Police foil attempt to smuggle illegal drugs, arrest 3 in W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Police have thwarted attempts to traffic illegal drugs, including heroin, and took into custody three alleged drug smugglers in the western Afghanistan Nimroz province, Provincial Director for Counter-Narcotics Mawlawi Faiz …

2 armed robbers killed, 3 detained in N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Police have gunned down two armed robbers and arrested three others in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz and Balkh provinces on Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. In the first incident, which took place in Imam Sahib district of …

Inside Prince Harry's 'perilous' Afghanistan tour and how it ended in a 'depressing' way: Young royal 'revelled in the ...

It's a longstanding tradition that members of the Royal Family serve their country by joining the Armed Forces. The late Queen Elizabeth II was enlisted as a mechanic during the Second World War and her son Prince Andrew was dispatched in a Royal Navy …

Development projects launched in W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The construction work for 10 development projects worth 56 million afghani (over 800,000 U.S. dollars) has commenced in western Afghanistan's Farah province, a local official said Wednesday. The projects, which include …

Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan Sign Agreements To Strengthen Trade And Economic Projects

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, August 13. Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan signed a roadmap for cooperation and a memorandum of understanding on trade and economic collaboration during a visit by the Afghan delegation led by Acting Minister of …

Over 30,000 repatriated to Afghanistan from Quetta

QUETTA: Over 30,000 Afghan nationals illegally living in Quetta division have so far been sent to Afghanistan in less than a month, official sources said. All illegal Afghans living in Pakistan were asked by the government to return to their country by …

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Should Canadians who fought in Afghanistan be considered for the Victoria Cross? One MP thinks so

“When you have a significant component of the people that have been there, who have fought there, 40,000 of them, and they’re saying, ’We’re not sufficiently recognized,’ I think that that’s something to be paid attention to.”

Headlines from across the state: Henrico high-schooler resettled from Afghanistan arrested by ICE; more …

Here are some of the top headlines from other news outlets around Virginia. Some content may be behind a metered paywall: Politics: Henrico high-schooler resettled from Afghanistan arrested by ICE. — Richmond Times-Dispatch (paywall). VA ends union …

Pakistan Army Claims To Have Killed 50 Militants In Balochistan Near Afghanistan Border

Islamabad: Pakistan's army on Tuesday claimed to have killed 50 militants, including Baloch Liberation Army and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan members, in a four-day operation near the Afghanistan border, specifically in Balochistan province, reported …