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Three killed in blasts in Afghan city of Jalalabad, sources say (Sat, 18 Sep 2021)
(Reuters) – At least three people were killed and about 20 wounded in a series of blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, two sources in the city said. The fatalities occurred during a series of five blasts, the sources, who said they had received information from hospitals and eyewitnesses, told Reuters. One source said members of the Taliban were among the casualties. The second said the bombs targeted Taliban vehicles. Taliban spokesmen were not immediately reachable for comment. There was no initial claim for the blasts. Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province, which is a stronghold for the Islamic State (IS) militant group that has been active since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. A series of bombings at Kabul airport on Aug. 26 that were claimed by IS killed more than 180 people. Those attacks were among deadliest during the country’s two decades under U.S. occupation. (Reporting by Islamabad newsroom; Writing by Alasdair Pal; Editing by Edmund Blair) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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Mexican president pitches new regional block similar to European Union (Sat, 18 Sep 2021)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Latin American and Caribbean nations should form a block similar to the European Union, Mexico’s president proposed on Saturday at a regional summit, in a bid to wrest diplomatic influence away from the Washington-based Organization of American States. The host of the summit, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, told nearly 20 presidents and prime ministers attending the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) at the gathering’s opening ceremony that the block could better boost the region’s economies. “In these times, CELAC can become the principal instrument to consolidate relations between our Latin American and Caribbean nations,” he said at the opening ceremony, touting the European Union as an ideal to follow. The leaders gathered at the invitation of Mexico’s leftist president with a stated aim of weakening the Washington-based Organization of American States, the long-standing regional body that excludes Cuba. In his remarks, Bolivian President Luis Arce called for a global agreement to lower debts for poor countries while Cuba’s Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke out for an end to the U.S. trade embargo against the communist-run island. Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez helped set up CELAC in 2011. (Reporting by David Alire Garcia and Noe Torres; Editing by Andrea Ricci) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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