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Embattled but defiant, a brutal regime holds a country hostage

Five years on from the fall of Kabul, the Taliban maintains its grip on Afghanistan. But the regime faces a host of problems both at home and abroad.

Embattled but defiant, a brutal regime holds a country hostage

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Saifuddin: Poverty, drug abuse bigger threat to Malays than presence of other races

THE Malay community faces greater threats from poverty and drug abuse than from the presence of other ethnic groups, PKR vice-president Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said today.

  • Saifuddin states poverty and drug abuse threaten Malays more than other ethnic groups.
  • Malays at risk due to economic hardships and drug-related offenses.
  • Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu have drug offense rates over 1,000 per 100k.

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