ADB, Pakistan sign loans to boost cross-border trade with neighbours
Oct 27, 2016, at 02:44 pm
Islamabad,Oct 27 (IBNS): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Pakistan has signed loan agreements for $250 million to boost cross-border trade activity with neighboring countries.
UN ‘Global Open Day’ emphasizes Afghan women’s role in fighting violent extremism
Oct 27, 2016, at 01:36 pm
New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): Following a meeting with Afghan civil society representatives on Wednesday in Kabul, senior UN officials stressed that securing women’s rights is essential to strategies that combat violent extremism and encouraged the Government to develop and implement human-rights based and gender sensitive polices to address to address its drivers.
UN mission ‘outraged’ at killing of hostages in central Afghanistan
Oct 27, 2016, at 04:40 am
New York, Oct 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the killing of 26 civilians who were earlier taken hostage by a group of armed men in country’s central Ghor province.
Pakistan: Officials arrest National Geographic's 'Afghan Girl'
Oct 26, 2016, at 10:15 pm
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IBNS): An Afghan woman, who had gained fame after appearing on the cover of a 1985 issue of the National Geographic magazine, was arrested by Pakistani officials in Peshawar city on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: At least 23 civilians shot dead by militants
Oct 26, 2016, at 05:57 pm
Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): Militants kidnapped and shot dead at least 23 civilians from Ghor province of Afghanistan, reports said.
Afghanistan: At least 45 militants killed in counter-terrorism operation
Oct 26, 2016, at 05:56 pm
Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): At least 45 militants, including 19 ISIS loyalists, were killed by Afghan forces recently in the country's Nangarhar province, reports said.
UN chief ‘condemns’ terrorist attack in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province
Oct 26, 2016, at 01:38 pm
New York, Oct 26 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a terrorist attack on a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan earlier on Tuesday that claimed the lives of at-least 60 people and injured more than 100.
Quetta attack: IS claims responsibility
Oct 26, 2016, at 12:16 am
Quetta, Oct 25 (IBNS): Militant group IS has claimed responsibility for the attack at a Police Training College in Pakistan on Monday which left 61 people killed, reports said.
Oct 25, 2016, at 11:03 pm
Quetta, Oct 25 (IBNS): Militant attack at the Police Training College in Pakistan on Monday night left 61 people dead, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: 59 killed in Quetta police training college attack
Oct 25, 2016, at 02:27 pm
Quetta, Oct 25 (IBNS): Militants attacked a police training college in Pakistan's Quetta city which left 59 people dead on Monday,media reports said on Tuesday.
UN cites ‘worrying reversal’ in efforts to tackle illicit drugs as Afghan opium production soars
Oct 25, 2016, at 02:24 pm
New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): Opium production in Afghanistan rose by 43 per cent to 4,800 metric tons in 2016 from 2015, according to the latest figures released on Monday by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Imran Khan condemns Quetta attack
Oct 25, 2016, at 01:55 pm
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IBNS): Pakistani politician Imran Khan on Tuesday condemned the militant attack at a police training college in Quetta which left over 50 people killed on Monday.
Over 50 killed as militants attack Police Academy in Pakistan
Oct 25, 2016, at 01:28 pm
Quetta, Oct 25 (IBNS) : At least 51 people, which included mostly cadets, were killed as militants stormed a police training college in Pakistan's Quetta city on a Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Raheel Sharif visits Army Liver Transplant Unit
Oct 25, 2016, at 01:36 am
Rawalpindi, Oct 24 (IBNS): Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited Army Liver Transplant Unit (ALTU) on Monday at Rawalpindi.
Oct 24, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Oct 24 (Just Earth News): The demand for water to support agricultural development in conflict-plagued Afghanistan often results in high-stakes water disputes, according to a new United Nations report released on Sunday, which underscores the need for more effective and transparent means of resolving the differences.
Pakistan: Rangers personnel allegedly shot dead by colleague
Oct 23, 2016, at 10:15 pm
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IBNS): A Pakistan Rangers personnel was allegedly shot dead by his colleague near Gulshan-e-Iqbal K.D.A. Scheme in Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan PM says his government will complete term
Oct 22, 2016, at 10:23 pm
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said his government will complete the entire term of five years.
Oct 22, 2016, at 10:18 pm
Islamabad, Oct 22 (IBNS): At least four people were shot dead in Pakistan's Mardan city, media reports said on Saturday.
ANDSF retake Ghormach from Taliban during operation
Oct 21, 2016, at 05:44 pm
Kabul, Oct 21 (IBNS): The Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces have recaptured Ghormach district from the Taliban, during an operation led by General Dostum, reports said.
ANA destroys Taliban's IED factory in Helmand province
Oct 21, 2016, at 04:08 pm
Kabul, Oct 21 (IBNS): The Afghan National Army (ANA) recently destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory belonging to the Taliban in southern Helmand province, during a special forces operation, reports said.
UN human rights expert calls upon Afghan Government to urgently address displacement crisis
Oct 21, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Thursday urged the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to strengthen efforts and collaboration in order to support the increasing number of people who are leaving their homes due to a deteriorating security situation within the country.
Sri Lanka: UN rights expert urges Government to take concrete steps to protect minorities
Oct 21, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): In her first information-gathering visit to Sri Lanka, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, stressed the importance of renewed support for minority rights by the Government, including a plan for specific and urgent measures.
Pakistan: Tractor trolley overturns, 5 killed
Oct 20, 2016, at 07:35 pm
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IBNS): A tractor trolley overturned in Pakistan's Guddu town which left five people dead, media reports said on Thursday.
India: UN experts urge release of prominent human rights defender after month-long detention
Oct 20, 2016, at 01:35 pm
New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on the Government of India to immediately release a prominent human rights defender who was arrested last month while on his way UN human rights meetings in Geneva, and has since remained under preventive detention.
In Bhutan, UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador Aamir Khan spotlights battle against malnutrition
Oct 20, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): After a visit to Bhutan yesterday, actor and director Aamir Khan, a UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador, praised the country’s progress to end malnutrition and recognized young mothers’ efforts to safeguard their children’s health despite high levels of stunting.
UN mission in Afghanistan reports 'worrying' rise in child casualties
Oct 20, 2016, at 05:10 am
New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): Even though overall conflict-related civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan fell by one per cent in the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, child casualties saw a marked increase of 15 per cent, the United Nations mission in the country said on Wednesday.
Oct 20, 2016, at 12:35 am
Kathmandu, Oct 19 (IBNS): A jeep met with an accident at Golkot area in Baglung district of Nepal on Wednesday which left one person killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: UN report finds July attack on peaceful protests in Kabul 'may amount to a war crime'
Oct 19, 2016, at 04:22 am
New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): A new special human rights report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has concluded that the 23 July attack on a large, peaceful demonstration in the country's capital, Kabul, not only deliberately targeted civilians but also was a serious violation of international humanitarian law, which may amount to a war crime.
PAF Mirage jet crashes, pilot killed
Oct 19, 2016, at 12:34 am
Islamabad, Oct 18 (IBNS): A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mirage jet crashed in Pakistan's Karachi city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari calls PM Modi 'butcher'
Oct 18, 2016, at 02:04 am
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IBNS): Targeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called him the 'butcher' of Gujarat and Kashmir,media reports said.