In Afghanistan, Islamabad, a group of armed gunmen attacked a camp on Wednesday, slaying 10 mine clearers at the office of a foreign organization sponsoring the de-mining activity.
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Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday that gunmen attacked the office of an international charity clearing land mines in the country, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than a dozen others.
The overnight assault on Britain-based HALO Trust’s camp occurred in the embattled northern Baghlan province, the scene of fierce fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents.
A provincial police spokesman told VOA the victims were all Afghan citizens who work at the de-mining camp, alleging that insurgents gathered them in a room before spraying them with bullets.
The local affiliate of the Islamic State terror group, known as IS Khorasan Province (ISKP), took credit for the massacre, saying it inflicted more than 60 casualties, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
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Rahim Zaidi started the Ghan Kilburn City Football Club in 2002 so young Hazara Afghans had a community they could be a part of while integrating into Australian life.
In almost two decades, it s grown from 22 members to 150, with teams across the junior, men’s and women’s divisions.
Mr Zaidi said the club, which shares its ground with the local Australian rules football team, has helped to strengthen ties within the wider community.
“When I start, I don’t know lots of Australian people, but when I start soccer … now we have lots of Aussie friends here,” he said.
December 23, 2020 at 5:14 pm
Afghanistan has long had a security problem, despite the many who have sought to guarantee its safety. The latest of those revealed themselves this week when Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif offered the Afghan government the help of Afghan Shia militants to fight against Daesh. In Afghanistan, we are prepared to support [militants] under the leadership of the Afghan government, said Zarif.
Kabul s reaction was not an agreeable one. Foreign Ministry spokesman Graan Hewad told
Anadolu that the Constitution, national interests and foreign policy of Afghanistan do not permit Afghan citizens, except when under the national flag, to enter regional wars and conflicts in different countries.