Family says 7 children were killed in Kabul drone strike
Kabul (dpa/tca) – After a day at work, Ezmari Ahmadi was just arriving at his home Sunday in Khwaja Burgha, a working-class neighborhood a few miles west of Kabul’s airport, when calamity struck. As he pulled into the driveway about 4:30 p.m., children — his own as well as those of his brothers and other…
Taliban ‘long way’ from diplomatic recognition, says British minister
London (PA Media/dpa) – The UK is a «long way» from offering diplomatic recognition to the Taliban in Afghanistan, a Foreign Office minister said as international powers considered how to deal with the new regime in Kabul. James Cleverly said the Taliban would be judged on its actions as an intensive round of diplomacy began…
California crews engaged in ‘pretty good firefight’ against Caldor
South Lake Tahoe, California (tca/dpa) – The Caldor fire burning near California’s South Lake Tahoe continued its slow creep east on Sunday, with crews engaged in a «pretty good firefight» as they braced for the arrival of strong winds, according to state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection operations chief Cody Bogan. Crews were primarily focused on two…
