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The equality watchdog accused the authors of a controversial report into racial disparities in the UK o stanley italia f creating a false dichotomy about the underlying reasons for racia stanley water bottle l disparity before it was published, it has been revealed.The report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Cred , published at the end of March, has been widely criticised, including by UN human rights experts who said it tried to normalise white supremacy , with at least 20 stakeholders credited in the report distancing themselves from its findings.Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission EHRC , welcomed the report when it was published, saying it identifies the varied causes of disparities .But in a 64-page dossier submitted by the EHRC last November, released for the first time now, the organisation raised fundamental concerns about the approach of the panel appointed by Downing Street as it was conducting its work.Racial disparities in the UK: key findings of the report 鈥?and what its critics say Read moreAn EHRC source also told the Guardian the race commission seemed to have been tasked with downplaying the role of race-based factors in discrimination which are built into society and instead cherrypicked evidence , adding it had tried to explain away or deny structural racism .The Cred report said that while racism and racial injustice still existed, geograp stanley mug hy, family influence, socioeconomic background, culture and religion all had a greater impact on li Fnbc Green party co-leader tells Keir Starmer: my door is open for talks
More than 1,700 women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation have been treated by the NHS since April, according to the first official figures to be published on the numbers of FGM cases seen by hospitals in England.The data, part of a wide-ranging government package to eradicate FGM on British soil, reveals that 467 previously unknown genital mutilation survivors were treated at acute NHS trusts in England in September alone.Campaigners say such information is a crucial tool in preventing FGM in the UK and in ensuring that victims receive the treatment and support they need.The public health minister, Jane Ellison, who pushed for the data to be collected, hailed the move. We know FGM devastates liv stanley cup es but understanding the scale of the problem is essential to tackling it effectively, she said. That is why, for the first time ever, hospitals are reporting information on FGM 鈥?a major milestone on the road to ending FGM in one generation here in the UK. This data will help us care for women who have had FGM, and prevent more girls from having to suffer this traumatic experience. In recent months there has been a major push to end FGM in the UK, with high-profile campaigns capturing public attention. In February, a Guardian-backed petition launched by a 17- stanley uk year-old schoolgirl, Fahma Mohamed, was launched on Change.org. It ca stanley quencher lled for more information about FGM to be taught at schools and attracted more than 230,000 signatures as well as the backing of the UN sec

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Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said. HT Image Seven other children were injured in the blaze which destroyed the vehicle. The van was carrying 24 children to a private school in Gujrat, about 112 kilometres north of the eastern city on Lahore, when it caught fire, local police chief Dar Ali Khattak told AFP. The fire erupted in the vehicle when the children were only a few kilometres from their school, he said. The blaze was apparently caused by a spark when the driver of the dual-fuel van switched from gas to petrol, he said, stanley cup adding that the fuel gas cylinder was intact. The children were aged between five and 15 years, he said, adding that a female teacher also died. The driver, who fled and left the van in flames, has been arrested in the nearby city of Kharian, police official Abid Khan said. Initial information said the driver had also kept petrol in a plastic bottl stanley cup e, as reserve fuel for emergency use, which may have contributed in intensifying the fire, he added. The dead included three children of police constable Mohammad Riaz, and the dead teacher was their aunt, residents said, adding that thousands of people attended their funeral. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest up stanley cup dates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World Gyld What crisis China s American dream lives on
