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Taliban reject Pakistan’s claim Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers

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Taliban reject Pakistan’s claim Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers

The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the neighbouring nations sour amidst rising insecurity. Pakistan’s military had said at a press conference on Tuesday that a suicide bomb attack in March in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, that killed five … Read more

Hip fractures more deadly than cancers in over 65s, new study says

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Hip fractures more deadly than cancers in over 65s, new study says

Hip fractures in older people are more deadly than some cancers, new research shows. People over 65 who suffer a hip fracture are more likely to die within five years than patients who develop breast cancer, the study found. While bone fractures have often been dismissed as relatively minor injuries, the study of 100,000 older … Read more