Pakistan launches deadliest attack on Afghanistan in months

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By AFP and Posted by TOE Pakistan launched its deadliest attack on Afghanistan in months, with Islamabad saying on Monday it killed dozens of militants as the Afghan government reported civilian casualties. The nighttime strikes are the latest flare-up of violence between the neighbours whose relationship has been fraught since 2021, when the Taliban government took power in Kabul, and follow a weeks-long war that erupted in February. Pakistan’s information minister said air and ground operations killed 29 militants and were aimed at a group that it blames for a deadly weekend assault in Karachi, although Afghan authorities have repeatedly denied their territory harbours attackers. The Taliban government said the airstrikes hit three eastern provinces, killing 36 civilians and wounding 163. A resident of Paktia province, Adam Khan, said he “cannot put into words the condition of the children I saw at the hospital, or the screams of their parents and sibl...
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More than 68,000 people still missing in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes

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By Nathan Rennolds EuroNews | Posted by TOE

More than 68,000 people are reportedly still missing in Venezuela after two earthquakes devastated parts of the country earlier this week.

Back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude tremors hit Venezuela on Wednesday, causing widespread destruction and killing 1,430 people. A further 3,238 people were injured.

Emergency response teams have flown in from around the world to support the 30,000 Venezuelan specialists leading search and rescue efforts, as authorities race to recover survivors.

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said 24 countries have so far provided support, sending 521 tonnes of supplies, 86 canine teams and more than 2,741 search, rescue and support personnel.

Many locals have also taken matters into their own hands, digging through mounds of rubble in an attempt to find their loved ones.

Harrowing videos circulating on social media show rescuers pulling people, including infants, out from toppled buildings.

The first 72 hours are said to be the most crucial for successful rescues. This period has now passed.

Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said on Sunday that she had held a call with Rodríguez following the earthquakes.

“I conveyed the EU’s full solidarity with the Venezuelan people and our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones,” she wrote in a post on X.

“The EU has already mobilised €5 million in emergency assistance for affected communities,” she added.

A preliminary estimate from the United Nations Development Programme put the cost of direct physical damage caused by the quakes at $6.7 billion.



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