Amidst the gas shortage in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, AAP’s unique performance continued to attract people’s attention. The workers raised slogans criticizing the government and putting the administration in the dock over black marketing of gas. Holding posters in their hands and raising slogans of Murdabad, the workers attracted the attention of the passersby by placing a cylinder on their heads. So the AAP workers who took to the streets tried to corner the government by raising the slogan ‘Narendra is missing, cylinder is missing’.

AAP workers gathered at Shastri Chowk in Gorakhpur on Saturday (14 March) and raised slogans and demonstrated against the BJP government. On this occasion, he fiercely targeted the government with a cylinder on his head and placards with slogans in his hands. Accusing the district administration, he said that the agency people are doing black marketing and the administration is sitting silently. The cylinder which was available for Rs 900 to Rs 1000 is being offered by the agency for Rs 3000 in black.

Demonstration regarding gas shortage

In Gorakhpur, dozens of workers including AAP District President Vijay Kumar Srivastava staged a unique protest against the gas shortage by placing gas cylinders on their heads. AAP District President Vijay Srivastava said that there is a shortage of gas in the country and everyone from the district administration to the Prime Minister is saying that there is no shortage. Earlier there was no shortage of gas, but now people are waiting in queues for gas at gas agencies. Whenever BJP government has come, some tragedy or the other is happening. The head of the country of Iran was invited by Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the chief guest on Republic Day.

The country is suffering the brunt of BJP government- Vijay Srivastava

AAP District President Vijay Srivastava said that the BJP government has created this problem due to enmity with that country, due to which the entire country is suffering the consequences. He said that the people of India are worried. Today there is such a shortage of gas that even the stove is not lit in people’s homes, this is black marketing. These people are blackmailing more money by taking 3 thousand rupees from the cylinder. They are opening shops at night and giving cylinders at higher prices.

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As an internal medicine doctor, I used to care for Alzheimer’s patients. Now, at just 60 years old, I am one. My diagnosis is not the future most people hope for — but there is finally a generation of Alzheimer’s treatments that work for many patients, and I am one of them.

Before my diagnosis, I was a busy, high-performing physician and a present husband and father. Over my career, I completed an internal medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins, oversaw a medical practice and ran an academic clinic where I taught residents and medical students. I coached my kids’ basketball teams and served as a deacon at my church.

I was someone who helped others, not someone who needed help myself. Then, three years ago, everything changed.

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One afternoon, my supervisor called me into her office and fired me for fumbling tasks I used to handle with ease, asking emphatically, “What is wrong with you?!” Suddenly, I was out of a job, had no health insurance, and still needed answers. What was wrong with me?

My family noticed my cognitive decline, too. I couldn’t keep up during a game night, put dishes back in the wrong place, lost track of my phone and repeated questions my wife had already answered.

I was only 57 — younger than most people associate with Alzheimer’s disease — but testing soon revealed the truth. A novel blood test measuring p-Tau217, a biomarker strongly associated with Alzheimer’s, came back abnormal. Further imaging confirmed what I feared most: I had Alzheimer’s disease.

As a doctor, I knew what this diagnosis usually meant. For years, our treatment tools were limited. We prescribed medications that tried to “juice up” the brain. But mostly, we watched patients’ slow demise until they struggled to speak and eventually became unable to swallow. Then we’d call in hospice. Alzheimer’s care was a slog that was hard on families. It was a long goodbye.

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But my wife, my superhero, wasn’t going to let me go without a fight. She knew I still had so much to offer my family, my community and my church.

Brent and Cindy Beasley in a portrait for the Alzheimer’s Association Early-Stage Advisory Group in Chicago in July 2025.  (Alzheimer’s Association)

My neurologist, Dr. Jeff Burns, who runs the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, suggested that I would be a candidate for a new monoclonal antibody treatment designed to clear abnormal plaques from the brain. I began regular infusions that have slowed my decline and improved my cognition.

I still have Alzheimer’s — but treatment has given me back the life I feared I was losing.

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Before treatment, I struggled to remember my cues while serving at the altar as a deacon; after the treatment took hold, I had a service where I was able to hit every mark once again.

I’m able to babysit my 2-year-old grandson, Frank, twice a week. I’ve been enlisted to teach medical students how to deliver bad news to patients, which I treat as a solemn duty.

I go on bike rides, which remind me of what it was like to be a kid. I spend precious time with my children and grandchildren. I take three-mile walks with my dog. I write.

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You would think that a treatment capable of restoring someone’s life would be readily available to others like me. But our health care system is still built for late-stage Alzheimer’s, not early intervention. Too often, cognitive decline is dismissed as normal aging, or patients are referred to specialists with long wait times. By the time answers arrive, the window for effective treatment has closed.