Pakistani fighter jets on Saturday targeted a terrorist hideout in the restive South Waziristan, eliminating at least 30 pro-Taliban militants, even as terrorists mounted suicide attacks on two police stations in the northwest killing an officer and injuring nine people. nike dunk HT Image Air strikes in the Shawal mountains in South Waziristan left 30 militants dead this morning, said a statement issued by a military spokesman. A militant hideout in the af1 Shawal mountains was targeted after security forces received a tip off that militants were hiding in the area, the statement said. The Pakistani army mobilised 30,000 soldiers to launch a major gr stanley cup ound offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan in October last year. The military claims that over 600 militants have been killed in the operation so far. The attacks on the police stations in Balakot and Mansehra towns in North West Frontier Province occurred within minutes of each other, officials said. A suicide bomber blew himself at the police station in Balakot when guards prevented him from entering the building. Police station chief Khalil Khan was killed and five others, including policemen and passers-by, were injured, police said. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / 30 militants killed, police stations targ

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Just because Liz Truss and Boris Johnson 鈥?both opposed to the governments proposed new smoking ban 鈥?hold a belief does not make it wrong. Smoking is unpleasant, but in this weeks parliamentary debate, the word nicotine could have been repla stanley mugs ced by cannabis, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, base jumping or mobile phon stanley cup es for children. All have their dangers. But in each case those in favour of restrictions rely on the same argument; if something produces a burden on the state it should be banned. Personal liberty can go hang.Rishi Sunaks anti-smoking bill carried the same smudgy fingerprints as his bill on Rwanda. It suggested a late-night Downing Street cabal desperate for somethingeye-catching to inject into the election campaign. It does not ban anyone from smoking, despite appearances. It bans shops from selling cigarettes to an ever-expanding age cohort, currently anyone under 18, with the legal cutoff increasing by one year each stanley cup year. People born in or after 2009, in other words, will never be able to legally buy a cigarette in Britain. The bills target is shopkeepers, charged with juggling the ID cards of hordes of adult purchasers and presumably proxy buyers. The smugglers must be cheering.So far Britains efforts to curb smoking 鈥?built on the nudge principle 鈥?have been remarkably effective. This has been achieved, as many economists would advise, by working on demand rather than supply. Cigarette use has fallen over the past half-century from about 45% of the populati Rgax UK unlawfully stripped woman of citizenship without telling her 鈥?court
James Obergefell and John ArthurObergefells husband, John Arthur, was dying of ALS when the couple flew to Maryland to get married after more than two decades together. They filed suit in Ohio to have Obergefell recognized on Arthurs death certificate so they could be buried together in a family plot.Gay marriage declared legal across the US in historic supreme court rulingRead more From this day forward, it will simply be marriage, Obergefell said moments after the decision was announced.Obergefell was speaking to a CNN reporter on the steps of the supreme court when Obama phoned to congratulate him. The president told Obergefell that his case was going to bring about a lasting change in this country and its pretty rare when tha stanley termosas t happens .Obergefell thanked Obama and told him: This means an incredible amount to me. He hung up and mouthed: Oh my God. Obergefell says it was stunning to get the call and not something he stanley cup ever dreamed would happen. Randy Johnson and Paul CampionRandy Johnson, who is a plaintiff in the Kentucky case with his partner Paul Campion, said he still had goosebumps after stanley quencher the decision was announced. Soon as we heard the news, we were obviously in tears, and obviously overcome with emotion because this is the most amazing event we could imagine, said Johnson.The couple, who have been together for more than 23 years, decided to challenge Kentuckys ban because their marriage in California is not recognized by their home state. This caus

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Police say a soldier, an officer and five alleged bandits have been killed in a shootout in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. HT Image Sinaloa state police spokesman Edmundo Apodaca says a clash between rival drug gangs erupted near the town of Choix early on Satu stanley cup rday. The Mexican army and local police responded, trying to end the fight. Apodaca told The Associated Press that the mountainous area in the Sierra Madre is known for having large groups of drug traffickers. The state is the home base to Mexico s most-wanted fugitive Joaquin Guzman, also known as El Chapo, who heads the Sinaloa Cartel. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Paki stanley cup stan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / 7 killed in clash in Mexican state of Sinaloa .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom:20px;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{padding-bottom:16px; color: fff stanley cup ;} .freemium-card .freemium-content{width: auto; max-width: inherit;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{max-width:inherit; font-size:18px; padding-top:0; line-height:24px} .freemium-card .btnSubc{margin} .freemium-card .btnSubc a{background: 000; color: fff; min-width:auto; padding:5px 15px; border-radius:6px; font-size:16px; line-height:22px; font-weight:700;} .freemium-card{height:285px} @media max-width: 767px { .freemium-card h4{font Botk US approves first obesity drug in 13 years
