Pakistan’s Kabul strikes fail: Noor Wali Mehsud, Asim Munir’s top target in Afghanistan, is still alive

Pakistan’s Kabul strikes fail: Noor Wali Mehsud, Asim Munir’s top target in Afghanistan, is still alive

A week after a suspected Pakistani airstrike in Kabul targeted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Noor Wali Mehsud, the militant leader appeared in a video message on Thursday, declaring he was alive. The development risks reigniting one of the most serious confrontations between Islamabad and Kabul in decades. In the video, Mehsud denied reports of his…

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Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200; survivors face aid crunch

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200; survivors face aid crunch

KABUL/MAZAR DARA: Rescue workers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan’s earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources. Search operations continued in the quake-hit mountainous eastern areas, the Taliban administration said, announcing a new…

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