Health officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Sunday that the infectious disease claimed the lives of eight people last (solar) year while 1,700 others  contracted the illness.

Patients in the provincial hospital said the main reason for them having contracted the disease was financial woes as they weren&t able to buy healthy...

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Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock officials said this week that due to a decrease in demand for saffron, cultivation of this spice has dropped off significantly this year.

However, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) officials said they are taking serious steps to improve the situation and increase cultivation of the saffron...

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Britain said it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds ($1.60 billion) in military support and aid to Ukraine, making the pledge ahead of a planned video call on Sunday by Group of Seven leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Prime Minister Johnson has been one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine&s efforts to resist...

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Pakistan&s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sent in the first consignment of emergency relief to Afghanistan following this week&s deadly floods.

Sharif tweeted Saturday morning that the &first consignment of relief goods for the flood affectees has reached Afghanistan to be followed by more relief measures.

&Pakistan will...

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday (May 7), South Korea&s military said, three days before the inauguration of South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a hard line against the North.

South Korea&s military said that North Korea fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Saturday ordered women to wear the all-covering burqa in public.

The decree marks one of the strictest controls imposed on women since the IEA came into power in August.

The decree was read out at a press conference in Kabul.

&If the body is covered with any clothing, it is considered hijab, but it...

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