Afghanistan: Blast leaves nine people injured

Kabul, Oct 30 (IBNS): A blast in Afghanistan's Asadabad area left at least nine people injured, media reports said.

Sri Lankan political crisis: Arjuna Ranatunga arrested

Colombo, Oct 29 (IBNS): Sri Lankan police have arrested deposed oil minister of the nation Arjuna Ranatunga over his role in Sunday's shooting incident which left one person killed, media reports said on Monday. 

Kabul: Suicide bombing leaves one cop killed

Kabul, Oct 29 (IBNS): A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Monday at least one policeman killed, media reports said.

Sri Lanka: PM Mahinda Rajapaksha assumes charge

Colombo, Oct 29 (IBNS): Amid political crisis in the island nation,  former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday assumed charges as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia jailed in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

Dhaka, Oct 29 (IBNS):  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others, including Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the then PM, have been sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Monday.

UN urges electoral authorities to safegaurd integrity and transparency of parliamentary polls

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): With voting in parliamentary elections largely complete following yesterday’s delayed vote in Kandahar, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urges the country’s electoral authorities to safeguard the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, especially concerning vote counting, as well as the tabulation and announcement of results.

Pakistan: Bus falls into deep gorge, kills 17

Islamabad, Oct 29 (IBNS): At least 17 people were killed as a passenger bus fell into a deep gorge on Sunday evening while travelling on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan's Lotar area of Pakistan, media reports said.

‘Exercise restraint’ Guterres urges Sri Lankans, as political crisis deepens

New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres said on Sunday he was following Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis with “great concern”, after a man was killed allegedly by a politician’s bodyguard, who reportedly fired on a crowd of demonstrators.

Sri Lanka: Shooting incident leaves three injured, minister Arjuna Ranatunga's guards suspected involved

Colombo, Oct 28 (IBNS): At least three people were injured security personnel of country's Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Arjuna Ranatunga fired live rounds of bullets on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists kill two security guards of Logar governor

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): The Taliban terrorists have killed two security guards of central Logar governor and seized a Humvee vehicle, media reports said on Sunday.

Security forces thwart explosion plan by terrorists in Kabul city

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS):  The Afghan National Police Forces have thwarted a plan by anti-government armed terrorists  to detonate a magnetic bomb in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Pakistan: Policeman goes missing in Islamabad

Islamabad, Oct 27 (IBNS):  Superintendent of police (SP) Tahir Khan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police went missing from Pakistan's Islamabad city on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban kills population registration official in Ghor

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS):  The head of population registration department in the Shahrak district of western Ghor province was killed by Taliban insurgents on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Car bombing kills seven in central Maidan Wardak province

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): A car bombing incident in Afghanistan's central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday left at least seven people killed, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Five dead in Maidan Wardak blast

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least five people were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak province, reports said.