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The United States has deployed a dozen additional warplanes to bolster protection of American and coalition troops making a final withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents step up pressure on Afghan government forces, top Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said F-18 attack planes have been added to a previously announced package of air and sea power – including the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the North Arabian Sea and six Air Force B-52 bombers based in Qatar – that can be called upon as protection for withdrawing troops.
Maldives Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed Wounded in Suspected Terrorist Attack, Cops Say
On 5/7/21 at 10:31 AM EDT
Police in the Maldives said Friday that an explosion that wounded former president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and four others was an act of terrorism.
Nasheed, 53, was wounded in the blast outside his home Thursday night as he was about to get into his car, police said. He is being treated at a hospital in the capital of Male. While Nasheed had multiple surgeries to remove shrapnel, Home Minister Imran Abdulla told a local television station that the injuries were not life-threatening. Two of Nasheed s bodyguards and two apparent bystanders, including a British citizen, were also wounded.
Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed hurt in blast near his home
Maldives first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital, police said.
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Posted: May 06, 2021 3:19 PM ET | Last Updated: May 6
Police secure the site after a blast injured former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed in Male on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images)
Maldives first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital Male, police said.
Maldives first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohas amed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital, police said.
The 53-year-old pro-democracy pioneer was about to get into his car in the congested capital when a bomb rigged to a motorcycle was detonated, officials said. Nasheed escaped an assassination attempt, a Maldivian government official told AFP by telephone. He is injured, but his condition is stable.
Nasheed is being treated for shrapnel wounds under anaesthesia at hospital but two family members said he is talking and responsive. A foreign tourist was also injured.
Former United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative to the Maldives Dr. Munir Safieldin
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Former United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative to the Maldives Dr. Munir Safieldin bid a formal farewell to government dignitaries before leaving the country last month following the end of a successful tenure.
Dr. Safieldin served as UNICEF representative to the Maldives since 2017, and has since built close professional relationships with leaders of the government that reflect the strengthening of the bond between UNICEF and Maldives in recent years. A ceremony was held on 2 December 2020 at the Maldives National University (MNU) to bid farewell to Dr. Safieldin before he left the country.