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Decades On Soviet Bombs Still Killing People In Afghanistan

December 15, 2019 3:09 pm

Gholam Mahaiuddin sighs softly as he thinks of his 14-year-old son, who was killed in the spring by a bomb dropped last century in the hills of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan.

“We knew the mountain was dangerous,” said Mahaiuddin, who found his son’s remains after he didn’t come home one day.

“We were aware of mines but we could not find them. They were buried in the soft sand after the rain.”

Forty years after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan — and three decades since the conflict ended — the war’s legacy continues to claim lives across the country.…

Aiteo: Benedict Peters’ Two Decades Of Pushing Boundaries

December 8, 2019 3:01 am

If Benedict Peters were born of the sun, he would bathe the world in brilliant spokes of ambition and leave the air vividly signed with his exploits. Twenty years after, the Aiteo Group’s boss is perfect proof that it is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will, writes Lanre Alfred

Benedict Peters is a man of great will hence his sterling exploits in the fields of enterprise. His passion for greatness spirals to the sky, bolstered by a will as sturdy as an oak.

Starting out his genius had such electricity that the odds could …

Japanese Doctor Who Helped Afghans For Decades Killed

December 4, 2019 2:35 pm

A Japanese doctor whose long career was dedicated to helping some of Afghanistan’s poorest people was among six people killed Wednesday in an attack in the east of the country, officials said.

The armed assault in Jalalabad city, the capital of Nangarhar province, was the second deadly incident involving aid workers in recent days and prompted appalled reaction in Afghanistan and internationally.

Tetsu Nakamura, 73, was the head of Peace Japan Medical Services — known as Peshawar Kai in Japanese — and had been working in the region since the 1980s, when he began treating patients with leprosy in Peshawar …