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PHOTOS: Woman fleeing Afghanistan gives birth on flight to UK

A woman fleeing Afghanistan has given birth to a baby girl while on a flight to the United Kingdom. A Turkish Airlines flight said the 26-year-old woman identified as Soman Noori gave birth on Saturday August 28, after having contractions as the plane was midway between Dubai and Birmingham. With …

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Zaki Anwari: Afghan footballer fell to death from US plane

An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting …

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Afghan Children Buried As Attack Toll Rises To 60

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionFamilies began to bury some of the victims on Sunday Afghan families have been burying their children who were killed in explosions outside a secondary school in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday. More than 60 people, mostly girls, are now known to have died in the attack …

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