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2 children injured as unexploded ordnance goes off in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua 30 Mar 2023
Afghanistan is reportedly one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world, as a considerable number of people, mostly children, are killed and maimed every month due to blasts of unexploded devices left over from the past four decades of wars and civil ...
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Afghanistan Harm From Unexploded Ordnance Results in Death of Children: UNICEF

GlobalResearch 29 Mar 2023
According to UNICEF Afghanistan’s Twitter account, this number means an average of two children every day. “Last week, 8 children lost their lives due to unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan,” UNICEF Afghanistan said ... The Directorate of Mine Action Coordination said that it has cleared more than 100,000 square meters of land in Afghanistan.
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The Taliban posted photos of hundreds of US military vehicles it said were abandoned in ...

Yahoo Daily News 28 Mar 2023
A picture from the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense shows US military vehicles that Taliban forces claim to have repaired.Afghan MOD ... Retired US Central Command head Gen Kenneth McKenzie said in 2021 that 70 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles were abandoned in Afghanistan, along with 27 Humvees, according to the BBC.
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Ministry: About 100 Foreign Investors Given Afghan Visas in 1401

Tolo News 28 Mar 2023
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that in 1401 (solar year), one hundred foreign investors received visas to Afghanistan. The officials of this ministry noted that the investors came to Afghanistan to make investments in the mining and agriculture sectors ... Afghanistan is ...
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Afghanistan: Founder of girls' school project arrested

The New Arab 28 Mar 2023
The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the United Nations said Tuesday ... A national hero of #Afghanistan and a friend of mine has been arrested by #Taliban today ... The UN mission in Afghanistan confirmed in a tweet that Matiullah had been arrested.
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UNICEF Afghanistan Spotlights Harm From Unexploded Ordnance

Tolo News 27 Mar 2023
UNICEF Afghanistan tweeted that "more than 700 children were killed or maimed" because of unexploded ordnance and other "war remnants." ... The Directorate of Mine Action Coordination said that it has cleared more than 100,000 square meters of land in Afghanistan. “We have more than 60 awareness teams in Afghanistan.
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8 Children Killed Due to Unexploded Ordnance in Afghanistan: UNICEF

Khaama Press 27 Mar 2023
Planting mines has been one of the main tactics of the warring parties in Afghanistan over the past decades ... Though United Nations has been successfully instrumental in its demining program in Afghanistan; due to the lack of national infrastructure in the country and the plantation of new mines, the problem has not yet been completely weeded out.
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Organizations come together to honor Iraqi War veterans

The News-Enterprise 27 Mar 2023
The VFW Post 10281 in Vine Grove was filled Saturday night with people wishing to pay tribute to Iraqi War veterans ...It’s amazing,” VFW Post 10281 Commander Kathi McElroy said of the turnout ... Sgt. Maj ... “When Afghanistan fell, I had a friend of mine who was a contractor over there and I didn’t hear from him for three days,” he said ... You’re not alone.” ... .
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Security Forces Discover ISIS Weaponry, Mine-making Center in Northern Afghanistan

Khaama Press 26 Mar 2023
The Taliban security forces in Afghanistan’s Northern Province discovered an Islamic State weapons cache and a mine-making centre on Sunday ... facility of Deash or ISIS in Sakhi Abad of Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province.
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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, March 26

China.dot.org 26 Mar 2023
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan -- The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said on Sunday ... (Afghanistan-IS-Weaponry).
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Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in northern province

Xinhua 26 Mar 2023
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said on Sunday.
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Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in Jawzjan northern province

The Siasat Daily 26 Mar 2023
The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said on Sunday.
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China’s developmental projects impacts climate, environment, says experts

Greek City Times 24 Mar 2023
“We know that the Chinese in January signed a deal for petrol exploration in Northern Afghanistan, and we know they have been talking to the Taliban about reactivating the copper mine in Logar province, so we haven’t seen a lot of activity yet but inevitability these big projects ...
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2 children killed, 5 injured from mine blast in N. Afghanistan

Xinhua 23 Mar 2023
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Two children have been killed and five others injured as a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, head of provincial information and culture Qari Maazudin Ahmadi said Thursday.
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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 23

China.dot.org 23 Mar 2023
(India-Collapse). - - - -. FAIZABAD -- Two children have been killed and five others injured as a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, head of provincial information and culture Qari Maazudin Ahmadi said Thursday ... (Afghanistan-Landmine Explosion). - - - - ... (U.S.-Car Crash). - - - -.

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