afghanistan

Suicide bombing at police station claims 23 lives

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN – A suicide bomber in an explosive-rigged vehicle struck a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, causing a devastating blast that claimed the lives of at least 23 officers and injured 32 others. The assault, which occurred in the early morning hours, caused a section of the building in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, to collapse. Following the initial blast, several assailants opened …

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Powerful quake kills at least 2,000 people

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HERAT, AFGHANISTAN – Another powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, following a devastating quake that claimed the lives of over 2,000 people and caused widespread destruction in Herat province. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Wednesday occurred approximately 17 miles outside the provincial capital and triggered a landslide that blocked a major highway. The aid group Doctors Without Borders reported that 117 people were injured in the latest temblor and sent additional medical supplies …

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