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The Chilean president’s D.C. visit took me back to Pinochet’s rule Original
At the edge of Sheridan Circle in Northwest Washington sits a tree stump crowned with an engraved stone disk. Barely noticeable to the drivers who whiz by on Massachusetts Avenue, the spot has poignant meaning for the crowd that gathers here every September to mourn twin tragediesin the modern history of Chile. Fifty years ago this month, on Sept. 11, 1973, Chile’s armed forces, backed by the CIA, staged a brutal coup that overthrew the democratically elected socialist government in Santiago.
In a town near Kyiv, painful memories linger a year after Russia's retreat
The 84-year-old woman who gave her name only as Babushka Halya, or Grandma Halya, is one of a handful of residents left in this once-bucolic town about 14 miles north of Kyiv. In the early winter months of 2022, it was the site of one of the most fiercely fought and decisive battles during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Front lines seesawed from block to block for more than two weeks as Russian forces attempted to break through toward the capital.
In a town near Kyiv, painful memories linger a year after Russia’s retreat Original
Comment on this story Comment MOSHCHUN, Ukraine — Behind a small yellow church pockmarked with bullet holes, an elderly woman last week stood outside her home, a two-room brick and plywood shed filled with dishes, kindling, scattered medicines and bits of laundry. Two cats were napping on a tousled bed. She frowned with effort as she spoke, but she remembered everything. “They were bombing and burning every day. We slept on the basement floor for many nights.
Ukrainians adjust to life with a constant threat from airstrikes Original
Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — When the familiar siren sounded midmorning Friday, nobody in the penthouse terrace cafe looked up. A few minutes later, the hostess went from table to table, politely asking people to go inside. Laptops were snapped shut, tote bags were shouldered, lattes were poured from china cups into plastic glasses. Ten minutes later, most of the patrons were settled on wooden benches in the building’s underground parking garage. There was no hurry or commotion.
Tyranovi musíme odťať hlavu, hovoria ruské milície na adresu Putina
Tvrdia, že majú spolu až 3 000 bojovníkov. Text vyšiel pôvodne na webe denníka Washington Post. Prvé cezhraničné útoky boli rýchle a tajné, povedal veliteľ Denis Kapustin. Hŕstka bojovníkov vstúpila do dediny, preskúmala terén, niekoľkokrát vystrelila na ruských pohraničníkov a vytratila sa. Neskôr sa nakrátko vrátili, aby sa porozprávali s dedinčanmi. Nakoniec podľa neho veľká skupina vykonala hlavnú misiu - zabila desiatky nepriateľských vojakov, ďalších zajala a ukradla zbrane.
To fight Putin, anti-Kremlin Russian militias aid Ukraine with cross-border attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — The first cross-border raids were quick and furtive, the commander said, just a handful of fighters entering a village, scouting the terrain, taking a few shots at Russian border guards and slipping away. Later, they returned briefly to speak with villagers. Finally, he said, a large group carried out the main mission – killing dozens of enemy troops, taking others prisoner and stealing weapons.
Cómo las milicias rusas anti-Putin desafían al Kremlin con ataques transfronterizos sorpresa
Las primeras incursiones transfronterizas fueron rápidas y furtivas. Un puñado de combatientes ingresó a un pueblo, exploró el terreno, disparó varias veces contra los guardias fronterizos rusos y se retiró rápidamente, así lo aseguró el comandante, Denis Kapustin, dirigente del Cuerpo de Voluntarios Rusos, una de las dos milicias independientes que han protagonizado recientemente una serie de ataques transfronterizos conjuntos dentro de la región rusa de Belgorod.
To fight Putin, Russian militias aid Ukraine with cross-border attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — The first cross-border raids were quick and furtive, the commander said, just a handful of fighters entering a village, scouting the terrain, taking a few shots at Russian border guards and slipping away. Later, they returned briefly to speak with villagers. Finally, he said, a large group carried out the main mission — killing dozens of enemy troops, taking others prisoner and stealing weapons.
Ukraine flood victims taken to safety; shelling intensifies
A Ukrainian soldier carries a pet dog through flooded Kherson city on Wednesday as residents evacuate their homes. Photo: Heidi Levine/Washington Post
Ešte nevedia, kde ich ubytujú. Rozrušeným obyvateľom Chersonu pomáhajú s evakuáciou záchranári
Domovy nechcú opustiť. Text vyšiel pôvodne na webe denníka Washington Post. Záchranári celú stredu prevážali ľudí na člnoch s pádlami, motorových gumených pltiach a obrovských obojživelných vozidlách. Námestie nábrežného Chersonu zaplavila voda, hlboká po pás. Článok pokračuje pod video reklamou Článok pokračuje pod video reklamou Rodiny vyložili na dláždenú rampu, kde si odložili balíky zachráneného oblečenia a vzácností, ktoré si chceli z domov odniesť. Polícia skontrolovala ich totožnosť.
