One killed, 8 injured in attack at journalists’ awards show in Afghanistan

11 March 202311 March 2023

Mazar-e-sharif (Afghanistan), 11/03/2023.- An injured person leaves the scene of a blast at a cultural center in Mazar-e-Sharif, provincial capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan, 11 March 2023. EFE/EPA/STRINGER

Kabul, Mar 11 (EFE).- At least one person was killed and eight others were wounded Saturday in an attack at a cultural center in northern Afghanistan where a journalists’ awards ceremony was being held. Several members of the Taliban regional government and other local leaders also attended the ceremony in Mazar-e-sharif. The attack shortly before … Read more

At least 15 dead, 39 injured in blast at Bangladesh capital

7 March 20237 March 2023

The site of an explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05 March 2023. EFE/EPA/FILE/MONIRUL ALAM

Dhaka, March 7 (EFE) – At least 15 people died and 39 others were injured in an explosion at a commercial building in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Tuesday, officials said. “We have received 15 bodies so far. They included the bodies of two women. They were all brought dead here,” Bacchu Mia, the … Read more