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Ex-India Star, Who Played 15 Test Matches, Now Heir To This Royal Throne
Former Indian cricket team star Ajay Jadeja was declared the next Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, also known as Jamnagar, a princely state in the historical Halar region on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
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21 Dead, 38 Injured In Bus-Tanker Collision In Afghanistan
Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.
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Afghanistan Province Tells Officials Not To Photograph "Living Things"
Authorities in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered its officials on Sunday not to take pictures or videos of "living things".
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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A Year Into Taliban Rule, Misery And Disease Conquer Afghanistan: Report
The heaving wards of a ramshackle clinic in southern Afghanistan are just one sign of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has gripped the war-ravaged country since the Taliban returned to power a year ago.
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"Trying To Look Like Animals": Taliban On Women Without Hijab
The Taliban's religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic hijab that fully covers their bodies are "trying to look like animals."
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Taliban Chief Haibatullah Akhundzada Makes Public Appearance Amid Death Rumours
Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance, officials announced Sunday, after he addressed supporters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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ISIS Claim Responsibility For Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency said on Friday.
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41 Killed, 70 Injured In Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, witnesses said, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores more.
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"It's Your Country": Taliban Stops At Border Afghans Trying To Flee To Pak
Thousands of Afghans trying to escape the misery at home have flocked to their country's southern border with Pakistan, but their attempts to get across have been stopped by the Taliban.
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UN Resumes Humanitarian Flights To Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover
The United Nations has resumed humanitarian flights to northern and southern Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Taliban Capture Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, Capital Of Helmand: Official
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand, after two weeks of heavy fighting, a police official said on Friday.
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Taliban Kill Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist In Afghanistan: Officials
Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers.
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Army Urges Civilians To Evacuate Besieged City After UN Says 40 Have Died
Fighting is raging for Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, with the United Nations saying at least 40 civilians had been killed in the last 24 hours.
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US, UK Embassies In Afghanistan Accuse Taliban Of Possible War Crimes
The US and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a charge denied by the insurgents.
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Ex-India Star, Who Played 15 Test Matches, Now Heir To This Royal Throne
Former Indian cricket team star Ajay Jadeja was declared the next Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, also known as Jamnagar, a princely state in the historical Halar region on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
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21 Dead, 38 Injured In Bus-Tanker Collision In Afghanistan
Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.
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Afghanistan Province Tells Officials Not To Photograph "Living Things"
Authorities in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, ordered its officials on Sunday not to take pictures or videos of "living things".
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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A Year Into Taliban Rule, Misery And Disease Conquer Afghanistan: Report
The heaving wards of a ramshackle clinic in southern Afghanistan are just one sign of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has gripped the war-ravaged country since the Taliban returned to power a year ago.
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"Trying To Look Like Animals": Taliban On Women Without Hijab
The Taliban's religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic hijab that fully covers their bodies are "trying to look like animals."
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Taliban Chief Haibatullah Akhundzada Makes Public Appearance Amid Death Rumours
Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance, officials announced Sunday, after he addressed supporters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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ISIS Claim Responsibility For Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency said on Friday.
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41 Killed, 70 Injured In Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, witnesses said, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores more.
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"It's Your Country": Taliban Stops At Border Afghans Trying To Flee To Pak
Thousands of Afghans trying to escape the misery at home have flocked to their country's southern border with Pakistan, but their attempts to get across have been stopped by the Taliban.
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UN Resumes Humanitarian Flights To Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover
The United Nations has resumed humanitarian flights to northern and southern Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Taliban Capture Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, Capital Of Helmand: Official
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand, after two weeks of heavy fighting, a police official said on Friday.
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Taliban Kill Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist In Afghanistan: Officials
Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers.
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Army Urges Civilians To Evacuate Besieged City After UN Says 40 Have Died
Fighting is raging for Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, with the United Nations saying at least 40 civilians had been killed in the last 24 hours.
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US, UK Embassies In Afghanistan Accuse Taliban Of Possible War Crimes
The US and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a charge denied by the insurgents.
