Bangladesh: RAB arrests 6 JMB men
Aug 10, 2016, at 09:00 pm
Dhaka, Aug 10 (IBNS): Bangladesh's RAB has arrested six suspected members of militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Afghan forces, Taliban insurgents face off in Baghlan province
Aug 10, 2016, at 06:17 pm
Kabul, Aug 10 (IBNS): A clash is underway between the Afghan military forces and the Talibani insurgents in Dahana-e-Ghori district of Afghanistan's Baghlan province, reports said.
Afghanistan: At least 37 Taliban militants killed during operations
Aug 09, 2016, at 05:32 pm
Kabul, Aug 9 (IBNS): At least 37 Taliban militants were killed and several others injured, following operations by the Afghan military forces, reports said.
IS claims responsibility for Pakistan blast
Aug 09, 2016, at 03:10 pm
Quetta, Aug 9 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has cliamed responsibility for the blast in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday which claimed at least 70 lives.
US condemns Quetta hospital blast in Pakistan
Aug 09, 2016, at 02:37 pm
Washington/Islamabad, Aug 9 (IBNS): The United States on Tuesday condemned the attack on a hospital in Pakistan which killed at least 70 people on Monday.
Pakistan: Ban condemns ‘appalling’ terrorist attack at hospital in Quetta
Aug 09, 2016, at 04:19 am
New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned on Monday’s terrorist bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, underscoring that the targeting of mourners at a civilian hospital made the attack “particularly appalling.â€
Pakistan: Quetta blast kills 64
Aug 08, 2016, at 10:49 pm
Quetta, Aug 8 (IBNS): A powerful blast hit Quetta’s Civil Hospital on Monday which left at least 64 people killed and making country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemn the attack.
Two Pakistani journalists killed in Quetta blast
Aug 08, 2016, at 10:37 pm
Quetta, Aug 8 (IBNS): Two Pakistani journalists were killed in blast which hit a hospital in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday.
Seven passengers, including newborn, feared dead in Nepal helicopter crash
Aug 08, 2016, at 09:15 pm
Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IBNS) : All seven people, including a newborn, on board the Fishtail Air helicopter were presumed dead after it crashed at Nepal's Bhatine Danda in Nuwakot on Monday, The Kathmandu Post said quoting the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan).
Quetta hospital blast: At least 53 casualties reported
Aug 08, 2016, at 08:14 pm
Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): The casualties in the Quetta civil hospital explosion have risen to 53, while 57 others are reportedly injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 12 ISIS loyalists killed in clean-up operations
Aug 08, 2016, at 08:10 pm
Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least 12 ISIS militants were killed and 19 others injured in a clean-up operation by the Afghan military forces, reports said.
RAW behind Quetta blast: Balochistan CM
Aug 08, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): Following the explosion in Pakistan's Quetta city, the capital of Balochistan, Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri said that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is behind the ghastly attack, reports said.
Quetta Civil hospital explosion: At least 35 killed, over 30 others injured
Aug 08, 2016, at 07:02 pm
Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least 35 people were killed and over 30 others sustained injuries, following a massive explosion in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.
At least 25 killed in blast in Pakistan's Quetta civil hospital
Aug 08, 2016, at 06:13 pm
Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS) : At least 25 people were killed and 35 others injured in a massive bomb blast in a Quetta hospital in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Monday morning, Geo News reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul explosion leaves one dead, three injured
Aug 08, 2016, at 06:04 pm
Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least one person died and three others were injured in an explosion which rocked Kabul city on Monday, reports said.
At least 15 killed in blast in Pakistan's Quetta civil hospital
Aug 08, 2016, at 04:49 pm
Quetta,Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS) : At least 15 people were killed and 35 others severely injured when a a powerful blast struck Quetta’s civil hospital on Monday morning.
Afghanistan: American and Australian academics kidnapped in Kabul
Aug 08, 2016, at 04:38 pm
Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): An American professor and his Australian colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint by unknown men in Kabul, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 6 Taliban eliminated
Aug 06, 2016, at 10:34 pm
Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): At least six Taliban militants were killed during incidents of violence in Afghanistan's Laghman province on Friday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least 10 civilians killed in separate bomb explosions in Paktia province
Aug 06, 2016, at 07:20 pm
Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): At least 10 civilians were killed following two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan's Paktia province, reports said.
Afghanistan: ISIS sympathisers behead two men in Kot district
Aug 06, 2016, at 06:52 pm
Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): Angry with the frequent operations carried out against them, ISIS sympathisers beheaded two men they identified as government supporters in the restive Kot district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, reports said.
Pakistan: Hindu doctor shot dead
Aug 06, 2016, at 03:34 pm
Karachi, Aug 6 (IBNS): A Hindu doctor was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Six Pakistani men captured after helicopter crash lands in restive area
Aug 04, 2016, at 11:50 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): Six Pakistani men were captured by Afghan military officials on Thursday, after a helicopter crash landed in the restive Logar province of the country, reports said.
Kabul fire devours major market, no casualty reported
Aug 04, 2016, at 11:45 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): A huge fire, which started earlier on Thursday, devoured the top two floors of a major commercial market in Kabul, reports said.
Mutual cooperation is important: Sharif tells at SAARC interior ministers meet
Aug 04, 2016, at 08:50 pm
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday urged SAARC leaders that the countries in the region should work together to combat the troubles it is facing.
Aug 04, 2016, at 08:10 pm
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Afghanistan Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto called on Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi, wherein the discussions focused on the situation in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's efforts for promoting long term peace and stability in that country, officials said.
Fire breaks out at Kabul market
Aug 04, 2016, at 08:04 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): A fire broke out at Abasin Zadran clothes market in Kabul on Thursday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Foreign tourists attacked: several feared wounded
Aug 04, 2016, at 07:55 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): A group of foreign tourists were attacked in Herat province of Afghanistan on Thursday, leaving at least four people injured, media reports said.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as Nepal PM
Aug 04, 2016, at 01:52 am
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IBNS): In a major political development in the Himalayan nation, CPN Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected on Wednesday as the Prime Minister of Nepal.
Afghanistan: At least 5 wounded in Herat city explosion
Aug 03, 2016, at 08:17 pm
Kabul, Aug 3 (IBNS): At least five people, including three soldiers and two civilians were injured in an explosion in Afghanistan's Herat city on Tuesday, reports said.
Rio: Muhammad Yunus named Olympic Torchbearer
Aug 03, 2016, at 04:57 pm
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IBNS): Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will be the an Olympic Torchbearer for the Olympic Games in Rio on Aug 4.