Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission
Dec 14, 2014, at 04:01 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS) Amid ongoing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council on Friday welcomed the agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Afghan Government to establish a new non-combat, training, advisory and assistance mission, which would begin operation in January 2015.
Hafiz Saeed's Twitter account suspended
Dec 09, 2014, at 03:18 am
Islamabad, Dec 8 (IBNS): Days after he had wrote about freeing Kashmir and other issues, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed's official Twitter account was suspended on Tuesday, reports said.
Pakistan: Al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike
Dec 08, 2014, at 01:08 am
Peshawar, Dec 7 (IBNS) A key Al Qaeda leader has been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's Dattakhel area on Sunday, media reports said.
Dec 06, 2014, at 08:45 pm
Islamabad, Dec 6 (IBNS): Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that a top Al Qaeda leader Adnan el Shukrijum was killed in Shinwarsak region of the Asian country's South Waziristan Agency.
UN political chief urges revamped approach to boosting development in Afghanistan
Dec 05, 2014, at 04:10 pm
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): Despite lingering instability and economic fragility, Afghanistan sits at an historic crossroads from which it can fully transition to a "strong, independent, and forward-looking" nation, the top United Nations political official said on Thursday in London.
Pakistan: Justice Sardar Raza Khan appointed as CEC
Dec 05, 2014, at 04:42 am
Islamabad, Dec 4 (IBNS): Pakistan has appointed Justice Sardar Raza Khan as the the permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), media reports said on Thursday.
US drone strike kills 6 militants
Dec 03, 2014, at 03:48 am
Peshawar, Dec 2 (IBNS): A US drone strike has killed at least six suspected militants in Renay-Parchao area of Afghanistan bordering Khyber Agency, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh-based British journalist found guilty of contempt
Dec 03, 2014, at 03:15 am
Dhaka, Dec 2 (IBNS): A Bangladesh court on Tuesday found a Dhaka-based British journalist guilty of the contempt of court for challenging the official death toll from the country's Liberation War in 1971 through a blog post, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Security Council condemns attack on UK embassy vehicle
Nov 29, 2014, at 03:14 pm
New York, Nov 29 (IBNS) The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on Thursday on a United Kingdom embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, reiterating serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other terrorist and extremist groups.
Ahead of World AIDS Day, UN children's agency urges more investment, access to treatment
Nov 29, 2014, at 03:13 pm
New York, Nov 29 (IBNS) An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted, but disparity in access to treatment is hampering progress towards reaching a global goal of reducing new infections in children by 90 per cent, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday ahead of World AIDS Day.
Nov 28, 2014, at 02:48 am
Kabul, Nov 27 (IBNS) A blast was heard in the vicinity Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday, media reports said.
Five killed in Afghanistan suicide attack
Nov 28, 2014, at 02:24 am
Kabul, Nov 27 (IBNS) At least five people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of British Embassy cars east of Kabul City in Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said.
PM Modi seen standing with Sharif at informal retreat outside Kathmandu
Nov 27, 2014, at 05:44 pm
Kathmandu, Nov 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif along with other SAARC leaders were seen at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Four polio workers killed in Quetta
Nov 27, 2014, at 05:32 am
Islamabad, Nov 26 (IBNS): Unidentified gunmen killed three polio workers and their driver at Quetta's Eastern Bypass area in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan Taliban chief escapes drone attack
Nov 26, 2014, at 03:18 am
Islamabad, Nov 25 (IBNS) The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah has escaped a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing at volleyball match
Nov 25, 2014, at 05:20 pm
New York, Nov 25 (IBNS) A brutal terrorist attack which killed at least 50 civilians in Afghanistan over the weekend is an "atrocity" and may amount to a war crime, the top United Nations envoy to the country declared on Monday as he condemned the indiscriminate suicide bombing in “the strongest terâ€
Afghanistan: Suicide attack during volleyball match leaves 30 killed
Nov 24, 2014, at 01:59 am
Kabul, Nov 23 (IBNS): At least 30 people were killed as a suicide bomber blew himself up during a volleyball match in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 22 militants killed in aerial strikes
Nov 22, 2014, at 05:50 am
Rawalpindi , Nov 21 (IBNS): At least 22 people were killed in 'precise' aerial strikes in Pakistan's Khyber Agency on Friday, officials said.
Pakistan: PAF training jet crashes
Nov 22, 2014, at 05:38 am
Karachi, Nov 21 (IBNS): A Mirage training jet of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed on the outskirts of Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said.
8 infants die in Pakistan hospital
Nov 20, 2014, at 03:33 am
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IBNS): Eight infants have died in an incubator ward in District Teaching Hospital in Pakistan's Sargodha area, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan test-fires Hatf IV ballistic missile
Nov 17, 2014, at 06:14 pm
Rawalpindi, Nov 17 (IBNS) : Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful test launch of Intermediate Range Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) Ballistic Missile, officials said.
Pakistan: 27 militants killed in Dattakhel
Nov 17, 2014, at 01:56 am
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IBNS) At least 27 militants were killed in aerial strikes in Pakistan's North Wazirsstan Agency on Sunday, officials said.
Jhelum rally: Gunmen fire at PTI workers, nine injured
Nov 17, 2014, at 01:10 am
Jhelum, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least nine people were injured when gunmen opened fire at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters while they were going to a rally in Pakistan's Jhelum district on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Female MP survives suicide car bombing
Nov 17, 2014, at 12:59 am
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): A female Afghan politician was injured while three bystanders were killed in a car suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday,media reports said.
Pakistan: 5 militants killed in Chitral
Nov 16, 2014, at 05:37 am
Peshawar, Nov 15 (IBNS): At least five militants were killed in a terrorist attack at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Pakistan's Chitral district on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: UN expert calls for sustainable measures to address violence against women
Nov 14, 2014, at 02:43 pm
New York, Nov 14 (IBNS) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, has called on the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to adopt sustainable measures to address the causes and consequences of gender-based violence in the country.
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Pakistan: Wagah suicide bomber's details released
Nov 14, 2014, at 01:44 am
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IBNS) Days after a deadly suicide bombing occurred at the Wagah in Pakistan, close to the Indian border, the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar has released details of a man they claim carried out the attack, media reports said.
Pakistan conducts training launch of Shaheen-II (Hatf-VI) Ballistic Missile
Nov 14, 2014, at 01:12 am
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IBNS): Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of Intermediate Range Shaheen-II (Hatf-VI) Ballistic Missile, country's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
Opium harvest in Afghanistan hits new high in 2014-UN
Nov 13, 2014, at 09:07 pm
New York, Nov 13 (IBNS): Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan reached record levels this year, with the former increasing seven per cent to 224,000 hectares in 2014, and production levels potentially climbing as much as 17 per cent, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Nov 13, 2014, at 02:46 am
Quetta, Nov 12 (IBNS): A firing incident in Pakistan's Quetta city left at least five people dead and two others injured, media reports said on Wednesday.