After a difficult start to their World Cup campaign, Australia have recovered well and are peaking at the right time heading into the business end of the tournament, says batter Steve Smith. Since the back-to-back defeats to India and South Africa in their first two group-stage matches, five-time champions Australia have won five in a … Read more
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last year, a United Nations report said on Sunday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium cultivation fell throughout the country to just 10,800 hectares (26,700 … Read more
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least four people ByThe Associated Press October 28, 2023, 3:08 AM An Afghan man removes the burnt shoes in the site of an explosion in a sports club, in the west of Kabul, Afghanistan, … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same province. The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicenter was about 34 kilometers (21 miles) outside Herat, the provincial capital, and eight … Read more
At least 2,400 people were killed and 9,000 more were injured after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Western Afghanistan on Saturday. The quake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km (25 miles) from Herat city, where nearly 2,000 homes have been completely destroyed across 20 villages. Eight aftershocks also hit the country, severely impacting vulnerable … Read more
Comment on this storyComment ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In western Afghanistan’s Zinda Jan district, Saturday’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck without warning. By all accounts, the windy day began as usual, with villagers heading out to their sheds and fields in the chilly morning temperatures, women doing their daily chores and children playing in the mud brick houses … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. The figures couldn’t be independently verified, but if correct, the toll would eclipse that of an earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan in June 2022, … Read more
Comment on this storyComment ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One day after powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, officials said Sunday that more than 2,000 people were killed and around 10,000 injured, with the death toll certain to rise. “Many are still trapped,” said Haji Janan Saiq, a spokesman for the Taliban-run Ministry of Disaster Management who announced … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 … Read more
Comment on this storyComment ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 100 people were killed in earthquakes in western Afghanistan on Saturday, according to the United Nations, as local officials worried that hundreds more could still be buried under the rubble. The initial earthquake, which had a 6.3 magnitude, hit the surroundings of the Afghan city of … Read more