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Stealing Rain From Neighbors? Kazakhstan's Cloud-Seeding Experiment Sparks Regional Fears

7 June 2026 at 09:24
When Kazakhstan launched Central Asia’s first large-scale cloud-seeding program on May 17, it called it a high-tech response to drought, water scarcity, and accelerating desertification.

Eighteen people killed in Afghanistan truck crash, including 10 children

Truck was carrying Afghan families returning Pakistan when it overturned, official says

A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 18 people on board including 10 children, a provincial official told Agence France-Presse.

Deadly traffic crashes are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving and a lack of regulation.

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© Photograph: Siddiqullah Alizai/AP

© Photograph: Siddiqullah Alizai/AP

© Photograph: Siddiqullah Alizai/AP

Afghanistan: America’s Other Ongoing Proxy War

11 May 2026 at 13:59
The development of Afghanistan’s mineral resources has become the center of an information and geopolitical struggle where economic projects intersect with security issues, propaganda, and great-power rivalry. A recent article published by the US arms-industry, big-tech, banking, and other Western special interests-funded Lowy Institute’s “Interpreter,” boldly claims, “Afghanistan is surrendering its mineral wealth — and its […]
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