Taliban may want India in peace deal: Afghanistan media owner
Aug 11, 2019, at 04:09 pm
Kabul, Aug 11 (IBNS): An Afghanistani media baron has said that he feels Taliban group will want India to play a role in the peace deal connected with the South Asian nation and not act as a spoiler in the process.
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Article 370 revocation: Statue of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalised in Pak
Aug 11, 2019, at 02:48 pm
Islamabad, Aug 11 (UNI) A recently installed statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised in Lahore.
At least 28 dead after Typhoon Lekima lands in east China
Aug 11, 2019, at 09:47 am
Hangzhou, Aug 11 (UNI): A total of 28 people died and 20 remain missing in east China's Zhejiang Province after typhoon Lekima made landfall in the province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday morning.
5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks parts of Pakistan
Aug 10, 2019, at 05:57 pm
Islamabad, Aug 10 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.5-magnitude hit parts of Pakistan on Saturday morning, the country's National Seismic Monitoring Center said.
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency
Aug 10, 2019, at 10:26 am
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
Top Sri Lankan Buddhist monks praise India for making Buddhist-majority Ladakh a Union Territory
Aug 09, 2019, at 09:15 pm
Colombo: The creation of Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state has been welcomed by Sri Lanka’s high-ranking monks, the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters of the Siyam Nikaya.
Afghan army frees seven from Taliban custody, arrests three militants
Aug 09, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan, Aug 9 (Xinhua/UNI) The Afghan army has waged an operation and freed seven people from a Taliban prison in the country's eastern Ghazni province, the provincial government saido on Friday.
Bangladesh: Five suspected terrorists arrested from Dhaka
Aug 09, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Dhaka, Aug 9 (IBNS): The Bangladesh police have claimed they have arrested five suspected “self-radicalised” members of what they said a “wolf-pack of Neo-JMB” group from country's capital Dhaka city, media reports said on Friday.
Aug 08, 2019, at 09:11 am
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed outrage at a Taliban attack in Kabul, that led to “scores” of civilians casualties on Wednesday. In a Tweet, the Mission said that such “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in heavily populated civilian areas must stop”.
Car bomb explosion rocks Afghanistan capital Kabul, 18 killed
Aug 07, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Kabul, Aug 7 (IBNS): At least 18 people were killed and 108 others were injured as a massive car bombing incident hit Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Aug 07, 2019, at 09:57 am
Kabul, Aug 7 (IBNS): An explosion rocked Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Tuesday and left five Counter-Narcotics Department of the Interior Ministry killed, emdia reports said.
Pakistan Army backs Imran Khan's government on Kashmir
Aug 06, 2019, at 05:59 pm
Islamabad, Aug 6 (UNI) Pakistan Army on Tuesday backed PM Imran Khan government's rejection of India's decisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir and said it is ready to "go to any extent" in support of the Kashmiri people.
Officer killed, 2 civilians injured as blast targets police van in E Afghan city
Aug 06, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Khost, Afghanistan, Aug 6 (Xinhua/UNI) One police officer was killed and two civilians were injured as a blast targeted a police vehicle in eastern Afghanistan's Khost city on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Haider Adil said.
Bangladesh: AC machine explosion in Dhaka leaves four hurt
Aug 05, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Dhaka, Aug 5 (IBNS): At least four people were hurt as an AC machine exploded at their residence in Dhaka's Kathalbagan area on Monday, media reports said.
Taliban terrorists behead disabled man in Afghanistan
Aug 04, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): The Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan have beheaded a disabled man in Sar-e-Pul province of the country, media reports said.
Taliban attacks outpost on Afghan-Tajik border, leaving 3 soldiers killed- Official
Aug 04, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (Sputnik/UNI) At least three Afghan soldiers were killed and five others injured as a result of an attack on an outpost on the Afghan-Tajik border staged by the Taliban Islamist movement, the governor of the Chah Ab District, Saifuddin Mushtaq, told Sputnik on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Police recover explosive-ridden bicycle from Kabul
Aug 04, 2019, at 05:16 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): The Afghan National Police (ANP) has detected an explosive-rigged bicycle at Bibi Mahro area in Kabul city, Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
Afghanistan security forces kill Taliban's shadow deputy governor for Panjshir
Aug 04, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): During an operation, Afghanistan security forces have killed Taliban’s designated deputy governor for Panjshir Province and five fighters of the group , country's Ministry of Interior said.
Drug peddler, robbers killed during 'gunfight' in Bangladesh
Aug 03, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IBNS): One suspected drug peddler and three alleged robbers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Teknaf upazila of Bangladesh, media reports said on Saturday.
More than 1,500 Afghan civilians killed, injured in July: UN mission
Aug 03, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Kabul, Aug 3 (IBNS): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Saturday said more than 1,500 civilians were killed and injured in the country in July.
Afghanistan: Security forces arrest Taliaban fighter disguised as woman
Aug 03, 2019, at 04:31 pm
Kabul, Aug 3 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have arrested a Taliban fighter, who was disguised in women’s dress, in the country's Ghazni province, media reports said on Saturday.
Aug 02, 2019, at 07:43 pm
Dhaka: On a week-long visit to neighbouring Bangladesh two cardinals from the Philippines and Myanmar visited a Rohingya refugee camp this week, meeting with refugee families as well as relief agency personnel and government officials.
Twelve killed in clash in Afghanistan
Aug 02, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, Aug 2 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of 12 fighters including five militants and seven pro-government militiamen were killed after a clash erupted in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, an official said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Eight people killed in road mishap
Aug 02, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when two buses collided in Bangladesh's Thakurgaon area, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan PM backs intra-Afghan dialogue for future road-map
Aug 02, 2019, at 10:17 am
Islamabad, Aug 2 (Xinhua/UNI) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who received US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday, underscored the need for an inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue to "evolve a road map for future of Afghanistan."
ASEAN foreign ministers discuss South China Sea
Jul 31, 2019, at 08:22 pm
Bangkok, July 31 (UNI): Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations discussed tensions in the South China Sea and the Rohingya refugee crisis at a meeting here on Wednesday.
Bangladesh HC rejects Khaleda Zia's bail peititon in Zia charitable graft case
Jul 31, 2019, at 06:26 pm
Dhaka, July 31 (IBNS): In yet another setback for BNP chief Khaleda Zia, the Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail peititon of the former Bangladesh PM in connection with Zia Charitable Trust corruption case, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Six workers die from toxic gas as they try to clean septic tank
Jul 31, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Dhaka, July 31 (IBNS): At least six people were killed as they tried to clean a septic tank in Joypurhat’s Akkelpur Upazila of Bangladesh, emdia reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves four injured
Jul 31, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Islamabad, July 31 (IBNS): A blast targeting a police vehicle near the Bacha Khan Chowk area in Quetta on Tuesday left four people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Herat road side bomb blast leaves 34 killed
Jul 31, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Kabul, July 31 (IBNS): A road side bomb blast in Afghanistan's Herat-Kandahar Highway on Wednesday left at least 34 people killed, media reports said.