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Pakistan urges IEA to prevent militants from staging cross-border attacks

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Pakistan’s prime minister is asking the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to do more to prevent militants from crossing the border to stage attacks like the massive suicide bombing earlier this week that killed dozens in a border region.

A suicide bomber struck an election campaign rally of a pro-Taliban cleric on Sunday, killing dozens in the district of Bajur.

The death toll from the bombing rose to 55 on Tuesday, after a critically wounded person died at a hospital. An Afghan-based branch of the Islamic State group (Daesh) has claimed responsibility for the attack, Associated Press reported.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said militants find sanctuaries inside Afghanistan, regroup and rearm there, and subsequently infiltrate Pakistan for anti-government attacks.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Tuesday Pakistan could act in “self-defense” against militants hiding in Afghanistan if Afghan authorities failed to take action amid growing attacks in the neighboring country.

Kabul has denied past accusations that it allows militant groups to launch attacks on Pakistan from its territory.

“Regarding Pakistan going there (to Afghanistan) and taking action against these terrorists, we do not want to be forced to do this, but according to international law, we have the right to self-defense,” Bhutto-Zardari told reporters.

“If we are repeatedly attacked like this, and there is not the appropriate response, we will be forced to do this. But I don't think it should be amongst the first options for us.”

“Our preference will be that we want the officials there [in Kabul], the interim government, to act against them,” he said.

“If they need any help, then I think Pakistan should be prepared to help them,” Zardari added.

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Blood of Sinwar will draw map of freedom for future generations: Anas Haqqani

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Anas Haqqani, a prominent member of the Islamic Emirate, said Friday in response to the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar that his blood will draw the map of freedom for future generations.

“The blood of the hero al-Aqsa martyr will determine the true meaning of life for many future generations and will draw the road map of freedom for many,” Haqqani said in a post on X.

“Yahya Sinwar was one of the greatest fighters in the history of the Islamic Ummah, whose life and manner of martyrdom were special,” he added.

Meanwhile, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday.

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Bodies of 13 Afghans transferred to hospital after shooting by Iranian forces: report

Haalvsh had previously reported that 260 Afghan migrants had died after being shot by Iranian forces earlier this week.

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Thirteen bodies have been transferred to Razi Saravan hospital in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province following the shooting of Afghan migrants by Iranian forces, an Iranian-based human rights organization said late Thursday.

Haalvsh organization said in a statement that due to the lack of space in the morgue of the hospital, there is no information about the whereabouts of the bodies of other victims.

Based on the statement, seven of the injured in the incident have been discharged from the hospital and three of the injured who underwent surgery are still hospitalized.

Haalvsh had previously reported that 260 Afghan migrants had died after being shot by Iranian forces earlier this week.

Iranian officials have denied the mass shooting of Afghans at the border.

The Islamic Emirate has appointed a delegation to investigate the incident.

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WFP delivers life-saving food to nearly 250,000 in Afghanistan

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The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced in a report that the organization was able to reach nearly 250,000 food-insecure people across Afghanistan with the assistance from China in the past few months.

The report said WFP was able to procure more than 2,000 metric tons of food, including fortified wheat flour and fortified vegetable oil, yellow split peas and salt which was distributed to more than 35,000 families or nearly 250,000 people across the country.

“Entire communities across Afghanistan experience despair and hunger,” said Ma Chen Guang, Counsellor of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, at a ceremony in Kabul on Thursday."

“China will continue to work with the World Food Programme to provide food assistance to hungry Afghan families in need of assistance for survival.”

The report stated: “The contribution from China came at a critical moment when a massive funding shortfall put at risk WFP’s work in Afghanistan. Last year, WFP had to cut 10 million people from assistance and this summer, due to the ongoing funding crisis, 11 million people did not receive emergency food assistance.

“This included more than 2 million mothers and their children who received no specialized supplementary food to combat malnutrition.”

“Afghanistan remains a global hunger hotspot and more than three-quarters of all people across the country cannot afford a nutritious diet that keeps them from falling into malnutrition,” said Hsiao-Wei Lee, Country Director of WFP Afghanistan.
“Families across the country need continued emergency food assistance to get through the winter months.”

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