The Ministry of Public Health said Sunday more than 2,000 people in Kabul die every year of respiratory diseases due to air pollution.

Marking World Climate Change Week in Kabul, titled &Climate, Health and Justice&, officials said that due to air pollution, thousands of people suffer from respiratory, heart, cancer, infectious and...

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Pakistan&s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the US ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan&s nuclear programme.

In a speech on Thursday, Biden said Pakistan is &maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world& as it has &nuclear weapons without any cohesion&.

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It is time for the international community and Afghanistan to get closer, and to understand each other&s conditions, priorities and demands, Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said in a meeting with the United Nations& new envoy on Saturday.

During the meeting, Muttaqi expressed hope that...

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A strong team performance has helped Namibia register a stunning 55-run upset victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men&s T20 World Cup clash opener in Geelong on Sunday.

Some big hitting from Jan Frylinck (44) and JJ Smit (31*) helped Namibia overcome a shaky start to register 163/7 and that proved too much for Sri Lanka as the Asia Cup...

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Confidence is high in the Afghanistan camp after their stellar showing in the Asia Cup, where they managed to reach the Super Four stage.

But can they build on this momentum and translate this form on the grand stage of the ICC Men&s T20 World Cup in Australia which kicks off on Sunday.

Having secured the exclusive broadcasting rights in...

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Seventy children have died in Gambia from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, Reuters reported.

The syrups were found to be made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which has since had one of its factories shut down in northern India as health authorities there investigate.

Meanwhile, Indonesia on...

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