25 killed in bus-car collision in northern Pakistan

STORY: 25 killed in bus-car collision in northern Pakistan DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site and rescue efforts STORYLINE: At least 25 people were killed and several others injured when a passenger bus collided with a car in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, government officials and police said on Tuesday. The accident occurred after the over-speeding bus collided with a car near the Shatial check post in the Kohistan district of the region, information minister of the GB province Fatehullah Khan told media. The passenger bus and the car fell into the ravine after the accident, said the official, adding that at least 45 passengers were onboard the bus when the incident happened. Rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the victims to a nearby hospital. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

Afghan cadets commissioned to police in E. Afghanistan

STORY: Afghan cadets commissioned to police in E. Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the commencement of young Afghan police in Eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province STORYLINE: A total of 446 young Afghans have been commissioned to the National Police Force after completing a training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, commander of the training center Qari Rahmatullah said Wednesday. During the six-week training course, the new policemen learned how to behave with the people, how and when to use weapons and how to enforce law and order in society, the official said, adding the newly graduated police personnel would be deployed in the eastern Nangarhar and neighboring Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces. More than 50,000 policemen have graduated from the country's 10 police training centers since the establishment of the Taliban-run caretaker government in August last year, Amin Jan Fatehullah from the Interior Mi