TIRANA, Albania --- Albanian authorities say that another group of Afghans on Saturday arrived in the country fleeing their homeland after the Taliban took power there. Albania has accommodated all the 903 Afghans who have come so far in hotels. The government has said it may house up to 4,000 Afghans temporarily, before they travel on to countries for longer-term settlement. The Islamic State group affiliate, which is headquartered in eastern Afghanistan, has said it was behind similar attacks in Jalalabad last week that killed 12 people. An official at Nangarhar provincial hospital said the bomb killed a Taliban militant and wounded seven others, including four civilians.

Source: thestar September 25, 2021 08:03 UTC