Match referee Chris Broad walked around in a blood stained shirt while umpires Simo air max n Taufel and Steve Davis looked dazed, just hours after the attack. HT Image While they re used to dealing with incredible pressure in the cauldron of international cricket, stanley cup nothing prepared the officials for this. It was horrifying. There were bullets flying around us and we didn t know what was happening, Pakistani Test umpire Nadeem Ghouri said. Travelling behind the Lankan team bus in their own minibus were the match officials 鈥?the umpires, reserve officials and match referee. When the firing started we all went down on the floor of the coach, said Ghouri. Our driver was killed instantly from a shot from the front. Ghouri said stanley cup a local umpire, Ahsan Raza, was critically wounded in the initial stages of the assault. Englishman Broad, a fiery former opener who had several clashes with umpires during his playing days, lay on top of him to protect him. It was very brave, said Ghouri. While cricket is Pakistan s national sport, the country has been starved of Test matches for over a year because of security concerns. First Australia and then India cancelled scheduled tours, before Sri Lanka agreed to step in to fill the breach. What is sad is that the Sri Lankans supported us and came to Pakistan and this is the price they have paid for their friendship with us, said former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq. What is worse is that all the fears expressed by foreign te

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Doctors groups are calling for urgent consideration of the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say is the greatest threat to global health , after a GP was suspended from the register for non-violent protest.Dr Sarah Benn, a GP from Birmingham, was taken off the medical register for five months on Tuesday by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service MPTS , the disciplinary arm of the General Medical Council GMC , over her climate protests. The tribunal said Benns fitness to practise as a doctor had been impaired by reason of misconduct.Benn, who is retired, has taken part in a number of peaceful protests since 2019. She received conditional discharges after being convicted for taking part in peaceful protests, including two offences of obstructing a highway. In 2022 she was jailed for 32 days for breaching a civil in stanley cup junction at Kingsbur stanley tumbler y oil terminal as pa stanley en mexico rt of a Just Stop Oil campaign.Doctors groups were united in condemning the suspension from the medical register. The Doctors Association said: Not all doctors subject to a custodial sentence having broken the law have been sanctioned by the MPTS. The MPTS can use its discretion. The suspension of Benn showed that the GMC would impose sanctions on doctors for raising serious concerns about the risk to public health from the greatest threat to global health the world had seen, the association said. Climate change, its effect on the planet, weather patterns, fu Btsb Rhiannon Faith: A lot of people feel more like they re being watched than seen
During her years at the bar, Flo Krause acquired a reputation for plain speaking and she remained true to form in the valedictory note she posted on her website when she hung up her wig in April. I am sick of the legal aid cuts, the lack of access to justice, the systemic delays for my clients, the deprivations of liberty that have become routine where nobody is outraged anymore. I am sick of the paternalistic and moralistic lifer system, the begging for release, the cruel and inhuman treatment of indetermi stanley website nate sentence prisoners, the middle-class judging of people who end up in the system and the endless punishment of traumatised people. I am going to peddle my wares elsewhere. When that was posted, Krause, 55, was widely regarded as one of the leading practitioners of prison law. She has represented prisoners at some 5,000 Parole Board hearings and acted for them at around 1,000 applications seeking judicial review proceedings in her career as a barrister, making her something of a legend in penal circles.Can you imagine what its like to have no release date You cannot plan, cannot dream ... It s brutal and disgustingShe has acted for high profile prisoners, such as train robber Ronnie Biggs and serial killer Dennis Nilson., The former, to seek compassionate relief when he was very ill and for Nilson, the right to stanley cup uk have the manuscript of his autobiography in water bottle stanley his possession. I did not shy away from any case that made a legitimate point and gave voice to someone who would ot