Ukraine flood victims ferried to safety; shelling intensifies after dark
Comment on this story Comment KHERSON, Ukraine — All day Wednesday, rescue crews in paddle boats, motorized rubber rafts and enormous amphibious vehicles ferried passengers across the waist-deep pond that filled what had been an open-air plaza in this riverside city before the dam Kakhovka collapsed. The families were deposited on a cobblestone ramp, where they put down bundles of salvaged clothing and mementos while police checked their identification.
Destruição de represa ameaça contraofensiva da Ucrânia; leia a análise
THE WASHINGTON POST, DNIPRO, UCRÂNIA - A destruição de uma represa vital no sul da Ucrâniaterá graves implicações para a guerra, não apenas dificultando o avanço das tropas ucranianas em áreas ocupadas pelos russos, mas também ameaçando o fornecimento de água potável para a região. A represa de Nova Kakhovka, que fornece água para grande parte do sul da Ucrânia, fica em uma parte da região de Kherson que foi tomada pelas forças russas no início da guerra.
Dam destruction a threat to Ukrainian counteroffensive, water supplies
Comment on this story Comment DNIPRO, Ukraine — The destruction of a massive dam in southern Ukraine will have severe implications for the war, not only making it harder for Ukrainian troops to advance into Russian-occupied area, but also threatening drinking water for the region. The Nova Kakhovka dam, which supplies water to much of southern Ukraine, is in the Kherson region that was seized by Russian forces at the start of the war.
In Dnipro, deadly missile attacks prove there is no escaping Russia’s war
Comment on this story Comment PIDHORODNE, Ukraine — Natalia Hafykina, 60, was so close to her next door neighbors, Vladislav and Natalya Prykhodko, that they celebrated the young couple’s pregnancy together, then the birth of their daughter, Liza. Until now, their small, suburban town, seven miles north of the bustling city of Dnipro, had been peaceful. But on Saturday night, a Russian missile struck their two-story apartment building, cracking slabs of concrete, and shattering walls and windows.
Taliban moving senior officials to Kandahar. Will it mean a harder line?
Taliban moving senior officials to Kandahar. Will it mean a harder line? The remote Afghan city, the group’s spiritual center, is hosting more regime officials and foreign dignitaries as Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada consolidates power June 4, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EDT Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani, center, meets last month with other Taliban officials in his new office at the Department of Culture and Information in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
Imran Khan increasingly isolated as Pakistan’s army pressures allies
Comment on this story Comment ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Imran Khan, the crusading opposition leader whose arrest this month ignited riots across Pakistan, now finds himself increasingly isolated as key aides and supporters defect under pressure from the military and his once-unstoppable party appears in danger of collapsing. The 70-year-old former prime minister, who was ousted by Parliament just over a year ago, remains outwardly defiant.
Pakistani villages recover slowly from epic floods
But seven months after the Indus River overflowed its banks and the picturesque Sulaiman Hills unleashed torrents of water amid heavy monsoon rains, decimated farm communities are still recovering from Pakistan's worst natural disaster since its founding in 1947. Nationwide, more than 1,700 people died and over 30 million were displaced. More than a million farm animals also perished, swept away in fast waters or succumbing to hunger and cold.
Pakistani villages recover slowly from epic floods
RAJANPUR, Pakistan - Cradling his infant son in one arm, a village farmer brought out a wooden trough he had nailed together from broken boards. His brother poured grain into it. Hearing the sound, the family cow trotted across the yard and buried her nose in the feed. The little boy waved his arms, and everyone laughed. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Afghans rush for airport on rumors of aid flights to Turkey
Vladimir Putin Loses Top General, Marking Latest Blow To Russian Leader As His Forces Struggle To Take Ukraine Vladimir Putin lost yet another top general in the latest blow to strike the Russian leader as his forces continue in their desperate struggle to take Ukraine, RadarOnline.com has learned.Major-General Dmitry Ulyanov, 44, was reportedly killed in a firefight with a Ukrainian sabotage group earlier this week.According to Daily Mail, Ulyanov’s death came shortly after the major general...
