Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Logar officials' convoy, Taliban takes responsibility

Jan 21, 2019, at 09:31 am

Kabul, Jan 21 (IBNS): A suicide blast in Afghanistan's Mohammad Agha district on Sunday targeted a convoy of Logar governor and the provincial NDS chief, media reports said on Monday.

Gulshan cafe attack: Key JMB suspect arrested

Jan 20, 2019, at 09:39 pm

Dhaka, Jan 20 (IBNS): Another key suspect in the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack has been arrested by Bangladesh security forces on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Army, ALP personnel clash in Nangarhar,3 killed

Jan 20, 2019, at 09:18 am

Kabul, Jan 20 (IBNS): A clash between the Afghan National Army (ANA), and Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) personnel left three policemen and a shopkeeper killed in Afghanistan, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Army, ALP personnel clash in Nangarhar,3 killed

Jan 20, 2019, at 09:18 am

Kabul, Jan 20 (IBNS): A clash between the Afghan National Army (ANA), and Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) personnel left three policemen and a shopkeeper killed in Afghanistan, media reports said.

Afghanistan: District public health official killed by unknown attackers

Jan 18, 2019, at 06:27 pm

Kabul, Jan 18 (IBNS): Unknown attackers killed a  district public health official in Afghanistan's Sherzad district, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan : Nearly 60 militants killed in operations

Jan 17, 2019, at 02:04 pm

Kabul, Jan 17 (IBNS): Nearly 60 militants have been killed during the separate operations of the Afghan Special Forces and Coalition Forces in various provinces of the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Jan 15, 2019, at 04:11 pm

Kabul, Jan 15 (IBNS); The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the blast which rocked Afghanistan capital Kabul on Monday and claimed four lives, media reports said.

7 Taliban killed in Afghan, Coalition Forces operations in South of Afghanistan

Jan 15, 2019, at 01:25 pm

Kabul, Jan 15 (IBNS) :At least seven Taliban militants have been killed during the separate operations of the Afghan and Coalition Forces in three southern provinces of the country.

Afghanistan: Kabul blast kills 4 people

Jan 15, 2019, at 09:27 am

Kabul, Jan 15 (IBNS): At least four people died as a blast rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Monday evening, media reports said on Tuesday.

Valentine's Day: Pakistani university to celebrate 'Sister's Day' on Feb 14

Jan 14, 2019, at 06:02 pm

Islamabad, Jan 14 (IBNS): A Pakistani university has announced that it will observe Feb 14, which is celebrated as Valentine's Day across the globe, as 'Sister's Day'.

Crashed Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder found

Jan 14, 2019, at 12:00 pm

Jakarta, Jan 14 (IBNS): The cockpit voice recorder of the Lion Air plane that had crashed into Java Sea in October killing all the 189 people on board has been found, media reports said.

Ready to work with new government in Bangladesh: UN

Jan 13, 2019, at 07:34 pm

Dhaka, Jan 13 (IBNS): The United Nations on Sunday said they were ready to work with the new government in Bangladesh.

Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen attack police district headquarters in Herat, 5 killed

Jan 13, 2019, at 07:04 pm

Kabul, Jan 13 (IBNS): Unknown gunmen stormed into a police district-6 (PD6) headquarters in Herat city in the west of Afghanistan on Friday and killed at least five people, media reports said on Sunday.

Kabul: Gas cylinder blast leaves 8 people injured

Jan 13, 2019, at 03:31 pm

Kabul, Jan 13 (IBNS); A gas cylinder blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city left at least eight people of a family injured, media reports said on Saturday.

UNGA president Maria Fernanda Espinosa to visit Pakistan on Jan 18

Jan 12, 2019, at 04:09 pm

New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa will visit Pakistan from Jan 18 to Jan 22, confirmed UNGA president spokesperson on Saturday.

Afghanistan : Ten Taliban militants killed, two arrested in Special Forces operations

Jan 11, 2019, at 01:28 pm

Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS) : At least ten Taliban militants have been killed and two key members of the group arrested during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack police post, 7 cops killed

Jan 11, 2019, at 09:53 am

Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS): Taliban terrorists attacked a check post in Afghanistan's Khwaja Ghar district and left at least seven policemen killed, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan : ISIS-K militants suffer casualties in airstrikes

Jan 10, 2019, at 02:23 pm

Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) :The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) militants suffered casualties in the airstrikes which were carried out by the coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Local Khaama Press  said the coalition the forces’s unmanned aerial vehicles carried out airstrikes in Jangle area of Khogyani district on Wednesday, leaving three ISIS-K militants dead.

Taliban commander Mullah Basir and his 20 fighters killed in Balkh airstrike

Jan 10, 2019, at 02:21 pm

Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) : A commander of the Taliban group Mullah Abdul Basir and his twenty fighters have been killed in an airstrike in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Motorcycle bomb blast in Khost kills 2

Jan 09, 2019, at 09:47 am

Kabul, Jan 9 (IBNS): A motorcycle bomb blast in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province left at least two civilians killed on Tuesday, media reports said.

Sheikh Hasina to serve as Bangladesh PM for 20 years now

Jan 08, 2019, at 06:19 pm

Dhaka, Jan 8 (IBNS): Sheikh Hasina is all set to serve as the Bangladesh Prime Minister for 20 years now.  

Anti-Pakistan sentiments being aroused in India for electioneering: Imran Khan

Jan 08, 2019, at 03:06 pm

Mumbai, Jan 8 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who came to power in the country last year, has said that anti-Pakistan sentiments were being aroused in India for the sake of campaigning for forthcoming elections.

Nepal seeks exchange facility for high-denomination Indian currency

Jan 07, 2019, at 08:38 pm

Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IBNS): Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country's central bank has asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to manage an exchange facility of high-denomination Indian currency notes in Nepal, the Himalayan Times said.

Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM

Jan 07, 2019, at 05:38 pm

Dhaka, Jan 7 (IBNS): Sheikh Hasina took oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the fourth time in her political career on Monday.

Afghanistan : 16 Taliban militants killed in airstrike

Jan 07, 2019, at 04:51 pm

Kabul, Jan 7 (IBNS) : At least 16 militants of the Taliban group were killed and an operations center of the group was destroyed in an airstrike conducted in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Monday.

Afghanistan: Police thwart militant's bid to detonate a mosque in Herat

Jan 07, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Kabul, Jan 7 (IBNS): Saving several lives, the Afghan police forces have thwarted anti-government armed militants bid to detonate a mosque in western Herat province of the war-torn country, media reports said on Monday.

Balochistan: Blasts leave 12 people injured

Jan 07, 2019, at 03:47 pm

Quetta, Jan 7 (IBNS): At least 12 people were injured as two blasts rocked Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.

Imran Khan is going from country to country to beg for financial aid: Sindh CM

Jan 07, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Islamabad, Jan 7 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who stormed to power last year after his PTI registered a massive victory in the general polls, has drawn the criticism of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah over his recent foreign visits.

Afghanistan: Taliban abduct Wolesi Jirga candidate

Jan 06, 2019, at 07:02 pm

Kabul, Jan 6 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists abducted a Wolesi Jirga candidate from Afghanistan's Baghlan-i-Markazi district, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Mine collapse kills 30 people in Badakhshan

Jan 06, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Kabul, Jan 6 (IBNS): At least 30 people died as a gold mine collapsed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Sunday, media reports said.