Sixteen militants killed in N Afghan airstrikes

Mar 23, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Maimana, Afghanistan, Mar 23 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 16 militants were killed and 15 others wounded after Afghan Air Force launched airstrikes against Taliban positions in the country's northern province of Faryab, authorities said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Security forces arrest two IED makers

Mar 23, 2019, at 04:24 pm

Kabul, Mar 23 (IBNS): The  Afghan armed forces on Saturday arrested two people who were experts in creating Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Kapisa province of Afghanistan, media reports said.

Four killed in Afghanistan blasts

Mar 23, 2019, at 01:16 pm

Kabul, Mar 23 (UNI): At least four people were killed while 10 others sustained injuries after two explosions rocked Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand during the New Year celebrations on Saturday, a local official said.

Two US service members killed during operation in Afghanistan

Mar 22, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Kabul, Mar 22 (IBNS): Two U.S. service members were killed while conducting an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said.

Pakistani authorities say secured release of four abducted Iranian soldiers

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:54 am

Moscow, Mar 21 (Sputnik) The Pakistani security forces helped release four Iranian servicemen, kidnapped last year, during an operation near the Pakistani-Afghan border, Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday, adding that the freed soldiers were being handed over to Tehran.

Pakistan: Six killed in check post firing

Mar 20, 2019, at 07:33 pm

Islamabad, Mar 20 (UNI): At least six security personnel were killed when unknown militants opened fire at a security check post in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, local reports and officials said.

Bangladesh: Train hits motorcycle, three killed

Mar 20, 2019, at 05:33 pm

Dhaka, Mar 20 (IBNS): At least three people were killed when the motorcycle, which they were riding, was hit by a train in Bangladesh's Gopalganj area on Wednesday, media reports said.

Five militants killed, 7 injured in eastern Afghan provinces

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:54 pm

Jalalabad, Mar 19 (Xinhua) Five Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded in clashes in two eastern Afghan provinces on Monday as fighting rages in the country, authorities said Tuesday.

Afghan special forces kill 35 Taliban militants in country's north

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:52 pm

Moscow, Mar 19 (Sputnik/UNI): Afghan Special Forces have killed at least 35 Taliban terrorists and destroyed a large cache of weapons and explosives in the Taliban-dominated Kunduz province in the country's north, local media reported on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka receives highest ever FDIs of 2.37 billion USD in 2018

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:27 pm

Colombo, Mar 19 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka received its highest ever foreign direct investments (FDI) of 2.37 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, up 38 percent from 1.78 billion US dollars received a year earlier, the state owned Board of Investment said here on Tuesday.

Bangladesh: Awami League leader found dead in Sunamganj

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:27 pm

Dhaka, Mar 19 (IBNS):  A union level leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League was found dead in the country's Sunamganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday, media reports said.

One of the seven Indian nationals kidnapped in Afghanistan returns home: MEA

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:24 pm

Kabul, Mar 19 (IBNS):  One of the seven Indian nationals, who was kidnapped in Baghlan province of Afghanistan in May 2018, has safely returned to India, Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Monday.

Bangladesh: Election officer among seven shot dead at Rangamati

Mar 18, 2019, at 09:40 pm

Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNI): Seven people including an election officer and law enforcement persons were killed in a gun attack on their vehicle in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati hill district on Monday evening.

Dhaka: Two Saudia air hostesses detained with gold bars

Mar 18, 2019, at 05:02 pm

Dhaka, Mar 18 (IBNS): Two air hostesses of the Saudia airlines on Monday were detained by customs house officials after four kilograms of gold bars were found from their possession.

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, Justin Trudeau urge global community to unite and fight terrorism

Mar 18, 2019, at 04:58 pm

Dhaka, Mar 18 (IBNS): Days after New Zealand witnessed a terror attack incident, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Monday spoke and urged the global community to unite and fight against terrorism.