Afghans rush for airport on rumors of aid flights to Turkey
KABUL - In a startling echo of the chaotic scenes that followed the Taliban takeover 18 months ago, several thousand Afghans rushed toward the airport in the capital late Wednesday after rumors spread that planes were taking volunteers to Turkey to help with earthquake relief. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Pakistan bids farewell to ex-leader Musharraf and his complicated legacy
KABUL - He was once the most powerful man in Pakistan - first as the head of its most influential institution, the army; and later, for nearly a decade after overthrowing the prime minister, as its reform-minded but iron-fisted president in uniform. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine. ArrowRight But when the remains of Gen.
The deepening chill of Afghanistan's second Taliban winter
As 40 million Afghans struggle through a second winter since the return of Taliban rule, many are facing conditions far worse than during the first. The weather has been exceptionally harsh, with temperatures often near zero at night. More than 160 people nationwide have died of hypothermia. So have at least 200,000 goats, sheep and other livestock. In isolated northern provinces, many roads are blocked by snow and little emergency aid can be delivered.
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general turned autocrat dies at 79
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79
He was a dictator who believed he could save a failing democracy; a U.S. ally in a society with strong anti-American leanings; a career soldier who succumbed to political ambition and was forced from office after attempting to prolong his stay.
The deepening chill of Afghanistan's second Taliban winter
KABUL - In a yard ankle-deep with mud and snowy slush, a woman named Farzana, 32, squatted and scrubbed clothes in a bucket last week. When she stood, her hands were stiff and red. Her daughters were out begging for bread; her sons were collecting trash to use as stove tinder. At night, in a mud-walled hut on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, the family of seven would huddle together under blankets as the heat slowly died. Are you on Telegram?
Pakistan reels after terrorist bombing kills almost 100, fears more to come
The shockingly successful attack on what should have been one of the more secure parts of Peshawar has raised serious questions about Pakistan's ability to confront its long-standing militant threat even as it is mired in a serious economic crisis as well as a political standoff.
Pakistan's nationwide power cuts highlight escalating economic crisis
Power was restored in many areas by late Monday, and residents had long grown accustomed to periodic electricity cuts - known here as load-shedding - as fuel shortages have become a chronic problem. Twice before, in 2015 and 2021, similar nationwide blackouts occurred. But the massive scale of this one came as a shock. Hospitals were left in the dark for hours, textile factories shut down, and people overran gas stations to buy generator fuel. Cellphone communication was cut off in many areas.
Whenever I lost heart, David Crosby's music always lifted me up
When I learned Friday that singer-songwriter David Crosby had died, I was overcome by a sadness that I could not immediately name. It was not exactly about the man, whose life I knew had been ravaged by drugs and other forms of self-destruction. It was not only about the songs, although I know many of them by heart and can hear their long-ago harmonies just by closing my eyes.
In Kabul, Taliban rulers are changing the face of the capital
In the affluent downtown enclave of Sherpur, blast walls have been removed from around showy mansions once occupied by warlords and government officials. Bulldozers have been grading and paving streets that were long closed to the public, shortening commutes and allowing residents to glimpse the abandoned lairs of the mighty. "This is where powerful people lived. I was never allowed here," said a 10-year-old boy who was playing cricket on a newly graded block. A passing Taliban guard chimed in.
In Kabul, Taliban rulers are changing the face of the capital
Russia has deployed its frigate Admiral Gorshkov to tour the world’s oceans equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles. Russia claims the Zircon is so fast it can avoid Western missile defense systems, but the weapons are unproven. In 2019, Admiral Gorshkov circled the globe and visited ports in Asia, Africa,... 1 DAY AGO
In Kabul, Taliban rulers are changing the face of the capital
Widening roads and replacing monuments, officials erase relics of adversaries and fulfill long-awaited plans KABUL - Taliban authorities have embarked on an ambitious project to change the face of the Afghan capital, a crowded metropolis of 5 million that still displays the scars, monuments and fads of periods of civil conflict, foreign invasion and new-money opulence.
Lavish weddings return to Kabul, but only women get to enjoy the party Original
KABUL - The spacious ballroom glittered with lights. Young women in chiffon and satin gowns sashayed among the tables or twirled slowly on the dance floor to tapes of rhythmic music. Amid "oohs" and "aahs," the bride and groom were lowered from the ceiling in a golden cable car and escorted to a lotus-shaped throne. Tiny drones whirred in the air, recording every moment.
Public execution, whippings in Afghanistan mark revival of Taliban punishments Original
Taliban members attend a public flogging of 27 Afghan men and women at a soccer stadium in the city of Charikar in Parwan province on Dec. 8, 2022. (AFP/Getty Images) KABUL - The Taliban regime, stepping up the pace and severity of Islamic punishments, carried out its first public execution this week since taking power 15 months ago.
