Quick Glance: Pakistan: Over 50 killed, dozens injured in Mastung blast
- Explosion occurred near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan during the celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Number of casualties unknown at the mosque in Hangu near Peshawar, as people could be trapped under collapsed roof.
- Footage shows injured being rescued in Mastung by emergency responders and locals.
- Balochistan's police chief confirms suicide blast.
Quick Glance: Hotel Explosion: Casualties in Afghanistan Attack
- Casualties occurred in an explosion at a hotel in southeastern Afghanistan.
- The region where the explosion took place is near the Pakistani border and has experienced violence between Islamist extremists and their adversaries.
- According to Mustaghfir Gurbaz, a police spokesperson in Khost, the explosion happened at a hotel frequently visited by Afghan citizens and refugees from Pakistan's former militant stronghold of North Waziristan, which shares a border with Afghanistan.
- Gurbaz stated that authorities are investigating the incident as the cause of the explosion remains unclear.
Quick Glance: Over 40 Killed in Bombing at Political Rally in Pakistan
- More than 130 injured in explosion, according to police
- Pakistan PM labels bombing as an attack on democratic system
- Pakistani Taliban condemn bombing in official statement
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News Today – South Asia Ep-26 | Pakistan floods affect pregnant women; War on terror continues in Afghanistan
Quick Glance: Australia's Afghan community mobilizes to raise donations after a terrible earthquake.
- The Taliban, which deposed Afghanistan's government last year, has urged the international community to assist the country, which is already dealing with a number of humanitarian challenges.
- He claimed that the Afghanistan embassy was able to stay financially viable in part due to assistance from the local Afghan community.
- He further stated that specific calls for Afghanistan earthquake victims would be made in mosques during Friday prayers.
- Mr. Mossavi stated that he would like to see Australians assist the victims as well.
Quick Glance: Officials say at least 1,000 people were killed in Afghanistan's earthquake.
- Officials claimed the quake killed over 1,000 people and injured 1,600 more, dealing another blow to a country that has been grappling with a catastrophic humanitarian and economic crisis since the Taliban took charge in August.
- President Biden has asked the US Agency for International Development and other components of his government to study how best to assist Afghanistan in the aftermath of an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
- In 2015, another earthquake killed over 300 people and destroyed thousands of homes in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Quick Glance: Afghanistan: Activists and political groups demand that the Taliban reopen girls' schools "as soon as possible."
- They urged the international community to pay close attention to Afghan girls' education.
- The envoys and representatives stated in their joint statement that the type and breadth of "international donor assistance will depend, among other things, on the right and ability of girls to attend equal education at all levels," according to TOLOnews.
- The joint statement further emphasized that progress toward normalized relations between the Taliban and the international community will be largely dependent on Kabul's actions and fulfillment of commitments and obligations to the Afghan people and the international community.
Quick Glance: Taliban order: Afghan women must once again wear the burka in public.
- The radical-Islamic Taliban have further restricted women's rights in Afghanistan: Afghan women must wear a burka in public again, as requested by Taliban leader Hibatullah Achundsada.
- "Jene Frauen, die nicht zu alt oder zu jung sind, müssen gemäss den Scharia-Richtlinien ihr Gesicht mit Ausnahme der Augen bedecken" states the Taliban leader's order.
- Thousands of women who had worked for the government have lost their jobs.
- The Taliban, on the other hand, went all out against the unwelcome protests, seizing several instigators.
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