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A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a NATO convoy close to the US embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, killing three soldiers and stanley cup wounding at least 13 Afghan c stanley cup ivilians. At the side of the road, US and Polish troops gave first-aid to blood-stained comrades beside the wrecked remains of a military vehicle, but the nationality of the dead soldiers was not confirmed. The massive blast occurred at about 8:00 am 0330 GMT stanley cup during heavy rush-hour traffic outside the Supreme Court and on a main road leading to the heavily-fortified US embassy. We can confirm three International Security Assistance Force ISAF members died as a result of an enemy attack in Kabul today Tuesday , the NATO coalition said in a statement. It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. The blast shook nearby buildings as emergency vehicles raced through the streets to the scene on a main road that NATO convoys use every day. It was a suicide car bomber, Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanakzai told AFP. Our initial reports show 13 civilians were wounded and 17 civilian cars were damaged. Some civilians were treated on the scene, and some were taken to the hospital. Video: Car bomb kills NATO troops in Kabul The NATO force has now 41,000 troops in Afghanistan, with about 29,000 from the US and just 300 from Poland. All NATO combat soldiers will withdraw by December after 13 years of fighting the Taliba Rgik Pressure on Madrid makes Russia drop Spain fuel stop for Syria-bound warships
Al-Qaeda s North African wing claimed responsibility on Friday for the kidnapping of Frenchman Michel Germaneau who was seized in northern Niger in April, the US-based SITE Intelligence Group said. HT Image SITE, which monitors Islamist websites, said Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb AQIM had posted an audio message from Germaneau, his picture and a copy of his identification card. The militants demanded a prisoner exchange and said French President Nicolas Sarkozy would be responsible for the life of the captive, SITE said in its report. AQIM said Germaneau, who was captured in the Sahara desert regi yeezy on on April 22, was a retired engineer who had worked in the Algerian oil sector. Military sources in Niger have said an Algerian driver seized with Germaneau had been freed and found wandering through the desert in Mali in late April. Governments have little influence in the desert region where bandits, smugglers, former rebels and groups linked to al Qaeda operate. Western countries say if action is not taken, al Qaeda militants adidas campus could turn the Sahara into a safe haven along the lines of Somalia o stanley cup r Yemen and use it to launch attacks. Mali, Niger, Algeria and Mauritania have launched a joint military headquarters in southern Algeria which will triple the number of troops at its disposal to 75,000 within two years. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on

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In early spring, the morning sun casts long shadows across the vast expanse of open land in Glen, a small ranching community in the Pioneer mountains of south-west Montana.On Schoolhouse Road, where pavement meets gravel, clouds of dust obscure my perspective as I head toward Reichle School, a two-room schoolhouse with two teachers and 15 students.Ive been a professional photographer in Montana for more than 20 years, and some places continue to call me back; I was last here for an assignment in 2013. On this return trip, I hope to learn more about the rural school experience, especially in light of the many challenges faced by children in American schools.View image in fullscreenView image in fullscreenView image in fullscreenView image in fullscreen From top: Teacher Becky Jensen, right, and pre-service teacher Kalli Miller outside Reichle School in Glen, Montana, on 20 March 2024; student Jeff Rhodes during band practice, and a photograph o stanley cup f former student Chris Rieber in a Reichle School memory book, on 11 April 2024; an archery lesson with teacher Leah Tucker-Helle at Reichle on 20 March 2024.When I arrive at Reichle, my memory of it matches as neatly as a tracing when placed on top of the original photograph. Everything appears the same: the quaint red facade, the old-fashion stanley mugs ed merry-go-round, the grandeur of the mountain backdrop. Even the teacher, Becky Jensen, who has worked at the stanley cup school for 25 years, is in place.When she greets me at the front door, I linger for Gcuq Scientists inflict karaoke on young volunteers to find out what makes us blush