Brent and Cindy Beasley with Francis “Frank” Molenda, their grandson in Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park. Lenexa, Kan. in fall 2025.  (Bridgette Molenda)

What helped me may not work for everyone. But even if a breakthrough Alzheimer’s therapy emerged tomorrow that worked in every case, the same structural failures would persist: People would still be diagnosed too late, priced out of testing and treatment, and blocked from timely care.

That must change.

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Early Alzheimer’s detection should become routine in primary care, using modern tools like blood-based biomarkers to identify the disease early and validated cognitive assessments to detect meaningful changes. While some assessments can now be administered digitally outside specialty care, patients are still funneled to neurologists, creating six-month- to year-long delays that cost critical treatment time. These tests should be accessible and covered, not limited to academic centers or those who can afford to pay out of pocket.

My family noticed my cognitive decline, too. I couldn’t keep up during a game night, put dishes back in the wrong place, lost track of my phone and repeated questions my wife had already answered.

Once patients qualify for an FDA-approved therapy, insurance rules should not stand in the way. Ongoing administrative hurdles and repeated coverage denials disrupt care and force families into constant appeals.

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My wife, Cindy, has spent countless hours fighting insurers to maintain the treatment that has kept me alert, engaged and functioning. At times, those denials have forced me off treatment long enough to lose ground before we could begin again.

A current proposal sponsored by Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., would extend Medicare coverage to people 65 and under who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This legislation, called the BRIDGE Act, would ensure people in my situation don’t face the coverage denials and access interruptions that I did.

Primary care providers — often overworked and running behind — are equipped to spot cognitive decline and can administer cognitive assessments, make timely diagnoses and counsel patients on evidence-based lifestyle interventions such as regular physical activity, sleep optimization and social engagement. These interventions matter and can help slow cognitive decline for some patients.

Finally, caregivers must be recognized as essential partners in care. Cindy made it possible for me to get treatment, stay organized and keep living my life. Supporting families is one of the most effective ways to keep people with Alzheimer’s at home, engaged and connected.

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Alzheimer’s science has moved forward. Policy has not.

If we want today’s breakthroughs to improve lives for patients like me, families and future generations, we must build a system that finds the disease early and delivers care in time.

Amidst the war with America and Israel, Iran’s army has appealed to the leaders of other Muslim countries of the world to unite. Iranian army spokesman General Shekharchi said that the Islamic world needs to unite in the current global circumstances. Muslim countries should trust the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) and its people and face those opposing forces through mutual unity and cooperation. He further said that let us all unite for the unity of the Islamic world against the ongoing distrust and hypocrisy led by America and the Zionists.

Iran raised questions on the strength of American army

General Shekarchi has also raised questions on the strength of the American Army in his statement. He told Islamic leaders not to trust America’s empty power. America’s military capability is not as strong as it is often portrayed. It cannot fully protect even its weakening army, nor will it be able to ensure the security of Muslim countries and the entire region.

He said that only unity among Muslim countries can ensure stability and security in the entire region. The Islamic world should take joint steps to protect its collective interests and avoid its dependence on external forces.

US’s biggest warship can’t stand against Iran: Shekharchi

Apart from this, Iranian Army spokesperson General Shekarchi also mentioned America’s largest warship USS Abraham Lincoln in his statement. He said that America’s largest warship Abraham Lincoln, which was a symbol of plundering Muslim resources and creating fear, could not stand before the power of Iran and had to retreat after facing a historic defeat. He further said that this incident will be remembered as a very important moment in history.

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A former Labour minister who was famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown has died from brain cancer aged 66.

Phil Woolas was MP for Oldham West and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

But his political career ended in controversy and disgrace when a court ruled he had broken electoral law by deliberately making false statements about his Liberal Democrat opponent.

His TV clash with national treasure Ms Lumley came when she led opposition to proposals by Brown’s government in 2009 to restrict the rights of retired Gurkhas to settle in the UK.

At the time, he was a combative immigration minister in the Home Office and Ms Lumley was spearheading the Gurkhas Justice Campaign fighting Woolas’s plans.

With Labour rebels joining Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs, the government suffered a humiliating defeat on the proposals in the Commons.

Then, after an original confrontation inside a TV studio in Westminster, the pair agreed to hold a joint news conference, which descended into chaos.

Broadcast live on Sky News and other channels, the actress appeared to persuade Woolas to accept that the Gurkhas’ lawyers would draw up new guidelines.

