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The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings …

The atrocities faced by the nation are showing no signs of ending. There is no lull in the grief and troubles of the nation. We have been watching the show of bloodshed and terror for the past four decades. The extreme of misfortune is whenever there is a glimpse of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Georgian troops have discovered buried explosive chemicals not far from the German military base in northern Balkh province. Serving under German command as part of the new NATO-led Resolute Support mission, the Georgian soldiers noticed the chemical explosives the other day when they were on routine patrol …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that holding parliamentary elections are not possible this solar year. According to constitution of Afghanistan, Wolesi Jirga’s tenure ends on 21st June, 2015. Deputy Chairman of the IEC, Abdulrahman Hotaki, told Azadi Radio that holding parliamentary polls are not possible till …

By Mansoor Faizy: As soon as China announced an investment worth $46 billion in Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have successfully test fired its first indigenously developed missile name as “Omar-1”.  To substantiate their claim the TTP group which is currently at war with Pakistani troops in the volatile …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Kabul: The Minister of Public Works, Ferozuddin Feroz, branded the former officials of the ministry of as incompetent. Feroz told a press conference the other day that former officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) were ‘globetrotters not managers’. “They always preferred sightseeing tours to foreign …