Taliban blocks two U.S.-funded radio stations in Afghanistan
Both 24-hour news stations operated for many years within Afghanistan, even after Taliban forces took power in August 2021 and established a strict religious regime called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Radio remains a crucial source of information and news in Afghanistan, a country where millions of people live in poor rural villages and illiteracy remains high. The crackdown drew immediate protests from officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees both channels.
Taliban blocks two U.S.-funded radio stations in Afghanistan
In this photo taken on June 8, 2020 a shoeshiner listens to broadcast radio as he waits for customers on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images) KABUL - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Thursday blocked transmissions by two news radio stations funded by the U.S. government, saying they had repeatedly "failed to adhere" to government press laws, "violated journalistic principles" and aired "one-sided broadcasts." Are you on Telegram?
Taliban blocks two U.S.-funded radio stations in Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is known here as Radio Azadi., was one of two news radio stations funded by the U.S. to have its transmissions blocked by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, according to reports on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.
At least 10 students killed in school bombing in northern Afghanistan
Pamela Constable, The Washington Post Nov. 30, 2022 KABUL - A midday bombing at a boys' religious school in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province Wednesday left at least 10 students dead and scores injured, government officials said. "The blast at noon caused 10 deaths and an unknown number of injuries. Our security and intelligence forces are trying to find authors of this attack," a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Abdul Nafi Takor, said in an online message to press outlets.
Oscar attention puts Pakistan's transgender community under the spotlight Original
A cyclist rides past a promotional hoarding banner of Pakistan-produced movie "Joyland" displaying outside a cinema in Lahore on November 16, 2022. - The local screening of a Pakistan-produced movie portraying a love affair between a married man and a transgender woman hangs in the balance after the film was cleared by censors, then banned by the government under pressure from Islamists.
Pakistan's Imran Khan pulls his party out of legislatures, vows to press peacefully for new elections Original
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan addresses supporters in Rawalpindi on Saturday. (Anjum Naveed/AP) RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Ousted prime minister Imran Khan, addressing tens of thousands of cheering followers Saturday in a rambling, grievance-filled speech outside the capital, announced that his party would withdraw from Pakistan's national and provincial legislatures but continue fighting for new elections peacefully to avoid creating "anarchy and chaos." Are you on Telegram?
Amid political turmoil, Pakistan holds its breath for new army chief
Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan watch an address by him on Monday. (Rehan Khan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) ISLAMABAD - Massive crowds are expected to converge on the capital, fired up by a charismatic ousted premier bent on returning to power. The economy is in free fall and the weak coalition government seems helpless to stop it. The countryside has been devastated by hellish drought and biblical floods. Are you on Telegram?
CNN cancels 'Reliable Sources', Brian Stelter to leave network
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With political tensions rising, Pakistan launches media crackdown: Aide to ousted premier jailed after talk show outburst, top TV news station shut down
Pamela Constable | The Washington Post The power struggle between Pakistan’s government and its ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, has escalated dramatically, with authorities targeting the pro-Khan press, and officials charging that India, Pakistan’s archrival, is among those supporting his surging comeback campaign.
Australian ex-hostage returns to Kabul to 'celebrate' Taliban rule
A screen grab shows Australian teacher Timothy Weekes in a video the Taliban released on June 21, 2017, five days after he was abducted outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. According to reports on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, Weekes has returned to Afghanistan to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Taliban rule.
Beneath Kabul's surprising veneer of normalcy, a precarious balancing act
A woman clad in a burqa walks past a building in Kabul, Afghanistan in September 2021. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan, hoping not to further alienate foreign donors, has been sending out muddled signals rather than ironclad orders on controversial topics, especially women’s rights. The citizenry, hoping to get through another hard day without crossing an unpredictable red line, is mostly lying low.
Beneath Kabul's surprising veneer of normalcy, a precarious balancing act
Placeholder while article actions load KABUL - An uneasy calm has settled over the Afghan capital this summer, a wary detente between the country's stern religious rulers and a deflated, worried populace that is struggling to survive but also relieved that the punishing 20-year war with foreign troops is over. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine. ArrowRight Both sides have been trying to maintain a precarious balancing act.
Top Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan; Shiites targeted in Kabul
KABUL - A top leader of the Pakistani Taliban militia was reported killed Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, potentially dealing a serious blow to peace talks being negotiated between the extremist group and Pakistani officials with assistance from senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Another blast in Kabul targets Shiite community Original
KABUL - A bombing in the heart of Kabul's Shiite minority community Saturday killed at least two people and wounded 22. It was the third terrorist attack in the area since Wednesday, and intensified fears of further violence during the final days of Muharram, the Shiite mourning period. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
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