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ISI took in two arrested terrorists through Gwadar port, trained them in Sindh
The Special Cell sleuths are now investigating how the two went to Pakistan, got trained, and returned to India. Its probe has found that the two suspected terrorists --Osama, resident of Delhi's Jamia Nagar, and Zeeshan Qamar, resident of UP's Prayagraj - were imparted the training of making bombs and IEDs and committing arson with the help of items of daily use.
Top US general had opposed a full withdrawal from Afghanistan
Gen. Scott Miller, who commanded US and NATO troops in Afghanistan until July, told committee members he had informed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and US Central Command chief Gen. Frank McKenzie he was "opposed to the total withdrawal," Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said, The Hill reported.
Taliban claim millions in cash, gold bars seized from Saleh's house handed over to central bank
Recently, Mullah Shahabuddin Delawar, a Taliban member, told TOLO news that they had found $1 million each in two different places of Presidential Palace. A video went viral on social media, in which a person said: "This is the house of Amrullah Saleh when we came here, we found $105,000 and we handed them over to the Governor."
Baradar fled to Kandahar after brawl with Khalil Haqqani at Presidential Palace
The argument between the group's co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and a cabinet member happened at the presidential palace, the report said. There have been unconfirmed reports of disagreements within the Taliban's leadership since Baradar disappeared from public view in recent days.
Afghan envoy to Italy blasts Taliban
In a sharp anti-Taliban stance, Afghanistan Ambassador to Italy fully endorsed the legacy of Late Commander Ahmad Shah Masoud. The Ambassador in a talk in Rome talked about the implications of a terrorist organization taking power by force and forming an Islamist Radical Emirate Caretaker cabinet.
Afghan female football team evade Taliban threat
The footballers belonging to the national junior girls team were facing threats from the Taliban due to their involvement in sports. They had been originally due to travel to Qatar, where Afghan refugees have been housed at a facility for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but were left stranded after a bomb blast at the Kabul airport on August 26, Dawn reported.
7 die in plane crash in of Brazil
The deaths included the pilot, co-pilot and five passengers, all members of the same family, according to a report by the Sao Paulo state fire department disseminated on social media. The plane had departed from the regional airport of Piracicaba, located 164 km from the city of Sao Paulo, the Xinhua news agency reported.
UNGA president calls for redoubling efforts to implement SDGs
Noting that the SDGs represent a blueprint for peace and prosperity, for people and the planet, now and into the future and implementing these goals will help to protect the international community against future catastrophes, he on Tuesday warned that "with the trajectory, we are on, we are going to miss the 2030 deadline."
Scientists who declined lab-leak theory linked to Wuhan lab: Report
All but one of the scientists who signed a letter published in The Lancet on March 7 last year rejecting the lab-leak theory had links to Chinese researchers, their colleagues or funders, The Telegraph reported. The Lancet letter, signed by 27 scientists and initiated by British zoologist Peter Daszak, effectively shut down scientific debate into whether Coronavirus was manipulated or leaked from the Chinese lab.
UK parliament placed out of bounds for Chinese envoy
Zheng was due to attend a House of Commons reception, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China, on Wednesday. However, after protests from the MPs concerned - five of the House of Commons and two of the House of Lords - the respective presiding officers, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord McFall announced their decision, the BBC reported.
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