Sixteen people have been killed in flash floods caused by heavy rain in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.

Twenty-two more have been injured in the floods which happened in 11 provinces of the country, said Ghulam Ghaws Naseri, acting minister of state for disaster management.

According to the official, 611 houses were destroyed or damaged by...

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Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning for a national election the government said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun, Reuters reported.

Police said a 41-year-old man suspected of carrying out the shooting in the western city of Nara had been...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan that could be announced within weeks, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, Reuters reported.

According to the report the IEA, whose government remains an...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), say they will not hold former Afghan officials accountable for the massive corruption that derailed donor-funded development projects and contributed to the collapse of the former Afghan Republic, VOA reported.

&Those who nurtured and enriched themselves during the previous invasion and from the...

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Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen, Reuters reported Thursday. 

According to Reuters, bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 ministers quit...

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US President Joe Biden has notified Congress of his intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, according to a statement published by the press service of the White House on Wednesday.

&In accordance with section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k), I am providing notice of my...

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