And after dramatic scenes, Ms Lumley declared: “I have met Mr Woolas now and I am reassured again. Because I know we are going to assist Mr Woolas in making the strongest guidelines possible.”

It was the defining moment of a life in politics that began when Woolas joined the Labour party at 16 and was president of the National Union of Students from 1984 to 1986.

Paying tribute, Defence Secretary John Healey, a close friend, told Sky News: “During the ’80s and ’90s many helped lay the foundations for New Labour, defeating the hard left and modernising the student movement, trade unions, media, Labour Party and Parliamentary Labour Party.

“No-one played a significant role in all these areas – except Phil.

“He was a highly regarded ministerial operator with friends across the political divide, despite being a fiercely loyal Labour man all his life.”

After a short career as a TV producer, he became head of communications for the GMB union and masterminded one of the most high-profile stunts ever staged by a trade union.

In 1996, protesting against a 75% pay rise to £475,000 a year for British Gas boss Cedric Brown, the union took a live pig called Cedric to the firm’s AGM to highlight “snouts in the trough”.

After unsuccessfully fighting the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election in 1995, he was elected in the 1997 Blair landslide and after a spell as a parliamentary bag-carrier began his ministerial career in 2003.

He was deputy Commons leader and a local government minister under Blair, then under Brown he became an environment minister and then immigration minister in 2008.

But throughout his career he was outspoken and often controversial and in 2010, after he held his seat by just 103 votes, he was served with an election petition by LibDem opponent Elwyn Watkins.

He lost the subsequent court case – in an election court that was the first of its kind for 99 years – and the judge ordered a re-run of the election.

The court ruled that Woolas knew statements he made about Watkins during the campaign were untrue and he was therefore guilty of illegal practices under election law.

A bitter Woolas said after the ruling: “Those who stand for election and participate in the democratic process must be prepared to have their political conduct and motives subjected to searching, scrutiny and inquiry.

“They must accept that their political character and conduct will be attacked.”

But Labour’s acting leader Harriet Harman announced his suspension from the party and said: “It is not part of Labour politics to try to win elections by saying things that are not true.”

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After the controversial end to his career in parliament, Woolas formed a lobbying company with a former Conservative MP, Sir Sydney Chapman, and a former Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Keetch, both of whom later died.

He leaves a widow, Tracey Jane Allen, an events organiser and former co-director of a lobbying company. They met in 1982 through their activities in student politics and married in 1988.

They had two sons, Josh and Jed, and their first grandchild was born on 20 January, less than two months before Woolas’s death. He is also survived by his mother and older brother.

Mr Healey added: “Phil was a passionate Manchester United season ticket holder, wine connoisseur, fisherman, raconteur with a photographic memory and warm and engaging personality.

“But he didn’t suffer fools and was a principled fighter driven by the need to make a real change to society. His commitment to the Labour Party never wavered over 50 years, through many challenges.”

CBS News has had one of the more dramatic, tumultuous years of a legacy network in recent memory.

From making a controversial settlement with President Donald Trump to undergoing new ownership, the Tiffany Network has been through a lot — and that includes personnel changes.

Here is a recap of the notable exits, hires, and on-air shuffles that CBS has experienced:

CBS News has had a wide range of personnel changes over the past year. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

A ’60 Minutes’ resignation

“60 Minutes,” often cited as the crown jewel of prestige broadcast journalism, was engulfed in a political firestorm in the run-up to the 2024 election over its edit of a Kamala Harris interview, prompting then-candidate Trump to file a massive multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging election interference by CBS and its parent company Paramount.

Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder at the time, wanted to settle Trump’s lawsuit in order to pave the way for Paramount’s long-planned $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, resulting in a huge payout for her. While she recused herself from the decision-making, Redstone had reportedly put “60 Minutes” under a microscope by keeping tabs on what upcoming segments were about Trump and his administration.

That led to the resignation last year of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who told his colleagues last April that the corporate overreach impacted his ability to maintain an independent newsroom. CBS News President Wendy McMahon announced her exit less than a month later.

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“60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens resigned in protest alleging corporate influence was impacting his ability to lead the newsroom. (Vaughn Ridley/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)

Prior to his exit, Owens had refused to apologize and told his staff, “The edit is perfectly fine,” referring to the Kamala Harris interview answer in 2024 about Israel that prompted Trump’s lawsuit.

His departure prompted on-air tributes from his colleagues and bombarded Redstone and Paramount with accusations of newsroom interference. The network later announced that Tanya Simon, a 25-year veteran of “60 Minutes” and daughter of the late CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, would take over as executive producer. 