NATO drone crashes near base in Afghanistan

Mar 18, 2019, at 03:45 pm

Charikar, Afghanistan, Mar 18 (Xinhua) A pilotless plane of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) coalition forces crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Parwan overnight, leaving no casualties, local police said on Monday.

Nepal: Tremors felt in Kathmandu

Mar 18, 2019, at 09:38 am

Kathmandu, Mar 18 (IBNS): Tremors were felt in Nepal capital Kathmandu on Monday, media reports said.

Balochistan: Blast targeting passenger train kills 4

Mar 17, 2019, at 03:50 pm

Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS): At least four people were killed as a blast targeted a  passenger train in Balochistan's Dera Murad Jamali area on Sunday, media reports said.

Nine Pakistanis killed in New Zealand mosques attacks

Mar 17, 2019, at 03:22 pm

Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS): Names of three more Pakistanis have emerged who died in the Christchurch mosques attacks incident of Friday, officials said on Sunday.

Over 50 killed as clash continues in Afghanistan's western province

Mar 16, 2019, at 07:58 pm

Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) More than 50 militants have been killed and scores of others injured in Bala Murghab district of Afghanistan's western Badghis province over the past 24 hours, said a statement released by the army on Saturday.

Six Pakistanis killed in New Zealand attacks

Mar 16, 2019, at 07:47 pm

Islamabad, Mar 16 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Saturday said six Pakistanis have been killed in the attacks carried out by a gunman in two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.

Nepal: Khukri attack leaves one injured

Mar 16, 2019, at 07:28 pm

Kathmandu, Mar 16 (IBNS): A khukri (traditional Nepali knife) attack in Nepal's Seratar area in Myagde Rural Municipality-6, Tanahun on Saturday left a person seriously injured, media reports said.

Pakistan condemns New Zealand mosques attacks

Mar 16, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Islamabad, Mar 16 (IBNS): Pakistan on Saturday condemned the terror attack in New Zealand where two mosques were attacked on Friday and said the nation viewed this incident as an assault on the values of freedom of conscience and association common to all mankind.

Nepal: Rescued Bangladeshi national reunites with family

Mar 15, 2019, at 06:51 pm

Kathmandu, Mar 15 (IBNS):  Bilakish Begam, a Bangladeshi national, who was rescued by Manav Sewa Ashram from the streets in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, has reunited with her family, media reports said.

Three Bangladeshis killed in Christchurch mosques attacks

Mar 15, 2019, at 05:35 pm

Dhaka, Mar 15 (IBNS): At least three Bangladeshi people lost their lives in the Christchurch mosques attacks incident on Friday.

Pakistan will not arrest or detain Masood Azhar

Mar 15, 2019, at 12:46 pm

Islamabad, Mar 15 (UNI): The Pakistani government has decided not to arrest or detain Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar "without any valid evidence" for his alleged involvement in the Pulwama attack, highly placed sources directly linked with the issue revealed to The News.

Senior Afghan security official criticizes US talks with Taliban

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:15 am

Washington, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) A senior Afghan security official on Thursday blasted the US talks with the Taliban in Washington, claiming that it will not lead to peace in the war-torn country.

Afghanistan: 2-year-old rescued in Herat, 2 kidnappers detained

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:26 am

Kabul, Mar 15 (IBNS): Police have rescued a minor who was abducted in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Thursday, media reports said.

Pakistan's support to terror creates worrying situation in South Asia, feel experts

Mar 14, 2019, at 02:14 pm

Geneva, Mar 14: At a time when relationship between two nuclear armed nations- India and Pakistan- have deteriorated over the Pulwama attack and the subsequent incidents, experts assembled on the sidelines of the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva said the support given by PM Imran Khan's nation to terror is creating a worrying situation in South Asia.

At least 31 Al-Qaeda members killed in airstrike in Southeastern Afghanistan

Mar 13, 2019, at 07:27 pm

Moscow, Mar 13 (Sputnik) At least 31 militants from the al-Qaeda terrorist group (banned in Russia) have been killed during an airstrike carried out by Afghan security forces in the county's southeastern Ghazni province, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.