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Afghan brothers make drone to hunt mines in Afghanistan With Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remaining the weapon of the choice of the militant groups in Afghanistan which is the major contributor to civilian casualties, two Afghan youths have launched a new device to hunt such explosives.
The two youths and brothers, Massoud and Mahmud Hussaini,... |
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Facebook plans to provide internet to 4 billion people with solar plane The first successful test flight of a high altitude solar plane was conducted by Facebook as the company plans to provide internet to 4 billion people in remote parts of the world.
“After two years of engineering, I’m proud to announce the successful first flight of Aquila — the... |
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India approves MoU with Afghanistan on Space Technology Cooperation The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his ex-post facto approval to the MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space during the Union Cabinet meeting, it has been reported.
According to the local media reports, the MoU envisages cooperation between... |
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Shahzad breaks Virat Kohli record with four 50s in one tournament The Afghan opening batsman and wicket Mohammad Shahzad has broken the record of India’s Virat Kohli by scoring four 50s in one international tournament.
Shahzad also made history by scoring two 50s in two different international matches on the same day and became the first ever player in the... |
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Afghanistan becomes Desert T20 champion, defeats Ireland in final The Afghanistan national cricket team became the champion of the Desert Twenty20 Challenge by defeating Ireland in the final match of the tournament.
The Afghan team defeated Ireland by 10 wickets and 73 balls remaining as Mohammad Shahzad scored 52 runs from 40 balls.
The other Afghan opening batman,... |
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Tajikistan defeats Afghanistan in friendly football match Tajikistan defeated the Afghanistan national football in a friendly football match 1-0 hosted in Central Republic Stadium of Tajikistan.
The Tajikistan national team managed to score its first goal during the second half of the match but the Afghan team failed to score any goal to level the game.
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Afghanistan defeats Oman in Desert T20 Challenge semi-final The Afghanistan National cricket team defeated Oman by 8 wickets in Desert Twenty20 Challenge by wickets and qualified to the final of the tournament.
The Oman batsmen set a target of 150 runs for Afghanistan after batting first with Afghanistan winning the toss and electing to field first.
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Iran, intl. community condemn Bahrains execution of three activists The Iranian Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the Bahraini government for executing three anti-regime Shia activists, saying the Manama regime is liable for any consequences of its action.
Bahrain on Sunday executed three anti-regime Shia activists - Sami Mushaima, Abbas Jamil Tahir al-Sami’... |
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Pakistan army chief calls President Ghani, suggests intelligence cooperation The Pakistani army chief of staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani following a series of deadly bombings in capital Kabul and other key provinces to condole the terrorist attacks that left scores of people dead or wounded.
According to an official statement released... |
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Bahrain executes 3 activists amid public rage Bahrain has executed three anti-regime Shia activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts.
The regime in Manama carried out the death verdicts on Sunday, triggering angry demonstrations in the villages of Diraz, Bani... |
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Daesh militants attack Nangarhar district, torch 60 houses Militants of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have raided a district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, setting fire to some 60 houses there.
Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, said people had fled their homes before the Daesh attack in Kot District... |
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Trump open to lifting Russia sanctions if Moscow cooperates with US US President-elect Donald Trump has expressed willingness to remove harsh economic sanctions against Russia if it cooperates with the United States in efforts such as counterterrorism, according to a report.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that he plans to keep sanctions imposed on... |
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Government strongly reacts at Taliban Angels of Peace remarks The Afghan government has strongly reacted towards the remarks by an official of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) after he called the Taliban militants ‘Angels of Peace and Holy Group’.
The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the Afghan government is strongly committed to freedom... |
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Hungarian court sentences journalist to probation for kicking refugees The Hungarian journalist, who was caught on camera in 2015 kicking and tripping over distraught refugees along the border with Serbia, has been sentenced to three years’ probation.
