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How Canada Left The U.S. In The Dust On The World Peace Stage
The Travel
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September 4, 2025
The Global Peace Index is an annual report ranking 163 independent states and territories based on their peacefulness levels. This covers about 99.7% of the world’s population and is produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). The 18th...
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...
Germany ready to consider case of Afghans deported by Pakistan
Dawn
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September 3, 2025
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday his government was considering an urgent appeal for help from more than 200 Afghans who have been deported back to their Taliban-run homeland from Pakistan. The group are among roughly...
Over 1,400 killed: Fresh quake hits Afghanistan
Business Recorder
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September 3, 2025
JALALABAD, (Afghanistan): A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at the weekend that killed 1,400 people. The epicentre of the tremor was...
Over 1,400 Believed Dead After Afghanistan Earthquake — What To Know And How To Help
Travel Noire
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September 2, 2025
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, at around midnight on September 1, resulting in over 1,400 deaths and thousands of injuries as of the following day. Information about the tragic incident is developing. The quake hit...
Death roll soars past 1,400 in Afghanistan after earthquake
NBC News
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September 2, 2025
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Toll passes 1,400 as fresh quake hits Afghanistan
New Age Bangladesh
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An Afghan injured man receives intravenous drips in a corn field, after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on Monday. | AFP photo A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of...
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...
Aid workers losing hope in Afghanistan after earthquake
RTE Ireland
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September 2, 2025
Aid workers in Afghanistan are losing hope that more survivors could be found in the mountainous region devastated by Sunday's earthquake, with rescue efforts still hampered by road conditions. Local director for Concern Worldwide told RTÉ News...
The quake that rocked Afghanistan ‘like doomsday’
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“It was like doomsday for us,” Sayar said as he rested on a carpet in his cornfield, where he was spending Monday night with the surviving members of his family. The earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 1,400 people...
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...
'Entire households were gone': Afghans describe death and devastation after Sunday's earthquake
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 1, 2025
Nasrullah Khan's voice breaks as he describes how with his own hands he buried three children in one grave and two young men in another after an earthquake struck the mountainous southeastern Afghan province of Kunar on Sunday. Nasrullah, an...
Persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains From Afghanistan, B'desh, Pak Who Entered India Up To 2024 To Be Allowed To Stay: MHA
ABP Live
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September 2, 2025
New Delhi, Sep 2 (PTI) Members of minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians -- who came to India till December 31, 2024, to escape religious persecution will be allowed...
Fresh quake hits disaster-struck Afghanistan, as death toll passes 1,400
Inquirer
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September 3, 2025
Afghan men stand next to the bodies of earthquake victims in burial shrouds following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. More than 800 people have died...
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...
Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake passes 1,400 as Taliban appeal for aid
The Journal
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September 2, 2025
A FRESH 5.2-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan today, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at the weekend that killed more than 1,400 people. The epicentre of the tremor was close to where a...
Winnipeg's Afghan community reeling after deadly earthquake
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 2, 2025
Afghans living in Winnipeg are calling on governments and citizens around the world to support Afghanistan in whatever way they can after a devastating earthquake on Sunday left hundreds dead and thousands injured. "I call on the Canadian...
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 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...
White House officials to attend funeral of Afghan vet turned advocate
Army Times
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September 2, 2025
Numerous administration officials and congressional leaders are expected to travel to North Carolina today for the funeral of former Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, whose catastrophic injuries in Afghanistan led to his family’s involvement with the...