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February 9, 2021
Families despair; weather halts Pakistan search for climbers
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Families of the three mountaineers who went missing in Pakistan last week while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, were growing more desperate on Tuesday, a day after bad weather halted the search for the climbers.…READ MORE
February 9, 2021
EXPLAINER: K2 beckons the daring, but rarely in winter
ISLAMABAD (AP) — K2′s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter.…READ MORE
February 4, 2021
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be killed in Kabul’s streets before he got home in the evening. Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore, and a month ago he sent his four children to live with his parents in his home village.…READ MORE