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World Service,03 Sep 2021,49 mins

Afghanistan: latest on fighting in Panjshir province

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Thousands of Taliban fighters launch attacks against resistance positions in the region. In Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is effectively stepping down after just a year in charge. It's mainly down to his handling of the pandemic. And in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the stabbing of six people in a supermarket was a 'terrorist attack'.

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