Taliban crackdown fuels hostility to Western aid workers in Kabul
In Kabul, schoolboys taunt foreigners with anti Christian chants as Taliban rulers warn of a broader plot to spread Christianity. The clashes follow the August 4 visit by Shelter Now International workers and the seizure of literature and offices, with the UN and World Food Program under scrutiny for potential proselytizing links.
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Afghanistan
Christian Missionaries
Taliban
United Nations
Farid Ahmed
Ahmed
Wakil Ahmed Muttwakil
Anis
World Food Program
Shelter Now International
Abdul Rehman Ottaq
Gorbachev praises Putin amid post coup critique
Mikhail Gorbachev lauded Vladimir Putin for stabilizing Russia while lamenting the influence of hard liners and the chaotic reforms of Boris Yeltsin. He warned of a potential drift toward authoritarianism, but praised Putin’s law and order stance and his pursuit of a multiparty system.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin
Gorbachev
Putin
Boris Yeltsin
NTV Television
Gazprom
Yeltsin
China to spend 8.4 million on panda forest reserves
China will allocate 8.4 million to protect forests in its southwest to safeguard about 1,000 wild giant pandas. Vice Forestry Minister Wang Zhibao said the effort aims to secure 95 percent of remaining pandas and double reserves from 34 to about 70, protecting roughly 4 million acres of habitat.
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China
Wang Zhibao
Xinhua
Nepal Moves to Outlaw Caste Discrimination
The Nepalese government announced a new policy to criminalize untouchability and caste-based discrimination. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba told Parliament the law would impose severe sentences, signaling a major shift in social norms. The Himalayan nation remains deeply tied to the Hindu caste system.
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Sher Bahadur Deuba
Vishnu
Trains Hit Crowds in India Killing 20 in Two Accidents
Two separate rail crashes in central India and Bihar leave at least 20 dead and 50 injured. In Maharashtra a speeding Geetanjali Express plowed through a crowd spilled from a stopped train near Jalgaon, while in Jamul, Bihar a train crashed into a stationary carriage, killing five and injuring about fifty.
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Jamul
Bihar
Digvijay Singh
Bombay
Jalgaon
Maharashtra
Central Railway
Mukul Marwah
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