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Our French gîte: The peace of Landes is perfect escape from tourist traps
The Connexion
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September 4, 2025
L’Airial Moustey L’Airial Moustey/Nigel Bond If Nigel Bond, 56, was given a test of French vocabulary relating to the kitchen or bathroom, he would score an A. Évier, robinet, placard, plan de travail, luminaire, colle, enduit and joint all roll...
Afghanistan players maintain focus after earthquake to beat UAE
The National News
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Afghanistan continued to play despite the backdrop of disaster in their homeland as they beat UAE by 38 runs in the tri-nations series in Sharjah. Rashid Khan took three wickets as he captained his side to victory while back at home his...
How this Afghan family ended up held by ICE in bureaucratic limbo
BBC
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September 3, 2025
Nadine YousifBBC News, Toronto ShareSave An Afghan woman in Canada says her family has been kept apart by recent changes to US asylum policies under Donald Trump. In a quiet, leafy suburb of Toronto, a 30-year-old Afghan woman spends most...
Afghanistan making photos on women’s national ID cards optional
Biometric Update
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan is making photos on women’s national ID cards optional, the Taliban government has proclaimed, noting that religious scholars have deemed photos of women contrary to Sharia law. The decision was announced last week after a decree...
Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,400, and more images from around the world
Daily Maverick
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September 3, 2025
A girl stands beside a damaged house in earthquake-hit Kunar, Afghanistan, 02 September 2025. At least 1,400 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured after a shallow magnitude-6.0 earthquake and several aftershocks shook Nangarhar and Kunar...
Afghans allowed into Germany from Pakistan
The Express Tribune
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September 1, 2025
HANOVER, GERMANY: A group of 45 Afghans who fled the Taliban arrived in Germany on Monday after months of waiting in Pakistan until German court rulings forced Berlin to offer them refuge. The 10 families have been among more than 2,000 Afghans...
Afghanistan Vs Tajikistan Highlights, CAFA Nations Cup: AFG 0-2 TJK; Mabatshoev Caps Off Hosts' Win
Outlook India
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan Vs Tajikistan Live Score, CAFA Nations Cup: The top two teams from both groups advance to the final. Photo: X/CAFA Match 4 of CAFA Nations Cup 2025's Group B was won comfortably by Tajikistan against Afghanistan at the Hisor Central...
Lekhwiya's Search & Rescue group heads to Afghanistan to aid earthquake victims
I Love Qatar
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September 3, 2025
Lekhwiya, Qatar's Internal Security Force, announced on 3 September 2025 that under the directives of H.H. the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Qatari International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya)...
Days after earthquake, Afghan survivors still await aid
Dhaka Tribune
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September 3, 2025
Rescue teams struggled yesterday to reach survivors as night approached days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as access to remote areas remained obstructed. A shallow magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering...
Time running out for earthquake survivors, say Afghan expats
The National News
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Afghan residents in the UAE have urged the international community to step up and provide urgently needed relief after an earthquake struck their homeland. It comes as the death toll passed 1,400 on Wednesday after one of the country’s deadliest...
Masterstroke by Amit Shah as Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be allowed to...,Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians will also be...
India.com
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September 3, 2025
Home News Masterstroke by Amit Shah as Hindus from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be allowed to…,Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians will also be… Members of minority communities including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains,...
Afghanistan earthquake kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
New York Daily News
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September 1, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures...
Afghanistan earthquake: What we know - and what we don't
BBC
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ShareSave Many homes in the affected areas are built with mud bricks and wood, making them highly vulnerable to collapse A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Afghanistan's mountainous eastern region, with authorities saying hundreds of people...
Afghanistan earthquake: 800 dead, why the quake was so deadly
The Indian Express
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake news: An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck north-east Afghanistan on Sunday night (August 31), killing more than 800 people and injuring at least 2,000. The quake’s epicentre was 27 km northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar...
Persecuted minorities who came to India by 2024 allowed to stay without travel documents: Govt
The Statesman (India)
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September 3, 2025
In an order issued on Tuesday (September 2), the Union Home Ministry announced that members of minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians, who entered India on...
Afghanistan Earthquake: Around 800 Killed, Over 1500 Injured After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Kunar Province - Latest Developments
Free Press Journal
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan Earthquake: Around 800 Killed, Over 1500 Injured After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Kunar Province | X/UN In Afghanistan Kabul: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's northeastern Kunar province late Sunday night. Around 800...
Afghanistan Earthquake: Over 800 dead, 1000 Injured After Powerful 6.0 Magnitude Quake
Times Now
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September 1, 2025
Afghan volunteers clean up rubble after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 (Representative image) Photo : AP Afghanistan earthquake: At least 800 people have been killed and 1000...
Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 800, injures over 2,500
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 1, 2025
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after an earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude in eastern Afghanistan, with the Taliban government reporting Monday that at least 800 people were killed...
Afghanistan: The Enduring Stain on the British State
Royal United Services Institute
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August 31, 2025
The fourth Anglo-Afghan conflict (2001-21) is a dark period in British military history which is getting bleaker. The continuing impact of the conflict on UK national security stems from a refusal to confront and learn from the past. The 2025...
FAQ: What International Students Should Know About Trump’s Travel Ban
WTOP - District Columbia
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September 3, 2025
Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher education plans for this academic year after… Some prospective and current international students have reconsidered or altered their U.S. higher...