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No respite for Afghanistan as new spate of floods kill 66 people in northern province

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People remove mud from the courtyard of their houses after floods in Maymana, the capital city of Faryab Province, Afghanistan. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms and villages and swept away swathes of communities….

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai nominated by Imran Khan as Pakistan presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai, center, Pakistan’s newly elected lawmaker from Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | Photo Credit: AP The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan’s party on Saturday named the Pashtun­khwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the…

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China refuses to further expand cooperation with Pak in energy, water, climate under CPEC

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China has refused to further expand cooperation in the areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it emerged on September 25, signalling a strain in the ‘ironclad’ friendship between the two all-weather allies. Cash-strapped Pakistan also gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported…

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