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A retired police officer, Mohammad Shafi Mir, aged 72, was shot dead while reciting the Azaan (call to prayer) in a mosque in the Gantmulla village of Sheeri Baramulla. The assailants, believed to be militants, fired from a vintage .12-bore rifle, causing Mir to sustain four pellet wounds, with two hitting vital organs. The unprecedented incident, the first involving firearms in the village since 1989, shocked residents who initially mistook Mir's collapse for a medical emergency. Mir, known for his integrity and commitment to prayers, had a background in law enforcement and was a Muezzin...

100s of Manuscripts Smuggled From Afghanistan Each Year Publishers on Wednesday said that hundreds of valuable and historical manuscripts are being smuggled from Afghanistan every year and are being sold in markets around the world. According to local publishers, during more than four decades of war, many of Afghanistan’s manuscripts have been smuggled to EU countries and Arab and Asian markets. The publishers said that some of these manuscripts, which are sold in Turkey, India, Pakistan and Iranian markets, are printed abroad and then sent to Afghanistan at higher prices. An example of t...