Taliban killing too many Afghans in the countryside, says US State Department

Mar 11, 2020, at 03:36 pm

Washington/IBNS: Days after a peace deal was signed between the two groups, the US State Department on Wednesday confirmed that the Taliban has taken steps to stop attacks against the coalition force in the cities but they are killing too many Afghans in the countryside.

Pakistan: PAF jet crashes, 1 pilot killed

Mar 11, 2020, at 03:24 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A pilot died as a Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in Shakarparian area in Islamabad city on Wednesday morning, media reports said.

Pakistani air force aircraft crashes in Islamabad

Mar 11, 2020, at 12:51 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI/IBNS: A fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday during a rehearsal for upcoming event of the Pakistan Day, spokesperson of the PAF Syed Ahmer Raza told Xinhua.

Afghanistan: Two new coronavirus cases reported

Mar 11, 2020, at 10:34 am

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan has reported two new Coronavirus cases in the country, media reports said.

Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says former Afghan President's brother

Mar 10, 2020, at 11:39 pm

Geneva/IBNS: The brother of a former Afghanistan President has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban group to topple the elected government in his nation.

Taliban hand prisoner list to US Delegation – Spokesman

Mar 10, 2020, at 06:16 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Taliban have handed to a US delegation a list of 5,000 fighters they want released from Afghan prisons, the spokesman for the militant group’s Qatar office said on Tuesday.

Intra-Afghan talks expected to open amid renewed Taliban violence, US airstrikes

Mar 10, 2020, at 04:55 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Intra-Afghan negotiations are expected to open on Tuesday amid uncertainty as the Taliban are stepping up attacks on country’s forces and US warplanes are carrying out airstrikes on the group’s positions, yet hopes for long-awaited peace has became possible after President Ashraf Ghani finally agreed to a prisoner swap.

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber shot dead before reaching target in Kandahar

Mar 10, 2020, at 04:31 pm

Kandahar/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have killed a suicide bomber who was looking to carry out an attack in Zherai district, officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Confirmed coronavirus cases touch 16

Mar 10, 2020, at 09:13 am

Karachi/IBNS: With nine more cases of coronavirus infection being reported from Karachi city, the total number of the cases in Pakistan has touched 16, officials said.

Women participate in Aurat March in Pakistan, unidentified men pelt stone to disrupt Islamabad edition

Mar 09, 2020, at 04:57 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Women in large numbers on Sunday participated in 'Aurat March' across different cities in Pakistan to demand basic rights for women in each field of life. However, the Islamabad edition of the march was marred by a stone-pelting incident where the peaceful participants were allegedly targeted by religious hardliners.

Pakistan: Bus plunges into ravine, 20 dead

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:51 pm

Karachi/IBNS: A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine near Gilgit Baltistan's city Skardu area in Pakistan and left at least 20 people killed, media reports said.

Kabul: Four members of family found dead under mysterious circumstances

Mar 09, 2020, at 12:59 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a residence in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Pakistan confirms seventh Coronavirus case

Mar 09, 2020, at 11:47 am

Karachi/IBNS: Pakistan confirmed its seventh confirmed Coronvirus case on Monday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Hindu community on Holi

Mar 09, 2020, at 10:25 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday wished the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi.

The US-Taliban Agreement: Vindication of terrorism and betrayal of the common Afghan

Mar 08, 2020, at 07:22 pm

It had been argued in the EFSAS Commentary of 06-09-2019 titled ‘Strange negotiations in an incongruous environment do not portend well for peace in Afghanistan’ that the talks that the United States (US) was engaged in with the Taliban represented basically an acceptance of defeat by the US, its willingness to renege on the promises, both articulated and implied, made to the people of Afghanistan, and in its rush to get out of Afghanistan its sheer lack of interest in, or commitment to, the prospects of long-term peace in the country.

UN condemns deadly attack in Afghan capital

Mar 08, 2020, at 06:52 pm

New York/IBNS: The United Nations has underscored its solidarity with Afghanistan following a deadly attack in the capital, Kabul, on Friday.

Coronavirus Spread: Three Bangladeshis test positive

Mar 08, 2020, at 05:16 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Three Bangladeshi people have tested positive for Coronavirus in the south Asian nation, media reports said on Sunday.

Kabul: Gunmen kill Logar Provincial Council Member

Mar 08, 2020, at 05:00 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Unknown gunmen killed a member of the provincial council of Logar province  in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.

India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan

Mar 07, 2020, at 05:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian government on Saturday condemned the attack in Kabul city of Afghanistan which left 27 people killed.

Afghanistan: Three more coronavirus cases reported

Mar 07, 2020, at 04:19 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan on Saturday reported three more confirmed coronavirus cases, taking the number of patients infected by it to four.

Bangladesh: Dhaka metro rail worker hit by rod, dies

Mar 07, 2020, at 09:32 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A Dhaka Metro Rail Project worker died after he was hit by iron rods in the High Court area of the Bangladeshi city, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: 46 ISIS fighters surrender to ANDSF

Mar 07, 2020, at 09:15 am

Kabul/IBNS: A group of 46 ISIS fighters have renounced violence and surrendered to Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in eastern Kunar province, on Saturday.

ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Mar 07, 2020, at 09:08 am

Kabul/IBNS: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Kabul on Friday which claimed 27 lives.

Gas leakage at Karachi Chemical Factory, 70 hospitalised

Mar 06, 2020, at 11:28 pm

Karachi/UNI: Gas leakage at a chemical plant in Karachi's Port Qasim area has caused at least 70 casualties in Karachi's Port Qasim area.

Afghanistan: 27 killed as gunmen attack ceremony in Kabul

Mar 06, 2020, at 05:59 pm

Kabul/IBNS: An attack took place at a ceremony on Friday, which was marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, where Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other politicians were attending,  and left 27 people killed, media reports said.

Attack in western Kabul kills 23, injures 33, numbers may increase: hospital sources

Mar 06, 2020, at 04:20 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: At least 23 people have been killed and 33 injured in the deadly attack in Kabul targeting the ceremony attended by former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, sources at the Mohammed Ali Jinnah hospital told Sputnik.

Kabul attack leaves 2 dead, 18 injured: spokesman for Afghan Health Ministry

Mar 06, 2020, at 04:19 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI:  An attack in Kabul at a ceremony attended by top Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah left two dead and 18 injured, a spokesman for the Health Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.

‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afghanistan alleged war crimes

Mar 06, 2020, at 10:13 am

New York/IBNS: Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and beyond its borders – linked to Afghan, Taliban and US troops, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday.

Pakistan: Karachi building collapse leaves 14 dead 

Mar 06, 2020, at 09:03 am

Karachi/IBNS: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Pakistan's Karachi city which left at least 14 people dead, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan ethnic groups stage protest in Geneva on UNHRC sidelines, Pashtun leader seeks India's help

Mar 04, 2020, at 06:35 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Voicing their discontent, human rights activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and other communities have highlighted the atrocities perpetrated by the Pakistani military establishment on these group, with a pavilion displaying 'Stop Pashtun Torture' at Broken Chair in Geneva recently.