The ascent of Bari Weiss

After the Paramount-Skydance merger closed, Redstone handed the keys over to the company’s new owner, David Ellison. Among his first major moves was appointing Bari Weiss as CBS News’ new editor-in-chief and acquiring her outlet The Free Press for $150 million.

Liberals were aghast by Ellison’s appointment of Weiss, who had never worked in broadcast television. Weiss’ background was in newspapers — she famously resigned from The New York Times in 2020 for being ostracized by her more liberal newsroom colleagues. 

Despite her heterodox politics that has included at times sharp criticism of Trump, Weiss is often branded as “conservative” or “MAGA” by her progressive foes. Among her most glaring sins in the eyes of her critics is her support for Israel.

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The Free Press founder Bari Weiss was tapped by Paramount’s new owner to become CBS News’ editor-in-chief. (Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images)

Weiss, a critic of the legacy media, is now tasked with reviving one of its most revered institutions, and her sudden rise as a network chief was sure to ruffle some feathers. Her first major challenge came in December with the widely reported spat she had with “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who accused Weiss of acting politically when she halted a segment about the brutal El Salvador prison CECOT, shortly before it was set to air.

Weiss suggested the segment about the prison, where the U.S. has sent some illegal migrants, wasn’t fair since it did not include a response from the Trump administration. The segment ultimately aired in January, but the controversy sparked an outcry outside the network.

The multiple overhauls of ‘CBS Evening News’

CBS News has been the perpetual third-place broadcaster with its marquee morning and evening newscasts behind ABC and NBC.

In January 2025, Norah O’Donnell stepped down as anchor of “CBS Evening News,” though remained with the network as a correspondent. Taking her place were John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who failed to move the viewership needle.

John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois left CBS News after just one year of anchoring “CBS Evening News.” (Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images)

After Dickerson and DuBois announced their exits from the network late last year, Weiss tapped “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil to become the new face of “CBS Evening News,” marking her first big move as editor-in-chief. He began his stint in the anchor chair in January.

Dokoupil is now the fourth anchor to helm “CBS Evening News” since 2019 and the seventh since the scandal-plagued exit of veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather in 2005. None of them held the job for more than six years.

The abrupt ouster of a brand-new contributor

Paramount slashed roughly 1,000 jobs across the company last fall, many of them impacting CBS News.

Ex-staffer Trey Sherman went viral for his TikTok video accusing CBS of implementing race-based layoffs. Notably, he was an associate producer for the CBS streaming program “CBS Evening News+” as well as the CBS Race & Culture Unit, both of which were gutted after Ellison’s takeover.

Earlier this year, the network also implemented a buyout program specifically targeting “CBS Evening News” staffers. Roughly 11 staffers accepted the buyout, according to Deadline.

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Bari Weiss selected Tony Dokoupil as the latest anchor of “CBS Evening News.” (Michael Tessier/CBS)

As Ellison took the reins of trimming network staff, Weiss announced in January that CBS News had hired 19 new contributors. Among them were Iranian-born journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, famed historian Niall Ferguson, Free Press columnist Coleman Hughes, journalist Derek Thompson, former National Security Advisor HR McMaster, Harvard economics professor Roland Fryer and longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia.

The timing of the announcement, however, could not have been worse for Attia, whose name appeared more than 1,700 times in a newly released batch of Jeffrey Epstein files and included several personal, eyebrow-raising exchanges.

There had been reports about Weiss wanting to keep Attia at the network amid the public outcry. Ultimately, Attia chose to leave the network he had just joined after less than a month.

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“Dr. Attia’s contributor role was newly established and had not yet meaningfully begun. As such, he stepped back to ensure his involvement didn’t become a distraction from the important work being done at CBS. He wishes the network and its leadership well and has no further comment at this time,” a spokesperson for Attia told Fox News Digital. 

Attia took to social media in an attempt to clear his name, expressing regret for putting himself in a bad position but saying he was not involved in criminal activity.

Peter Attia was named a CBS News contributor days before his name appeared over 1,700 in the latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files, prompting his abrupt exit. (Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images)

Anderson Cooper bounces while Gayle King stays put

The Tiffany Network was rocked last month by the exit of longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper.

Cooper, who began reporting for the magazine show in the 2006-07 season in tandem with his full-time anchor gig with CNN, reportedly “blindsided” Weiss and CBS leadership when he chose not to renew his contract, citing his family as a reason for rolling back his on-air work.

Weiss reportedly eyed Cooper to anchor “CBS Evening News” before Dokoupil’s appointment.

