Women in the military are going to get to serve in combat. They killed the Equal Rights Amendment to keep this from happening, but, yet, here we are. And about time. âI think people have come to the sensible conclusion that you canât say a womanâs life is more valuable than a manâs life,â the retired Air Force Brig.omen in the military are going to get to serve in combat. They killed the Equal Rights Amendment to keep this from happening, but, yet, here we are. And about time. âI think people have come to the sensible conclusion that you canât say a womanâs life is more valuable than a manâs life,â the retired Air Force Brig.
Image copyright. The 8 October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir is remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in South Asia. The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani was among the first journalists to report from the devastated city of Balakot, near the epicentre. A decade on, he has gone back there to meet some of the survivors.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Afghanistan on April 24 at a depth of 40 miles with an epicentre 11 km (6.8 mi) from Mehtar Lam, the capital of the province, 18 people were killed in the tremors and more than 100 were injured.