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40 killed, 150 go missing as rains lash Afghanistan July 30, 2021 JALALABAD: At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday. A rescue operation was underway to find the missing people after torrential rains overwhelmed Kamdesh district in Nuristan province — about 200 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Kabul. “About 40 people were killed last night due to flash floods,” Saeedullah Nuristani, head of the provincial council, told AFP.He said 150 people were s...

Memorial Day: Remembering Those Gave Their Lives On the lawn of the county courthouse in Waynesville, North Carolina, is a rough stone memorial honoring the county’s Vietnam War dead. Engraved on this monument are the names of “Haywood County’s Sons Who Sacrificed Their Lives in the Republic of South Vietnam.” At the foot of this stone slab is a cast metal pair of unlaced combat boots. Many of the names inscribed on this simple memorial—Brown, Frazier, Moody, Rogers, and others—have echoed in Haywood’s hills and hollers for generations. The ancestors of these dead men probably f...

These chaotic engagements show that the direction and command of calm, competent leaders are crucial to survival. When warring factions meet in combat, it’s terrifying. And when the two sides are far from evenly matched, it’s worse. But safely distanced from the battlefield and buffered by the passage of time, those David and Goliath battles can make wonderful movies. Consider the battle of the Alamo (Feb 23–Mar 6, 1836). That one didn’t end so well for the Texicans making a stand at the mission. But that slaughter has been replayed on the silver screen more than once, the latest in 2...

75pc of mining sites controlled by militants and strongmen Sun Online Desk 12th May, 2021 08:14:59 KABUL (Pajhwok): A table of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) shows that of 748 mining areas in different parts of Afghanistan, about 283 are controlled by the Taliban, 281 by government and the remaining by power full individuals. The ministry collected information on nationwide mining sites. A source in MoMP provided Pajhwok Afghan News the table based on that information. He said this information was collected between 2018 and 2020. The information contains the number of mineral area...

10 May 2021 - 08:27 KABUL (Pajhwok): A table of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) shows that of 748 mining areas in different parts of Afghanistan, about 283 are controlled by the Taliban, 281 by government and the remaining by power full individuals. The ministry collected information on nationwide mining sites. A source in MoMP provided Pajhwok Afghan News the table based on that information. He said this information was collected between 2018 and 2020. The information contains the number of mineral areas, locations of mines, who control them and types o...