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Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador in its country and expressed “strong reservations” about the India-Afghanistan joint statement that was issued a day earlier, PTI reported. Afghan ...

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Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

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