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For 23 million Afghans, U.S. aid funding has been a critical lifeline, but that support is now in jeopardy, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization said on Friday. Funding cuts are already having devastating impacts on the country&s most vulnerable communities, especially women and children, IRC said in an article. IRC said...
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Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire for a 2nd straight day on Saturday as ties plummeted in between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours after an attack on travelers blamed on Pakistani militants killed 26 in India&& s Kashmir region. The Indian Army stated its soldiers responded to && unprovoked & small arms fire from multiple ... Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire for a 2nd straight day on Saturday as ties plummeted in between the two nuclear-armed neighbours after an attack on tourists blamed on Pakistani militants killed 26 in India&& s Kashmir region.The Indian Army stated its troops responded to && unprovoked & small arms fire from numerous Pakistan Army posts that started around midnight on Friday along the 740-km (460-mile) de facto border separating the Indian and Pakistani areas of Kashmir, Reuters reported.The Indian Army said Pakistani troops had actually likewise opened up with sporadic fire around midnight on Thursday. No casualties were reported from the Indian side, it said.There was no immediate remark from the Pakistani military.Kashmir&& s police have recognized three suspects, consisting of 2 Pakistani nationals, who performed the April 22 attack. Pakistan has denied any participation and its defence minister has said a worldwide investigation was required into the attack.After the attack, India and Pakistan let loose a raft of steps versus each other, with Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airline companies, and India suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty that controls water-sharing from the Indus River and its tributaries.India and Pakistan have a decades-old ceasefire agreement over the disputed region of Kashmir however their troops still exchange gunfire sporadically. The two countries both claim Kashmir and have battled 2 of their 3 wars over it.The post India, Pakistan exchange shooting for 2nd day as ties plummet after attack first appeared on TINS News.
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Former US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Friday that the Islamic Emirate&s condemnation of the attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir was an &encouraging development&. &In an encouraging development, the Taliban (IEA) have sided with the tourist victims in Kashmir and have denounced this...
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Authorities from the Union of Pharmaceutical Factories say financial investment in the country&& s pharmaceutical sector is broadening. According to them, 900 various types of medicines are currently being produced by numerous factories operating in this field, and around 100 of those have reached self-sufficiency. Members of the union are prompting all ...
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Pakistan believes an international investigation is needed into the killing of 26 men at a tourist spot in Indian Kashmir this week and is willing to work with international investigators, the New York Times reported on Friday, quoting Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. Asif told the newspaper in an interview that Pakistan was...
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U.S. President Donald Trump stated he is open to fulfilling Iran&& s supreme leader or president which he believes the 2 countries will strike a new deal on Tehran & s contested nuclear program. Trump, who in 2018 pulled the U.S. out of a now moribund nuclear offer in between Tehran and world powers, duplicated a danger of military ...
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