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Anonymous ID: d7390b Jan. 17, 2022, 5:04 p.m. No.15401237   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1413 >>1669 >>1706

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At least 22 dead after strong earthquake in western Afghanistan

Jan. 17 (UPI) – At least 22 people died in a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck a mountainous region of northwestern Afghanistan early Monday, official media reported.

 

Local officials in Badghis province said preliminary assessments indicated another four people were injured in the quake, according to Afghanistan's official Bakhtar News Agency.

 

Most of the casualties came in the Qadis district of the province. The casualty figures were likely to rise, officials warned.

 

The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake struck at a depth of 12 miles around 25 miles east of Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, at 6:40 a.m. EST, or 1:40 p.m. local time.

 

"The worst-hit areas were Badruk, Darband-e-Safed and Khak Polak localities in Qadis district, east of the provincial capital Qala-e-Naw," district chief Mohammad Saleh Purdil told China's Xinhua news agency.

 

Temblors from quake were also felt in the nearby Afghan provinces of Herat and Farah.

 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/01/17/afghanistan-22-dead-strong-earthquake-Afghanistan/6331642455863/

Anonymous ID: d7390b Jan. 17, 2022, 5:07 p.m. No.15401255   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1303 >>1688

On This Day:

Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning

On Jan. 17, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence whistleblower who leaked classified information.

 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2022/01/17/On-This-Day-Obama-commutes-sentence-of-Chelsea-Manning/2741642359600/

Anonymous ID: d7390b Jan. 17, 2022, 5:37 p.m. No.15401485   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1669 >>1706

Former Ukrainian president lands in Kyiv to face treason case

 

KYIV, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine's former president, Petro Poroshenko, landed in Kyiv on Monday to face treason charges in a case he says was trumped up by allies of his successor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

 

In a brief stand-off at border control after arriving on a flight from Warsaw, Poroshenko accused border guards of taking away his passport. He later greeted a crowd of thousands of cheering and flag-waving supporters outside the airport.

 

Poroshenko's return sets up a showdown with President Zelenskiy's government in what critics say is an ill-judged distraction as Ukraine braces for a possible Russian military offensive and seeks the support of its Western allies.

 

Western diplomats called for political unity in Ukraine before the arrival of Poroshenko, who was president from 2014 until 2019.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/former-ukrainian-president-lands-kyiv-face-treason-case-2022-01-17/

 

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