavy rain caused the floods in the city of Qalat and districts in the province.
Speaking to Ariana News, Jawohar said security forces were mobilized to help in rescue operations.
He also said eight of the dead were nomads.
Afghanistan has been particularly hard hit by floods in the past few months, which experts are attributing to climate change.
Currently, the country is experiencing more extreme weather, erratic rainfall patterns, and increased temperatures, all contributing to more frequent and severe flooding.
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Turkmenistan delivers 930 tons of food and non-food aid to Afghanistan
Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said on Thursday it had received more than 930 tons of food and non-food aid from Turkmenistan.
The aid consignment included 198 tons of wheat, 15 tons of non-alcoholic beverages, 2,000 cans of baby food, 5,000 kilograms of sweets and biscuits, 195 tons of chemical fertilizers, 174 tons of diesel oil, 168 tons of petrol oil and 183 tons of cement, ANDMA said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said the aid was provided on the occasion of the start of construction of the Serhetabat-Herat gas pipeline, power transmission lines, transport and communication on the Turkmen-Afghan border.
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Afghan-origin gym owner shot dead in Delhi
The assailant then fled the scene on a motorcycle parked nearby.
A 35-year-old Afghan-origin gym owner, Nadir Shah, was shot dead outside his gym in south Delhi's Greater Kailash on Thursday night, NDTV reported.
The incident was captured on CCTV footage, which showed an unidentified man opening fire at Shah while he was talking with another individual near some parked cars.
The assailant then fled the scene on a motorcycle parked nearby.
"He was immediately rushed to the hospital by his friends but was declared dead. A case under relevant sections is being registered, and further investigation is underway," the Delhi police said.
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Pakistani defense minister slams KP chief minister’s Kabul talks plan
Speaking at Pakistan’s parliament, Asif said that provinces cannot directly engage in negotiation with any other country, as it is tantamount to direct attack on the federation.
Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday slammed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister's plan to send a delegation to Afghanistan for talks over security problems, calling the remarks "poisonous."
Speaking at Pakistan's parliament, Asif said that provinces cannot directly engage in negotiation with any other country, as it is tantamount to direct attack on the federation.
“Statement of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur is poisonous, province cannot engage directly,” Asif said.
Gandapur said on Wednesday that he would send a delegation to Afghanistan, criticizing that no one is giving importance to it despite being a neighbor.
He is a member of the party of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, and has repeatedly criticized the federal government's policies.
Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in the country are orchestrated in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate has denied the claim, saying Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan's "security failure".
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