ISLAMABAD -- At least 24 people lost their lives and 15 others sustained injuries in rain-triggered incidents across Pakistan in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Thursday.
The highest number of casualties was reported in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where 21 people died, including 14 children. Southern Sindh province recorded two fatalities, while one death was reported in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. (Pakistan-Rain)
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BOGOTA -- At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in two separate attacks in Colombia on Thursday, said the local authorities.
At least six were killed and over 30 others injured in a bomb attack near the Marco Fidel Suarez Air Base in the city of Cali, said the mayor's office. (Colombia-Attacks)
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KABUL -- Twelve people lost their lives and four others sustained injury as a tractor slid into a river in the southern Afghanistan Helmand province on Friday, provincial director for Information and Culture Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid said.
The deadly accident took place in Garmsir district, claiming the lives of three women and nine children on the spot and injuring four others, all children, the official added. (Afghanistan-Accident-Death)
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TEHRAN -- Five policemen were killed on Friday in an attack by "terrorists" in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
The "terrorists" attacked two police patrol units in Damen District of Iranshahr County as the law enforcement forces were on patrol duty, Fars quoted the provincial police as saying. (Iran-Police)
