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Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» KARACHI - In Pakistan's largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks.
Japanese ex-minister lobbies for Myanmar junta
Published on 18/12/2021
» TOKYO: A former Japanese cabinet minister who has campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from top Japanese companies to Myanmar has urged Tokyo to endorse its military regime, saying the country’s coup leader has “grown fantastically as a human being", while praising his “democratisation efforts”.
'I felt powerful': Afghan trailblazer who confronted Taliban on women
AFP, Published on 26/02/2019
» KABUL - Fawzia Koofi was hesitant to face the Taliban militants who jailed her husband, threatened to stone her for wearing nail polish, and -- when she became a high-profile MP and women's rights champion -- tried to assassinate her.