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An Afghan soldier has killed a soldier and an officer and wounded another soldier and he managed to escape, Afghan media reported Monday. The incident occurred in the Kandgal area of Manugai District of Konar Province Sunday evening, an army spokesman, Harun Yusofzai, told Afghan Islamic Press news agency. He added: “A national army soldier […]
Richard Albright, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance at the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, inaugurated “Shop for Cause” at Malikabad Plaza, Rawalpindi. This exclusive outlet for the hand-embroidered fashions and handicrafts of Afghan women refugees is a direct result of collaboration between the U.S. government and the Hashoo Foundation. The artisans studied tailoring and marketing with […]
Three people were killed and four others were wounded Thursday morning when an explosion went off in Kunduz, the capital city of northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the police said. “One vehicle of National Directorate of Security (NDS) was running in Bandar-e-Kabul area of the city. A sticky bomb attached into the car by militants […]
Up to 60 people have been killed and around 125 injured after a train derailed outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain on Wednesday evening. This is only a provisional number and could rise further, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday. As to the cause of the […]
The Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar while talking to US Ambassador Richard G. Olson who called on him at his office Wednesday, has said that Pakistan welcomes the interest shown by the United States Congress for its support in carrying out feasibility studies for Pakistan’s flagship storage project Diamer Bhasha Dam. Ambassador Olson informed the […]
U.S. officials have stressed that the CIA is expected to maintain a significant footprint even after the pullback from Afghanistan, with a station in Kabul that will remain among the agency’s largest in the world, as well as a fleet of armed drones that will continue to patrol Pakistan’s tribal belt, The Washington Post reported […]
An Afghan senator has claimed that the United States has threatened President Hamid Karzai to death if he refused signing of security pact. Senator Abdul Qayum, who was speaking at an Afghan TV programme claimed that the foreigners have threatened President Karzai if he does not sign the bilateral security agreement with the US very […]
Three foreign soldiers died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. The ISAF statement did not give more details about the incident. Afghan media reported that an Afghan interpreter was also killed in the suicide attack on joint forces in Sayedabad District of […]
At least 47 people have been killed and over 300 others injured in an earthquake which hit a juncture region of two counties in northwest China’s Gansu Province Monday morning, Chinese media reported. The 6.6-magnitude quake happened at 7:45 a.m. at the junction of the Minxian County and Zhangxian County in the city of […]
A fresh survey in the United States reveals the Obama administration’s use of drone strikes faces broad opposition around the world. The survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre‚ Washington in thirty nine countries‚ says that half or more people in thirty one countries have disapproved the US drone attacks against extremist groups. The survey […]
Unidentified gunmen Wednesday shot dead brother of Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the national security adviser of the Afghan president, in western Herat Province, Afghan TV channels reported. The Herat Province police commander says that Wali Jan Spanta, brother of Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta, was shot dead by unidentified armed men who were riding a […]
The United Nations Security Council Wednesday holds an Open Debate on the protection of journalists marking the first time the Council considers this issue in a separate meeting since the adoption of landmark resolution 1738 on the protection of journalists in December 2006. The United States, which holds the rotating Council Presidency in July, referred […]
