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September 11, 2021 – 20:41

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman said the airline plans to resume flights from Kabul next week in order to help evacuate people who want to leave Afghanistan.

PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan told the AFP news agency that the company had accepted “all technical permits for flight operations” to resume.

He said that the first PIA special flight from Kabul will be realized through the Airbus A320 aircraft that will fly from Islamabad on September 13th.

However, the PIA said it was still unclear when regular commercial services from Kabul would resume.

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and international troops withdrew from the country, few flights have been operated from Kabul.

Khan also told the DPA that these special flights should not be seen as “regular operations” but as “commissioned services”.

He said the PIA had been contacted by foreign missions and agencies – including the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank – as well as media and humanitarian organizations, which are trying to evacuate people from Kabul.

The PIA is one of the few services to have operated immediately after the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15th. Officials of this airline have said that at least 1,460 of different nationalities were evacuated with the planes of this airline in the period 15-22 August.

But on August 22, the PIA announced that it had “temporarily suspended” flights between Kabul and Islamabad due to a lack of facilities and “garbage piled up” on the runway.

Pakistani media have quoted authorities in Islamabad as saying they are concerned that the rubbish dumped at Kabul airport could lead to some tragic accident.

A Qatar Airways flight also took place on September 9 with 200 people on board. This was the first flight from Kabul airport since the Taliban took control of the airport after the last US troops left on August 31. / rel

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August 08, 2021 – 10:26

Fierce fighting was reported August 8 in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province between Taliban militants and government forces.

The Taliban are aiming to take control of major cities, as they have extended control to many rural areas.

As of August 6, the militants had taken control of two provincial capitals, but taking control of Kunduz provincial capital, with a population of about 375,000, would be the most significant victory to date.

The Taliban have launched an offensive against government forces since the United States and other countries began withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan in May after nearly 20 years of combat operations there.

Media reports say several key government buildings in Kunduz have been taken over by the Taliban.

“Fierce fighting is continuing in various parts of the city. Some security forces have been withdrawn towards the airport,” said Amruddin Wali, a member of the Kunduz provincial council.

The Provincial Directorate of Public Health said at least 11 people were killed and 39 injured during the fighting that began on the evening of August 6th.

“The Taliban have reached the main square of the city. The planes are bombing them,” said Abdul Aziz, a Kunduz resident.

Complete chaos

Falling into the hands of the Kunduz Taliban would be a major blow to the Kabul government, which has largely abandoned fighting in villages to defend major cities.

On August 6, the Taliban took control of the first provincial capital, Zaranj, in the far southwestern province of Nimroz. A day later they also took control of Sheberghan, the capital of the northern Javzjan province.

On August 7, US warplanes bombed Taliban positions in Sheberghan.

“US forces have carried out several airstrikes in defense of our Afghan partners in recent days,” Major Nicole Ferrara, a spokeswoman for US Central Command, told AFP.

Fierce fighting is also reported in the north of the country in Talokuan, the capital of Takhar Province, and Faiz Abad, the capital of Badakhshan province.

Fighting was also reported on the outskirts of the main cities of Herat in the west, and Lashkar Gah and Kandahar in the south.

US-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in October 2001.

The Taliban were then harboring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

US President Joe Biden has said the US withdrawal is now reasonable, as US forces are assured that Afghanistan will no longer become a base for foreign jihadists to carry out plots against the West. / REL

A touching picture of Greek firefighters has made the rounds of the network.

The media in the country have published a photo in which some volunteer firefighters appear resting, lying on the ground, after fighting for hours with flames.

According to reports, they are members of the Association for the Protection of Forests Volunteers, lying on the ground from exhaustion, while trying to “steal” a few moments of rest.

The photo was published Friday morning and since then counts thousands of posts and comments about the heroism of firefighters and their contribution to the battle with the flames. sb / abcnews

Greek volunteer firefighters take a brief power nap after an overnight struggle with the major wildfire in the northern suburbs of Athens.#Greecewildfires pic.twitter.com/Y4veozk9S8

– Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) August 6, 2021

Twenty-three people, including eight civilians, have been killed in “the toughest” fighting in the southern Syrian province of Derry on Thursday since it was occupied by regime forces three years ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. .

Deru, the center of an uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, was occupied by government forces in the summer of 2018. But based on an unprecedented agreement, the rebels could stay there, so some joined the army or held control of parts of the province.

Since then, the sector has been regularly shaken by attacks on regime forces.

Tensions peaked again today as “the fiercest fighting has taken place in the area since it fell into the hands of the regime,” the SOHR said, adding that five children were among those killed.

Fighting erupted as the regime shelled Deru al-Balad, a large neighborhood in the capital held by former rebels.

The opposing camp responded with a counterattack and took several positions of regime forces in the province, capturing about forty regime soldiers, according to the SOHR.

A total of 23 people were killed Thursday in the province on the border with Jordan and Israel, parts of which still enjoy relative autonomy. Among them are at least eight soldiers and seven insurgents, according to the SOHR.

The war in Syria has killed nearly 500,000 people since 2011 and millions have been forced to flee the country.

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On Sunday, he was admitted to the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Prokuplje General Hospital “Dr Aleksa Savić”, where he was examined and, as confirmed in this health institution, urgently transferred to the Nis Clinic for Toxicology.

According to the information, ZG raised his hand to himself by first drinking the insecticide, and then trying to cut his own neck with a knife. That injury is not great, because he was already weak due to poisoning.

He tried to commit suicide in his family house, where he was soon found by a relative, and the ambulance intervened.

