UN mission welcomes Afghan Government’s proposal for peace talks with Taliban
Mar 01, 2018, at 02:46 pm
New York, Mar 1 (JEN): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the Government’s renewed call for unconditional peace talks with the Taliban and expressed strong support for its vision for peace.
Ghani extends amnesty for Taliban, says ready to open a new chapter with Pakistan
Mar 01, 2018, at 12:20 am
Kabul, Feb 28 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced on Wednesday that Taliban will be amnestied if the militants give up weapons and return to civilian life, while officially opening the peace process in Kabul.
Feb 28, 2018, at 02:45 pm
New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Against the backdrop of the fast approaching wet season in Bangladesh, United Nations relief agencies are working flat out to strengthen vital infrastructure and boost resilience among hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in rudimentary shelters as well as for local communities hosting them.
Pakistan: Lifter collapses at Islamabad airport, 5 injured
Feb 27, 2018, at 10:45 pm
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IBNS): An ambo-lifter, which is used for carrying patients who can't walk, collapsed at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Tuesday, leaving at least five people injured, media reports said.
ISIS attack repulsed in North of Afghanistan, 9 militants killed, 13 wounded
Feb 27, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Afghanistan, Feb 27 (IBNS) : A major attack by the militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria /ISIS) terrorist group was repulsed in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, leaving 22 militants dead or wounded.
Syria: US-led airstrikes kill 25 civilians
Feb 26, 2018, at 11:27 pm
Damascus, Feb 26 (IBNS): At least 25 civilians were killed as airstrikes by the US-led anti-terror coalition hit Deir al-Zour area in Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday.
Lorry-Bus accident in Bangladesh kills 8, injured 30
Feb 26, 2018, at 10:08 pm
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IBNS): A bus crashed into a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Bangladesh's Sonargaon area which left at least eight people killed on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : Fourteen militants killed in Helmand and Farah airstrikes
Feb 26, 2018, at 06:42 pm
Kabul, Feb 26 (IBNS) : At least 14 militants were killed in a series of airstrikes in southern Helmand and western Farah provinces of Afghanistan.
Impact of Afghanistan’s fourth consecutive year of war on civilians 'far too high' – UN report
Feb 26, 2018, at 02:28 pm
New York, Feb 26 (JEN): More than 10,000 civilians have lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan.
England: Leicester explosion, fire leaves six people injured
Feb 26, 2018, at 02:27 pm
Leicester, Feb 26 (IBNS): A suspected explosion and subsequent fire left at least six people hurt in England's Leicester on Sunday, media reports said.
Former Senator from Kabul killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
Feb 26, 2018, at 12:30 am
Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): Rafiullah Gull Afghan, a former senator from Kabul, was killed as gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the city on Saturday, media reports said.
Motorbike-bomb blast in Afghanistan kills 3
Feb 25, 2018, at 10:30 pm
Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): A motorbike-bomb blast in the Yahyakhel district of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province left at least three people killed on Sunday, media reports said.
Suicide blast in Kabul leaves 3 killed, 6 injured
Feb 24, 2018, at 11:17 pm
Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least three people were killed as a suicide blast rocked Shash Darak area of Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least one dead in Kabul suicide attack
Feb 24, 2018, at 04:34 pm
Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least one person has died in a suicide bombing incident which rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, local media reports said.
Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes new penal code, urges measures to protect women from violence
Feb 23, 2018, at 02:31 pm
New York, Feb 23 (JEN): While welcoming the entry to force of a new Penal Code in Afghanistan as a having the “potential to trigger real change,” the United Nations mission in the country said on Thursday that it is concerned by the removal of the chapter penalizing violence against women.
Three ISIS militants killed, 1 wounded in US drone strike in Afghanistan
Feb 22, 2018, at 08:54 pm
Afghanistan, Feb 22 (IBNS) : At least three militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Five Afghan intelligence staff killed in Parwan attack
Feb 22, 2018, at 08:53 pm
Afghanistan, Feb 22 (IBNS) : At least five workers of the Afghan Intelligence Agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS), were killed in militant attack in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Terrorist attack kills at least five NDS members in Parwan
Feb 22, 2018, at 07:25 pm
Kabul, Feb 22 (IBNS): At least five National Directorate of Security (NDS) members have been killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Parwan province on Wednesday.
12 military personnel injured in a bus explosion in Sri Lanka
Feb 22, 2018, at 12:00 am
Colombo Feb 21 (IBNS): Twelve military personnel and seven civilians have been injured in an explosion inside a private bus in Diyatalawa, in the hill country of Sri Lanka this morning.
Afghanistan: At least eight killed in Herat road accident
Feb 21, 2018, at 08:13 pm
Kabul, Feb 21 (IBNS): At least eight people have been reported dead in an accident in Afghanistan's Herat province.
Terror financing: FATF allows Pakistan three-month period to clean up act
Feb 21, 2018, at 06:23 pm
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IBNS): Pakistan has been granted a period of three months by Paris-based Financial Action Task Force to clean up its act pertaining to terror funding, reports said.
Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia challenges sentencing in graft case
Feb 21, 2018, at 12:56 am
Dhaka, Feb 20 (IBNS): Days after BNP supremo Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, the former PM on Tuesday filed an appeal challenging the verdict in the lower court, media reports said.
Pakistan: Local under-19 cricketer commits suicide in Karachi
Feb 20, 2018, at 10:02 pm
Karachi, Feb 20 (IBNS): A Pakistani Under-19 cricketer, who is the son of a former international cricketer, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Model Colony area of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan approves motion to make Mandarin an official language
Feb 20, 2018, at 09:50 pm
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IBNS): Ina major development, the Pakistani Senate has approved a motion to declare Mandarin as one of the official languages in the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two lawyers killed in firing incident in Lahore court
Feb 20, 2018, at 09:37 pm
Lahore, Feb 20 (IBNS): A person opened fire at a sessions court in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two lawyers, media reports said.
Imran Khan ties nuptial knot for the third time ; bride his spiritual advisor
Feb 19, 2018, at 09:24 pm
Lahore, Feb 19 (IBNS) : Former cricket captain and Pakistan Threek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan tied the knot with his spiritual advisor Bushra Maneka at a simple ceremony, in Lahore on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Bodies of at least 12 hostages found in Nangarhar
Feb 19, 2018, at 06:56 pm
Kabul, Feb 19 (IBNS): At least 12 bodies were found in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province according to local Tolo News.
Afghanistan: Prayer leader blown up by own explosives
Feb 18, 2018, at 12:13 am
Kabul Feb 17 (IBNS): A prayer leader was killed when his own explosives exploded in Afghanistan's Panjwai district, media reports said on Saturday .
Pakistan: Court gives death sentence to Zainab's killer
Feb 17, 2018, at 10:29 pm
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IBNS): In a major development, an anti-terrorism court (ATC), which was hearing the rape and murder case of seven-year-old Zainab, gave death sentence to Imran Ali Naqshbandi in its verdict on Saturday, media reports said.