Last month, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its final audit, laying bare a truth long whispered in strategic circles: the two-decade American effort in Afghanistan was not merely a military campaign but an unprecedented case of financial mismanagement and corruption. SIGAR’s forensic accounting shows that the United States allocated roughly $2,400 […]
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Moral Collapse
The grotesque mutilation of a cow in Jhelum cannot be brushed aside as a rural aberration or an isolated crime. It is the latest symptom of a national disorder that feeds on silence. From poisoned dogs in Sanghar to livestock beaten and filmed for social-media entertainment, Pakistan’s casual cruelty toward animals exposes something deeper than […]
Families line up to bury dead from India bridge collapse
Morbi, India: There were so many dead that their families had to queue up to bury them. Hundreds of mourners milled among the rows of graves at the Muslim cemetery in Morbi on Monday, a day after more than 130 people were killed in India’s worst bridge collapse in decades. Relatives dug graves for their […]
Hunt for survivors as Florida collapse leaves four dead, 159 unaccounted for
Four people were confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted for Friday following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scoured a mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. As shock set in among the local community in Surfside, the state’s governor called for full light to be shed […]
One dead after Florida apartment block partially collapses
A 12-story oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and sparking a major emergency response with dozens of rescuers combing the rubble for survivors. Video footage posted online showed a large portion of the building in the town of Surfside — just north of Miami Beach — reduced […]
Building collapse kills 7 in India after monsoon rains
A three-story building collapsed after monsoon rains in a hilly area of northern India on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said Monday. Rescuers were looking for half a dozen people, including some soldiers, still unaccounted for early Monday. Several soldiers were among the 31 people rescued since the collapse occurred in the town […]
After ‘caliphate’ collapse, extremists head to Afghanistan to plot attacks
Daesh fighters who waged a bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq are heading to Afghanistan to continue their battle and help plot “spectacular” attacks against America, a US official has told AFP. The warning comes as Daesh seeks to assert a regional influence after the loss of its self-proclaimed Middle East “caliphate,” and as South […]