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7 Places Outside India Mentioned in the Mahabharata That Will Surprise You

“यदिहास्ति तदन्यत्र, यन्नेहास्ति न तत् क्वचित्।” Whatever is found here may be found elsewhere. What is not found here is nowhere else. When most of us think about the Mahabharata, we imagine Hastinapur, Kurukshetra, and the banks of the Ganga. We picture royal courts, forest exile, and the great war…

Times Life

Powerful Afghan earthquake leaves at least 20 dead and hundreds injured

Northern provinces of Balkh and Samangan worst hit by magnitude 6.3 quake, which also damaged Mazar-i-Sharif’s Blue Mosque

The Guardian - UK

Taliban leader restricts internet access in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

Fibre optic internet has been banned in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, although mobile data is still available.

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Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in an Afghan province to 'prevent immorality'

The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration

The Independent UK

Bomb Kills 1, Wounds 5 at Press Award Event in Afghanistan

A bomb exploded on Saturday during an award ceremony for journalists in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e- Sharif city, killing at least one person and wounded five others, a Taliban police spokesman said. The blast occurred at the Tabian Farhang center in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, as journalists gathered for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blast at Afghanistan journalist event kills at least one, injures eight

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province's governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State.

Reuters

Senior Taliban governor killed after suicide bomber forces their way into his office

Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, who was killed in his office by a bomb, is one of the highest-ranking figures to be killed since the Taliban swept back to power in 2021

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Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh killed in blast - police

A blast tore through the Taliban governor's office in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Thursday, killing him and two others, police said.

Reuters

At Least 7 Killed in Blast in North Afghanistan

At least seven people were killed on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. "Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in ... Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil employees," said Mohammad Asif Wazeri, police spokesperson for…

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