Hungarian media reported that a court in Szeged District found Petra Laszlo guilty of disorderly conduct following... |
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Takata agrees to pay $1bn in air bag scandal Japanese car parts maker Takata has agreed to pay one billion dollars in fines in the US for concealing information about faulty air bags.
The Japanese firm will pay $25 million fine to settle the criminal charge, $125 million to people injured by the airbags and $850 million to carmakers that used... |
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Europe must boost efforts to save refugees dying of cold: UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says European governments must do more to help refugees dying in Europe's sudden cold snap instead of pushing them back from borders and exposing them to violence and confiscations.
"Given the harsh winter conditions, we are particularly... |
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AHPC official under fire for calling Taliban Angels, Holy Group An official of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) official is under fire for calling the Taliban militants ‘Angels and a Holy Group’.
The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province and Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor reacted towards the remarks by Abdul... |
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Russia withdraws S-24s, deploys S-25 jets to Syrias Latakia Russia says it has withdrawn six Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets from its airbase in Syria’s western Latakia Province and instead sent four Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft to the region.Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said on Thursday that the six warplanes... |
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NATO admits to killing of civilians in 2016 Afghanistan attack NATO has confirmed that American troops enlisted with the Western military alliance killed 33 civilians in a single incident in Afghanistan’s volatile north back in November last year.
The military alliance’s Afghan Resolute Support Mission made the admission in a report on Thursday.... |
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Saudi campaign has killed 1,400 Yemeni kids, UNICEF says The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says nearly 1,400 children have been killed in the ongoing deadly Saudi campaign against Yemen.
Meritxell Relano, UNICEF's representative in Yemen, said on Wednesday that hundreds more had been injured and many schools closed since March 2015,... |
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Trump accepts Russian hacks, says everybody can hack US US President-elect Trump has conceded for the first time that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party institutions during the presidential election, saying that not only Russia, but many other countries are hacking the US.
“I think it was Russia, but it's not just Russia,”... |
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Irans president stresses need for anti-terror fight Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has underlined the need for a campaign against terrorism, which he described as a menace to the entire world.
The Iranian president made the remark during a meeting with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in Tehran on Wednesday.
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Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming lessons in Switzerland A European court has ruled that Muslim girls must take part in mixed school swimming classes after rejecting a case by a Turkish-Swiss couple who had requested that their daughters be exempted from such activities.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday accepted that the refusal... |
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5 Emirati diplomats slain in south Afghanistan bomb attack The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says five of its diplomats have lost their lives in the massive bomb explosion that ripped through a guesthouse in the troubled southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
The slain diplomats have been identified as as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa... |
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Iranian, foreign officials attend mourning ceremony for Ayatollah Rafsanjani Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hosted a mourning ceremony in memory of venerable cleric and politician, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The iconic figure on Iran's political scene, hailed as the Leader’s “longtime companion, fellow fighter... |
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Condolences Pour into Iran over Demise of Ayatollah Rafsanjani The Sunday’s death of former Iranian president and chairman of the country’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani triggered condolences for Iran and its people from world leaders.
A US State Department official on Sunday described Ayatollah Rafsanjani as a "prominent... |
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Hezbollah Chief Calls Irans Rafsanjani "Great Supporter" of Resistance Movement The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, expressed his condolences to the Iranian nation over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
“We lost a great man among the elderly figures of the Islamic Ummah (community),”... |
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Ayatollah Khamenei to Lead Ritual Prayers at Ex-Presidents Funeral Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei will perform the ritual ‘prayer for the deceased’ (Salat al-Mayyit) in the funeral of former Iranian president and chairman of the country’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday.
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Leader expresses condolences over Rafsanjanis passing away Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
In his message on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed grief over the sudden demise of an old friend, comrade and ally... |
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Afghanistan signs $205m road construction project with a Chinese firm A major road construction project was signed with a Chinese firm in the presence of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani this evening.
The project road project, Dara-e-Suf to Yakawlang, was awarded to a Chinese firm after its bid of $204.9 million was approved by the government and was signed by Public Works Minister... |
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