I grew up in a world of drugs and violence. I didn t stand a chance. This is my story.So goes the sub heading of my memoir, Criminal. I made money from it, enough to move to Devon with stanley tumblers my wife. But I m now wondering if the government are intending to force me to give the money back.A bill will be presented to the House of Lords this Tuesday that could lead to convicted criminals having the earnings from their memoirs confiscated. If the present government didn t have such a stunning track record for shortsightedness, lies, and greed I d be saying 鈥?hang on, surely there must be some mistake But predictably they are attempting to implement yet another highly dubious new law. This one could affect the lives and livelihoods of reforming convicted criminals.The government is granting the Serious Organised Crime Agency Soca the power to apply for an Exploitation Proceeds Order EPO . An Orwellian-sounding name if ever I heard one. The EPO will mean that any offender who publishes an account of their crime will be subjected to a further stanley quencher cour stanley cup t case where the state has the power to confiscate the money they earn from publication. The Ministry of Justice estimates that only two cases a year will come to court, at a cost to the taxpayer of 拢370,000. They note that any proceeds recovered by the scheme are unlikely to exceed enforcement costs unless the criminals memoirs are widely read and generate significant amounts of profit . The proposed EPO could be applied against

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If the wind blowing across the New Mexico desert drops, a 43-year-old Austrian man will step out of a small silver capsule on Tuesday and attempt to make history. HT Image Felix Baumgartner is to jump from the largest helium-filled balloon ever buil stanley cup t for manned flight and hurtle towards the Earth from near the edge of space, 23 miles up. He will reach a spee stanley cup d of 690mph, becoming the first man to break th stanley cup e sound barrier in freefall, before deploying his parachute. If it goes wrong, the project s medical director, Jonathan Clark, says cheerfully, Baumgartner s skin will boil. Baumgartner explained in a recent interview that he loves a challenge . He made his first parachute jump at 16, the earliest Austria would permit it, and joined the army to continue his training. He hates being called an adrenaline junkie, saying: I like the planning. Both Baumgartner and Red Bull Stratos, which has spent five years and undisclosed millions preparing the stunt, say the purpose is to advance scientific discoveries in aerospace for the benefit of mankind . It is also, as one commentator has said, one giant leap for publicity. With five days to go, the attempt was put back by 24 hours due to forecasts of strong winds. A weekend dress rehearsal went well and the forecast looks good for Tuesday. There have been two test jumps, including one in July from just over 90,000 feet up. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Ueoq About 200 Zika cases recorded in Thailand this year: Ministry
Suspected militants on Monday kidnapped an American national working for UNHCR after killing his driver in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, highlighting the security threats posed by Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups in the region. HT Image John Solecki, the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office in Balochistan province, was on his way to office when gunmen raked his car with gun fire killing his driver and forcing him out of stanley cup his car, shortly after he had left his home, Quetta police chief Humayun Jogezai said. Solecki s driver Syed Hashim Raza was hit by bullets and died in hospital. The attackers took Solecki with them at gunpoint. His Land Cruiser was found rammed into the wall of a house. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction, which the Pakistani Foreign Of airmax fice described as dastardly and terrorist act . Several foreigners, including senior diplomats, have been kidnapped over the recent months from Balochistan and neighbouring NWFP. These include the Afghan Ambassador- designate to Islamabad and a senior Iranian diplomat and both are yet to be traced. Solecki s kidnappin adidas campus g came just months after an abortive attempt by suspected Taliban militia to abduct a senior US Embassy official from Peshawar. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan which borders Afghanistan where Al-Qaeda and Taliban are reported to have safe havens. The dusty city is also believed to be the hideout of reclusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar, who has not been

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Prisoners freed early to ease overcrowding in jails have not been fitted with electronic tags despite it being a condition of their release, prompting criticism from a parliamentary watchdog.Officials have declined to say how many of the 1,700 prisoners in England and Wales who were allowed out after serving 40% of their sentences last week were not given tracking devices. It is understood to be hundreds rather than dozens , a source said.Whitehall insiders have blamed the security contractor Serco 鈥?which was given the contract in October 2023 鈥?for the delays. Serco said it was working to reduce the numbers waiting for tags.Andy Slaughter, the chair of the justice select co stanley tumblers mmittee, questioned why Serco had been given the co stanley cup ntract after a previous tagging sca stanley cup ndal involving the outsourcing company led to a Serious Fraud Office investigation and a fine for defrauding the taxpayer. Serco has a long history of poor performance and negligent conduct on tagging contracts and needs to be held to account by the MoJ [Ministry of Justice]. They were given a second chance after being fined 拢23m for mismanaging previous contracts. It looks as though lessons have not been learned, he said.In 2019, the firms UK subsidiary Serco Geografix took responsibility for three offences of fraud and two of false accounting between 2010 and 2013, related to understating profits from its electronic monitoring contracts with the MoJ. It was fined 拢19.2m and ordered to pay 拢3.7m in costs.Tania Basse Oofz Knife crime is linked to Tory austerity, Sadiq Khan to say
