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Stuck in Afghanistan: A Gripping Novel That Unveils a Nation’s Truths — and Two Ideas That Could Redefine Leadership
EIN Presswire
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August 22, 2025
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Former Afghan business executive and author Naim Atarud has released his most personal work yet, Stuck in Afghanistan — a literary novel that blends historical fiction with sharp...
Afghanistan's water predicament goes regional
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN) After decades of war that left it with little authority over its five major river basins, Afghanistan is now asserting greater control of its water resources under Taliban rule. Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban have launched dam...
Afghan police foil major drug trafficking attempts
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Afghan counter-narcotics police have stopped two major drug trafficking attempts, arresting three suspected smugglers in Takhar and Zabul provinces, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said Wednesday. Acting on intelligence, forces conducted...
Traffic accident in Afghanistan kills seventy-nine Afghan deportees from Iran
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN) A tragic road accident in western Afghanistan has claimed the lives of 79 people, including 17 children, most of whom were Afghan migrants recently deported from Iran, according to a Taliban interior ministry spokesperson. The bus,...
1.7M Afghans Head Back Home from Iran, Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Since the start of this year, 1.7 million Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, according to the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, indicated that most returnees have...
76 Reported Dead in Afghanistan Tragic Bus Crash
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 76 people, including multiple children, lost their lives late Tuesday in a catastrophic road accident in western Afghanistan, according to media. The deadly collision involved a passenger bus, a truck, and a motorcycle on the...
Seventy-six civilians tragically pass away in bus crash in Afghanistan
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 76 people, including several children, lost their lives in western Afghanistan when a passenger bus carrying repatriated migrants from Iran collided with a truck and a motorcycle, according to reports. Following the collision,...
Military Makeover with Montel® Heads to New Jersey for the Launch of Season 44, Honoring the Linn Family
EIN Presswire
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August 18, 2025
Home Transformation of a Dedicated Hampton, NJ, Army Veteran and His Family. Full makeover occurring between Sept. 23rd and Sept. 30th. Reveal films Sept. 30th HAMPTON, NJ, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Military Makeover...
Bus Crash in Afghanistan Claims 76 Lives
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 76 individuals, among them numerous minors, lost their lives in a devastating crash in western Afghanistan. The disaster involved a passenger bus transporting migrants returning from Iran, which collided with both a truck and a...
Traffic Accident Leaves 64 Dead in Western Afghanistan
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 64 passengers lost their lives and three others were injured in a catastrophic traffic accident on Tuesday night in Herat province, western Afghanistan, according to Abdul Zahir Noorzai, head of the provincial rescue department,...
Iran sends back more than one million undocumented Afghans
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni announced on Monday that close to 1.2 million undocumented Afghan nationals have been sent back to their country since March 21, according to reports. Speaking in Mashhad, Momeni explained that...
Heavy Rains, Flooding Devastate Afghanistan’s Parwan Province
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Heavy rains unleashed severe flooding overnight Sunday, causing extensive property damage across eastern Afghanistan’s Parwan province, the provincial government reported Monday. The statement added that the rainstorms, which set off...
Increase of produce of flour requirements in Afghanistan
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) According to reports, Afghanistan now produces nearly 60 percent of the flour it requires annually. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister on Economic Affairs stated that the country’s annual flour demand is around 6 million tons, with...
English flags lifted all over UK as tensions over migration increase
MENAFN
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August 24, 2025
(MENAFN) St. George’s and Union Jack flags have been raised in towns across the UK under a campaign called Operation Raise the Colours, which supporters say reflects national pride and opposition to current migration policies. The initiative,...
Afghanistan’s law enforcement arrest forty suspects for alleged crimes
MENAFN
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August 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs reported Tuesday that police had detained 40 people in various parts of the country over the past 24 hours for alleged involvement in multiple criminal offenses. According to the ministry, the...
Afghanistan’s law enforcement detains two people for arms trafficking
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN) According to reports, law enforcement officials in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan, apprehended two individuals accused of trafficking military equipment on Monday. During the arrest, authorities found two hand grenades, five...
ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"
International Committee of the Red Cross
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August 15, 2025
Your Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour to be with you today. Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to Your Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn for the kind invitation...
Afghanistan’s authorities prevents illegal smuggling of sheep
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Authorities in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province have successfully prevented the illegal smuggling of 1,200 sheep, according to the local department of information and culture. The livestock was being transported through Spin...
Retired Royal Adviser GSM Bill Mott Joins Missouri Military Academy as Deputy Commandant for Operations
EIN Presswire
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August 14, 2025
Retired royal adviser GSM Bill Mott joins MMA as deputy commandant after leading cadets at Valley Forge Military Academy & College. MEXICO, MO, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Retired British Army officer and royal adviser...
Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan Forge Stronger Trade, Economic Ties
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan have agreed to establish trading houses in each other’s countries to enhance trade and economic ties, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy and Commerce announced Wednesday. The pact was finalized during discussions...