By Press Desk on May 15, 2021
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Jerusalem: Israel has bombed a building in Gaza used by a number of news outlets, including Middle East Eye, Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press, the Middle East Eye reported. Reporters and media workers said they had fled the al-Jalaa tower in Gaza City after being issued a one hour notice by the Israeli army, who […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2021
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The fatalities included 36 children and 20 women, while the number of injured rose to 950, according to a statement from the ministry, reports said. “Israeli warplanes on Friday resumed airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, causing heavy damages to residential buildings across the enclave”. Meanwhile, a total of 11 Palestinians were killed on […]
By Press Desk on May 13, 2021
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Jerusalem: Ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed 11 more Palestinians, taking the death toll to 83, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, the Anadolu Agency reported. Fatalities include 17 children and seven women, while a total of 487 people were injured to date, the ministry statement said, reports said. Tensions […]
By Press Desk on May 12, 2021
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GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday and Palestinian fighters fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba in the region’s most intense hostilities in years, Reuters news agency reported At least 43 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to […]
By Press Desk on May 10, 2021
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Kabul: At least 13 civilians were killed and 42 more were wounded in separate roadside bomb blasts in Zabul and Parwan provinces, Ministry of Interior and officials said, the Tolonews reported. In Zabul, 11 civilians were killed and 28 more were wounded in a roadside bomb blast that targeted a passenger’s bus in Shahr-e-Safa district […]
By Press Desk on May 8, 2021
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Kabul: At least three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior confirmed, Tolo news reported. Sources said 25 people were killed and 20 more were wounded in the blasts. There are also reports that the blasts occurred as a result of three rockets. No group […]
By Press Desk on May 7, 2021
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Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the process of removing all contractors from Afghanistan working with the United States was underway as part of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of forces from the country, the All India Radio (AIR) reported. The remarks are the clearest indication yet that US President’s April order to withdraw […]
By Press Desk on May 4, 2021
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Kabul: Local officials said that 22 people were killed in flash floods following heavy rainfalls in two districts of the western province of Herat on Monday, the Tolonews reported. The incident happened in the Rokha village of Adraskan district and in Obe district in the province, Herat governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad said, reports said. “He […]
By Press Desk on May 3, 2021
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Kabul: The country’s western area witnessed deadly attacks over the last 24 hours with over 20 army soldiers killed and many civilians wounded, according to local officials, the Tolonews reported. According to officials and sources, 20 soldiers were killed in Farah, 4 in Baghlan, 8 in Badakhshan and 5 in Herat in the last 24 […]
By Press Desk on May 2, 2021
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Kabul: At least nine people were killed and 14 others were wounded after a major fire broke out on Saturday night in Kabul in which dozens of fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles were burnt, a source from the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday, the Tolonews reported. The fire broke out in Qala-e- Murad […]