Kabul -- Afghan counter-narcotics forces have seized a substantial quantity of narcotics and drug-processing materials during ongoing operations in southern Helmand province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Sunday.
According to the report, authorities confiscated approximately 8,170 kg of heroin, along with materials used in the processing and production of illegal drugs. The seizure is part of continued efforts to combat drug trafficking and dismantle criminal networks involved in the production and distribution of narcotics. (Afghanistan-Drugs-Seizure)
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DHAKA -- At least eight people were killed and 15 to 16 others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in Bangladesh's Sylhet region, some 240 km northeast of the capital Dhaka, on Sunday morning, a senior police official said.
Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Abdul Quddus Chowdhury told Xinhua over mobile phone that the crash happened around 6 a.m. local time when a truck carrying jackfruit collided with another truck transporting laborers. (Bangladesh-Road Accident-Death)
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ISLAMABAD -- Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said on Sunday that Pakistan's mediation efforts remained intact to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.
In an interview with the official IRNA news agency, the envoy said that Iran's new negotiation plan aimed at ending its conflict with the United States was delivered to Pakistan recently as the main mediator in the current process, and the country's leadership has transferred it to Washington. (Pakistan-Iran-Mideast Tensions)
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NEW DELHI -- At least nine persons, including a child and four women, were killed and nearly 20 others injured early Sunday morning in a massive fire which broke out inside a multi-story house in Delhi after a powerful blast in the air-conditioner, the Delhi Police confirmed.
The incident occurred in the Vivek Vihar area of East Delhi when the victims were asleep. The fire engulfed the whole house within a few minutes, said the police. (India-Fire-Deaths) Enditem
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