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People from Pakistani Hindu community attend a religious ceremony at the Sadhu Bela temple, located in an island on the Indus River, in Sukkur, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. On the banks of the Indus River, which flows through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus wait for brightly colored boats to ferry them to an island that has housed Sadhu Bela temple for almost 200 years. The island was gifted to the Hindu community by wealthy Muslim landlords in Sindh, an unthinkable act in modern-day Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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In Pakistan's Sindh province, Hindu culture fights the odds
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Mon,11/07/22-12:30AM , 227 Reads
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a peaceful island that has housed a temple for almost 200 years.
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In this frame grab from video that was likely taken by the Taliban and posted online and provided by Afghan Witness, a UK-based open-source nonprofit, a Taliban fighter stands amid bodies on the ground, in the Dara district, of Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2022. The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a new report by Afghan Witness published Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 refuting the group’s earlier claims that the men were killed in battle. (Afghan Witness via AP)

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Report: Taliban killed captives in restive Afghan province
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Tue,10/18/22-12:27AM , 174 Reads
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report published Tuesday, refuting the group’s earlier claims that the men were killed in battle.
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