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While Weiss took a hit with the loss of her star “60 Minutes” correspondent, she was able to claim a victory days later with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, who signed a new contract with the network.

King, a staple of the network’s morning programming since 2012, was the subject of tabloid fodder last fall as reports suggested she was on the outs since her contract was set to expire in May.

She called her exit rumors “inaccurate and greatly exaggerated.”

“CBS News is my longtime home, and I am committed to our mission,” King said in a statement. “I’m excited about continuing at ‘CBS Mornings.’ As always, I’m open to new adventures here and ready to go. It took a minute, but we got there. And now that we are here, I am all in.”

While Anderson Cooper chose to exit CBS News as a “60 Minutes” correspondent, “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King announced she’s staying after signing a new contract. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN; Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images)

Other exits, hires, and Margaret Brennan’s status

Multiple producers were not long for the Weiss era of CBS News. Shortly after January’s bumpy relaunch of “CBS Evening News,” the network fired its senior producer Javier Guzman. “CBS Mornings” executive producer Shawna Thomas announced earlier this month that she was leaving the network, telling her colleagues, “I’m tired y’all.”

However, two other producers who left CBS suggested they didn’t like the direction of the network.

“There has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism,” Alicia Hastey, a former “CBS Evening News” producer, wrote in a memo to colleagues last month. “Stories may instead be evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations — a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines… The very excellence we seek to sustain is hindered by fear and uncertainty.”

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Mary Walsh, a veteran producer who joined CBS News during the Walter Cronkite days, similarly announced her departure, appearing to object to Ellison and Weiss’ stated mission of appealing to the 70% in the political center versus catering to the far left or far right.

“We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that,” Walsh wrote in a memo.

It’s also been a revolving door when it comes to the network’s correspondents. In December, Weiss poached Matt Gutman from ABC News, making him a chief correspondent. But just this week, CBS News’ justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane announced an abrupt exit, telling colleagues he’s looking forward “to some independence.”

MacFarlane, who provided extensive Jan. 6 reporting for the network in recent years, reportedly was upset at the minimal attention “CBS Evening News” gave to the five-year anniversary of the Capitol riot.

CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane recently announced he was parting ways with the network. (Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty Images)

One recent hire that has irked the Trump White House has been Jeremy Adler, a former communications staffer for former congresswoman Liz Cheney, a fierce Trump foe. A White House source told Fox News Digital the hire was “mind boggling” calling Adler an “unserious and dishonest person” and that his appointment to CBS News’ press shop was a “revenge hire.”

While there’s been several on-air shakeups at CBS News, one program that appears to be holding steady is “Face the Nation.”

Margaret Brennan, who has helmed the Sunday program since 2018, has become more known in recent years for her viral clashes with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. A source familiar with CBS News leadership tells Fox News Digital that they are pleased with Brennan, particularly as “Face the Nation” remains competitive in viewership against its broadcast rivals, separating herself from her network colleagues who struggle on weekdays.

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Although he isn’t part of CBS’ news division, liberal late-night host Stephen Colbert will officially take his final bow in May when “The Late Show” goes off the air, after its cancellation was announced last summer. 

Critics accused CBS at the time of currying favor with the Trump administration in order for Paramount to close its Skydance merger, but “The Late Show” was reportedly costing CBS $40 million per year, backing up the network’s stance that the cancellation was a financial decision. 

Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.

After the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan intensified, China has given a big statement. China’s Foreign Ministry has asked both the countries to talk to end the war. China has warned Pakistan and Afghanistan that if both their countries do not stop the fighting, then the entire region will suffer huge losses due to increasing conflict.

In fact, as the conflict between the two countries intensified, Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense has claimed that Pakistan Army posts on the border in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces have been destroyed and during this period 14 Pakistani soldiers have also died. While on the other hand, Pakistan has claimed to destroy the alleged terrorist camps and their related infrastructure in Afghanistan.

Chinese Foreign Minister talked about his counterpart in Afghanistan

According to Reuters report, this statement was issued by China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday (March 13, 2026) after a phone conversation between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaki. The statement said that Wang Yi talked to Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki regarding their ongoing conflict and disputes with Pakistan. During this, he stressed upon them to resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation instead of escalating military conflict.

China ready to become a mediator for peace between the two countries

According to the report, Wang Yi, in his conversation with Muttaki, also talked about playing the role of mediator to establish peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The statement said that the Chinese Foreign Minister has appealed to both the countries to talk as soon as possible to end the war, exercise restraint and resolve the disputes. He said that the impact of the ongoing war between Afghanistan and Pakistan will gradually increase in the entire region and the situation will become very complicated.

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