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Delay in grant distribution leaves most survivors of November 3 earthquake without secure shelters

by Krishna Prasad Gautam/ Hariharsingh Rathaur in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 25, 2023Fifty-two-year-old Nar Bahadur Mahar moved his family of seven from the tarpaulin tents they had been living in since the November 3 earthquake to a hut he had built using corn stalks as protection from the cold. He was hoping to make better arrangements with the grant he was to receive from the government to build a temporary shelter before the December cold…

Mazar-i-Sharif attack leaves one dead

AFP in Dawn, March 12th, 2023MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Saturday’s blast took place during an event honouring…