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  "tags": [
    "Pakistan",
    "Afghanistan",
    "Iran",
    "Asylum seekers",
    "Health",
    "United kingdom",
    "Kenya",
    "Animal smuggling",
    "Pakistan-afghanistan conflict",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n**408:** The number of people _killed_ in the Afghan capital of Kabul, after a Pakistani strike hit a drug rehabilitation center there, according to Taliban officials. Another 250 were reported injured. Islamabad claimed the facility was being used as an _ammunition depot_, as the conflict between the two neighbors, which started as border clashes last year, continues to spiral.\n\n****\n\n* * *\n\n**5:** The _number_ of Iranian women’s soccer team members – including the team captain, **Zahra Ghanbari** – who withdrew their asylum claims in Australia, per Iran’s state media. Now, only two out of the seven women offered asylum remain in Australia – they had sought asylum after they refused to sing Iran’s national anthem at the Asian Cup. Human rights activists suggested that these women’s families may have been threatened, prompting the reversal.\n\n**13:** The number of people who _contracted_ meningitis, an _infection_ that’s most common among children and young adults, in the English county of Kent over the last four days. Two of the cases proved fatal. Meningitis is caused by a contagious viral or bacterial infection, and the outbreak has prompted _widespread panic_ at the University of Kent and high schools in the area.\n\n**2,000:** The number of _live ants_ that a Chinese citizen tried to take out of Kenya last week. On Tuesday, a Kenyan court charged him and one other man with transporting wildlife illegally. Why smuggle ants, you ask? Certain enthusiasts of the insect are willing to pay large sums to watch how the complex social structures of these colonies develop.",
  "title": "Pakistan hits drug rehab center in Kabul, Five female Iranian soccer players withdraw asylum claims, Meningitis outbreak in southeast England, Chinese national tries to smuggle ants out of Kenya"
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