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TVR - The Highways Saga
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Five Afghan civilians were killed in attacks across the country Monday, including a Taliban suicide bombing of a European Union vehicle that created a massive blast heard across Kabul.
The bombing along the road leading from the capital to the eastern city of Jalalabad targeted a vehicle belonging to the European Union police training mission, officials said. Afghan interior ministry officials said two civilians were killed and 11 people were injured, including three members of the Afghan national police.
The European force, known as EUPOL, said in a statement that no one in the vehicle was harmed, although Afghan interior ministry officials said two European personnel suffered slight injuries.
The blast underscored the dangers facing civilians and foreign personnel remaining in Afghanistan under a smaller, U.S.-led training mission that officially began Jan. 1.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying it had destroyed a U.S. vehicle and killed five foreign invaders. The insurgent group is known to exaggerate casualty figures from its attacks.
Two civilians also were killed in the southern province of Zabul when a bomb went off in a local market, officials said.
Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai, the provincial police chief, said the explosive was detonated after the deputy police chiefs vehicle passed by the market in the city of Qalat around 10 a.m. The deputy police chief escaped unhurt but nine others, including three police, were injured, he said.
In the eastern province of Kunar, a woman was killed after she stepped on an improvised explosive device in the early morning in the district of Dangam. A provincial spokesman told local media the bomb was meant for Afghan security forces, who have been fighting a weeks-long battle against insurgents in the northeastern district.
Mondays attacks come only days after the official end of the NATO combat mission and the start of a new, smaller mission dubbed Resolute Support, which includes 10,800 U.S. troops.
Civilian casualties have been rising in Afghanistan, with the United Nations reporting last month that 3,188 people were injured from January through November, a 19% increase from the same period in 2013.
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Effective January 1, 2015, the European Union requires that 85% of every scrapped vehicle must be recycled or reused while an additional 10% can be used "for energy recovery from the combustion of non-recyclable residues" for a total of 95%.
The measure is part of the "End of Life" vehicle directive passed by the European Commission in 2000, which "aims to decrease the quantity of waste arising from vehicles." According to the EU, every end-of-life vehicle in the region currently generates 8-9 million tons of waste.
The provision of the directive, however, only applies to cars, SUVs, MPVs and light-duty trucks. It is not applicable to special-purpose vehicles or small-scale models with less than 500 units produced annually.
The newly implemented 95% rate of reuse and recovery of a vehicle "in average weight per vehicle and year" follows the 85% rate that was set on January 1, 2006.
God only knows if we'll ever see a similar measure enforced locally.
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Lithuania Adopts Euro: Baltic state becomes latest to embrace European Union currency
Lithuania became the 19th European Union member state to adopt the euro currency on January 1st, and during the first 24 hours of its use, Lithuanians rushed...
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