AT lEAST 14 PEOPlE KIllED IN AFGHAN ClASH
Kabul: At least 14 people were killed when Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack in Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. “Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Darzab district on Sunday night. Nine others were wounded as security forces repelled the attack,” Xinhua news agency quoted the official as saying.
CREATIVE PEOPlE HAVE BETTER-CONNECTED BRAINS
Washington: Highly creative people have significantly more white matter connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain, according to a new study.
170 PEACOCKS DIE OF AVIAN DISEASE IN PAK
Islamabad: Some 170 peacocks have reportedly succumbed to an avian disease in Pakistan’s Tharparkar region, local media reported. Tharparkar’s honorary district game warden Talook Chand Valasai confirmed the death toll, saying at least 30 birds died in various parts of the desert during the last couple of days.
ISRAElI PlANES HIT GAZA AFTER ROCKET ATTACK
Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory slammed into southern Israel. “Three bombs were dropped by the air force on a Hamas military base,” south of Gaza city, a Palestinian security source said.
