Tag: Afghanistan
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FG should use oil revenue for development of non-oil sectors – Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called for the broadening of the nation’s economy through the development of the non-oil sectors and using the revenue from the oil sector. The governor made the call on Friday in Asaba at a dinner for the Presidential Economic Diversification Initiative Team visiting the state. …
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Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan may not meet 2020 education target – UNICEF
Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan may not meet the 2020 target of education for children of school age unless a collective involvement of stakeholders with political will is encouraged, the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has said. The UN agency said: “The number of Out of School Children (OOSC) in Nigeria constitutes 20 per…
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Just in: suicide car bombing kills many in Kabul
Afghan officials said at least 50 people have been killed or wounded in a suicide car bombing in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul. There were also reports of many being injured. According to reports, the car bombing occurred at the gate of the German embassy. Earlier reports had spoken of a huge explosion that sent…
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Death toll hits 140 in Taliban attack on Afghan Base – Official
…says there were shortages of coffins to bury departed soldiers A day after a lethal Taliban assault on an army base in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday that at least 140 soldiers had been killed, making it the single deadliest known attack on an Afghan military base in the course of the long…
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[Video] U.S. unleashes ‘mother of all bombs’ for first time in Afghanistan
The United States dropped “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said. President Donald Trump touted the bombing as evidence of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy since he…
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Suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand province injures 15
At least 15 people have been injured in a suicide bombing in the capital of Helmand, a spokesperson for the Governor in the embattled Afghan province said on Saturday. “A suicide bomber using a car detonated explosives near a branch of Kabul bank in Lashkargah city,’’ Omar Zwak added. Emergency hospital director Dejan Panic said…
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U.S. Marines to deploy 300 troops to Afghanistan’s embattled south
The U.S. Marines will deploy 300 troops to Afghanistan’s embattled southern Helmand province as part of NATO’s advise-assist mission, the Marine Corps announced on Saturday. “Task Force Southwest, led by Brig.-Gen. Roger Turner Jr. will train and advise key leaders within the Afghan National Army 215th Corps and the 505th Zone National Police,’’ a statement…