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May 18, 2021 – 10:34

The fierce confrontation between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militants continues without any signal of softening. The Israeli army again bombed the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Tuesday, knocking down two other buildings. A 15km segment of a Hamas tunnel was also destroyed, while roads, homes and power lines were damaged on Monday.

The Israeli military says dozens of rockets were fired from Gaza territory Monday night. At least 212 people, including 61 children have lost their lives in Gaza, while Israel counts 10 victims including 2 children. Tel Aviv claims that most of the victims in Gaza are militants and that civilian casualties are unintentional.

“Some of the victims were still alive when they arrived at the hospital, as they had been trapped in the rubble for 10 hours. “We would have saved more lives if we had more resources for search and rescue,” said Muhammad Abu Salmiya, a Gaza doctor.

US President Joe Biden voiced support for a ceasefire after eight days of bloody fighting. Biden is said to have told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States is working with Egypt and other countries to end the fighting, even though the United States blocked a Security Council resolution calling for an end to the violence.

“Our goal, in every action we take or every statement we make, is to reduce violence and end the conflict. “But there are moments in diplomacy when talks take place behind the scenes,” said Jen Psaki, a White House spokeswoman.

World leaders and humanitarian organizations have called for measures to prevent the death of civilians and the destruction of homes. The United Nations has also expressed concern about infrastructure damage in impoverished Gaza, home to 2 million people. 40 schools and 4 hospitals have been completely or partially destroyed./a2cnn

It was a night of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, where over 250 rockets were fired yesterday at the Jewish state from the Gaza Strip. The news was confirmed by the military spokesman, according to which the attacks continued this morning in Ashkelon.

The Israeli air force hit 130 military targets in Gaza. Palestinian sources report that over 20 people have been killed, including 9 children, and dozens injured. Incidents between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police took place in East Jerusalem. There were also protests in Arab countries in Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed the red line, launching rocket attacks on Jerusalem, and that the Jewish state would “respond forcefully.”

‘We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers. “Those who attack us will pay a heavy price.”

The fighting that started yesterday between Hamas and Israel has been dubbed ‘Operation Wall Guard’ by the Israeli army. This was reported by local media according to which military leaders assume it will continue for several days.

In Gaza, Palestinian militias have set up a joint operations room. In their media, the rocket launches towards Israel are called ‘Operation Sword of Jerusalem’. In a video posted online, the Hamas military wing said Gaza responded to Jerusalem’s call.

This violence, like the previous ones, was fueled by contradictory claims about Jerusalem, the home of the main holy sites of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Rival national and religious narratives of Israelis and Palestinians are rooted in the city, making it the emotional core of their long conflict, writes A2.

In recent weeks, tensions have been rising in Jerusalem, marked by clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police in the walled Old City, located in East Jerusalem which Israel captured and annexed in the 1967 war.

The hero of our story is a single, gay man who dreamed of becoming a father in a country where the LGBTQ + community was just taking the first steps in the fight for their rights.

His path to a strong and loving family was tricky. He had to overcome all difficulties on his way to give a loving home to a little girl who was left alone and to build the family he had dreamed of.

The Bright Side introduces Pablo Fracchia giving an example that dreams should be fought for.

Pablo Fracchia is a social worker, Red Cross volunteer and LGBTQ + activist from Argentina.

For all his life, Fracchia dreamed of becoming a father.

“But then I realized I was gay and growing up in the ’90s, to think of a family as gay was something impossible in Argentina. “Super cruel for a teenager who had to choose between being who he was and giving up one of his dreams,” he said.

Later, Fracchia began working closely with the LGBTQ + Federation of Argentina. They were trying to establish equality for marriage.

“After that, the long-lost idea of ​​a family, but especially having a child, slowly came back to me,” he said.

In 2017, overcoming all the fears and insecurities he had, after undergoing therapy and a rethinking process, Pablo decided to go for his dream.

“As I always say: ‘When desire triumphs over fear’ I decided to go ahead and fill out the paperwork to start the adoption process,” he shared.

Meanwhile, Mia was living alone in a hospital, waiting for a loving home.

Two years later, in 2019, Fracchia finally got a chance.

“A family judge called her and said she was a little girl, at the time, she was 10 years old and she was living in a hospital,” Pablo said.

“Mia had a gastrointestinal condition that needed care and because her biological family was unable to provide it, the family court ordered Mia to be sent to a foster home,” he said.

After Mia came into his life, Pablo had to give up his nonprofit activities. He stopped working as a Red Cross volunteer and left humanitarian missions after being asked to stay away from home for a long time.

“Being a Red Cross volunteer was an essential part of me,” Pablo said.

“I have spent more years of my life as a volunteer than outside the Red Cross. Her values ​​and principles shaped me as a man. The idea of ​​leaving the organization was extremely difficult, but worth it. And I would do it again “, confessed Pablo./tch

Under the Horizontal Facility of the European Union / Council of Europe for the Western Balkans and Turkey II – Actions on “Promotion of diversity and equality in Serbia“Is the Council of Europe launching a call for emergency grants to be opened to civil society organizations (CSOs) registered in Serbia with the aim of Funding specific measures to promote inclusion and combat inequalities of vulnerable groups and / or raise awareness of hate speech against these groups in the specific context of the spread of the COVID virus in Serbia.

This call will give maximum support to the action to promote diversity and equality in Serbia 6 (six) local CSOs to fight discrimination during the COVID period.

The deadline for submitting applications is May 11, 2020.