https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/five-afghan-cricket-players-killed-by-suspected-taliban-gunman-9082159.html A gunman shot and killed five cricket players in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on Thursday. The Afghan authorities have said that the man on a motorcycle opened fire at the group of local cricketers in Alinghar distrcit while they were playing a game. A provincial spokesman, Sarhadii Zhouak, said the attacker then fled the scene. No one has yet… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/taliban-denies-ordering-10-year-old-girl-to-carry-out-suicide-bombing-on-helmand-checkpoint-9047659.html The statement comes a day after the girl, who is known only as Spozhmai, said she refused to carry out an attack in Helmand province after her brother allegedly dressed her in a vest packed with explosives and sent her to a checkpoint. According to a police commander, border police in the southern Afghan province had arrested the… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kyrgyzstan-constitution-lost-cannot-find-central-asia-a7373171.html Politicians in Kyrgyzstan have lost the country’s constitution. It emerged during a debate over planned changes to the law that nobody in the central Asian country knew where the original document was. The most recent version of the constitution was approved by referendum in June 2010, when changes were made to give more authority to parliament and diminish the power of the president…. Read more »
A country’s constitution doesn’t just go missing. This event highlights government corruption in Kyrgyzstan in an attempt to empower the parliament, and decline the power of the president. Kyrgyzstan doesn’t have the original copy, but it retains the copy from 2010. There is much debate on where the actual document is, and some even believe that there wasn’t an original… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/six-us-soldiers-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan-9011627.html Six American soldiers died in a crash involving an aircraft in Zabul, southern Afghanistan, on Tuesday afternoon. The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said the cause of the crash is unknown, but an investigation has been launched into the incident. The Taliban claimed they killed the soldiers and wrote on Twitter that they had shot down the helicopter… Read more »
