Kabul vows 'appropriate' response after Pak strikes kill 10

KABUL, Nov 25 (AFP): Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tensions soar following a suicide bombing in Peshawar a day earlier."The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident," spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid...

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Gaza 'survival' at stake, says UN

GENEVA, Nov 25 (AFP): Israel's war in Gaza has ravaged the Palestinian territory's economy and is threatening its very survival, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for "immediate and substantial" international intervention.Rebuilding the Gaza Strip will cost more than $70 billion and could take several decades, the UN Trade and...

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UN seeks 'impartial' probe into Israeli strikes in Lebanon

GENEVA, Nov 25 (AFP): The United Nations called Tuesday for swift and impartial investigations into Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including a deadly attack on a Palestinian refugee camp last week.The UN rights office decried that nearly a year since the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel was agreed, "we continue to...

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