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By Amjad Ali Islamabad, Sep 30 (EFE).- Floods in Pakistan have submerged entire cities, including their cemeteries, making it a challenge for the locals to to find a dry place to bury their dead, with the number of victims of rain-related incidents going past 1,600. With a population of over 300,000, the city of Khairpur …
(Last Updated On: May 20, 2021)
At least 11 civilians were killed Thursday morning in a roadside IED blast in Helmand province, security officials said.
According to the officials the blast occurred at around 8 am in Bushran area when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside IED. Eleven civilians, including women and children, were killed.
Security officials said the IED had recently been planted by the Taliban, but the Taliban has not yet commented.
For several days now, there has been intense fighting between security forces and the Taliban in the Bushran area.
However, Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, said that nine people were killed and two children were injured in the incident.
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More than 11,000 applicants sat the national university entrance exam – known as the Kankor – on Thursday in Herat province, officials confirmed.
Education authorities said of these 11,000 plus students, 56 percent were women.
According to officials from the General Committee for Entrance Examinations, the Kankor has been held in 25 provinces of the country so far and the process is continuing rapidly.
They said about 190,000 applications were received from across the country, of which 60,000 are likely to be admitted to the country’s universities.
Herat University officials also say that this year, about 5,000 of the province’s entrance exam applicants will be admitted to different faculties at the university.
Rahmatullah Yarmal, the governor of Laghman province, said Thursday morning Dawlat Shah district has fallen to the Taliban after security forces were forced to