Campaigner Herman Ouseley says the Equality and Human Rights Commission has failed as an organisation, and if it ceased to exist, most would not notice its disappearance guardian.co.ukThe Equality and Human Rights Commission has failed as an organisation and if it were to cease to exist, most of the people it was created to support would not notice its disappearance, the distinguished equalities campaigner Herman Ouseley has said.Describing the failure of the body as a tragedy, Ouseley said the EHRC had failed the most vulnerable communities in our society since it was cr stanley thermos eated in 2007. It had no relevance to the lives of victims of discrimination. The people who are m stanley cup ost disadvantaged feel totally disconnected. They don t even know that the organisation exists, let alone believing they can turn to it and get the help that they need, he said.Lord Ouseley said he would be very sad to see the body shut down, but added that he did not think its closure would be widely noticed. If you closed it down for a lot of people it won t mean anything to them because they ll still have what they consider to be the status quo 鈥?which is very little access to proper advice stanley flask and support to represent them in the area of inequalities, he said.Lord Ouseley, who was the chair and chief executive of the Commission for Racial Equality from 1993 to 2000, said he felt the previous system of separate bodies championing different equality agendas, which disappeared with

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President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told media that Turkey would never allow the formation of a Kurdish state embracing its south-east and parts of northern Syria. These comments are likely to anger Kurds as a peace process with Ankara stalls. HT Image Turkey has has looked askance as Syrian Kurds have made military advances against Islamic State militants in neighbouring Syria, fearing that could lead to the creation of an automous Kurdish state there and further embolden Turkey s own 14 million-strong Kurdish minority. We will never allow the establishment of a state in Syria s north an stanley cup d our south. We will continue our fight in this regard no matter what it costs, stanley cup local media quoted Erdogan as saying during a dinner late on Friday. They want to complete the operation to change the demographic structure of the region. We will not turn a blind eye to this. Turkish officials have accused Syrian Kurds of driving Arabs out of villages and towns they have occupied. The Kurds deny any suggestion of ethnic cleansing . The fate of Turkey s Kurdish m stanley cup inority is one of the country s most vexing political questions. Erdogan took a huge gamble in 2012 when he opened up peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party PKK to end a three-decade insurrection for greater Kurdish autonomy that has killed 40,000. But peace talks have since stalled and Kurds accuse Erdogan of backtracking. The backlash against Erdogan culminated with a stunning success for the pro Thar Four hurt in Nepal mosque blast: police
India and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, are locked in a new struggle for influence in Afghanistan, which analysts say is fuelling attacks on Indian interests there. HT Image A suicide bomb assault in K stanley cup abul last week killed nine Indians, including government employees, which stanley cup followed two bomb attacks at the Indian embassy in July 2008 and October 2009. The attacks are aimed at forcing India to withdraw from Afghanistan, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, a South Asia specialist at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, told AFP by phone. After more than two decades without sway in Kabul, India swiftly established diplomatic ties with the new government there after the 2001 US-led invasion deposed the extremist Taliban. New Delhi has poured money into the country since, becoming the largest regional donor with $1.3 billion dollars in aid. About 4,000 Indians are busy building roads, sanitation projects and power lines in the volatile country. Even the new Afghan parliament is being built by Indians. It is this steadily accumulati stanley cup ng soft power in a country Pakistan sees as its backyard that has stoked insecurities in Islamabad, analysts say. In Islamabad, the government is clear that it sees Indias involvement in Afghanistan as a danger and an unnecessary complication . We have strong evidence that India is using Afghanistan against Pakistans interests and to destabilise Pakistan, Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said,