Armed men kill American University of Afghanistan student in Kabul
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed a third-year student of the American University of Afghanistan (AUOA) in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: Road mishap leaves six dead in Faridpur
Dhaka/IBNS: A bus and a microbus collided in Bangladesh's Faridpur area and left six people dead, media reports said on Monday.
Afghan forces capture Taliban key commander in northern Faryab province
Maimana, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Afghan security forces have captured a Taliban key commander in the northern Faryab province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Karim Yurash said on Sunday.
Afghan army stops Taliban car bomb attack in Kandahar, nine militants killed: Spokesman
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Afghan National Army thwarted a Taliban car bomb attack on a military base in the Khakrez district of Kandahar province on Sunday morning, killing nine militants in the process, a police spokesman said.
Dhaka: Fire at Keraniganj chemical warehouse brought under control
Dhaka/IBNS: Firefighters have brought the fire, which broke out at a chemical godown in Keraniganj area in Bangladesh, under control, media reports said.
Pakistan: Days after attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, Sikh youth killed in Peshawar
Peshawar/IBNS: A Sikh youth has been murdered by unknown men in Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said on Sunday.
Civilian killed, three injured in northwestern Afghanistan bomb blast
Kabul, Jan 5 (UNI) One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's northwestern Balkh province, the chief provincial police spokesman said on Saturday.
Soleimani killing: Bangladesh issues security alerts for migrants living in Iraq
Baghdad/Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh Embassy in Iraq has directed citizens of the South Asian nation to avoid traveling to the trouble-hit portions of the country.
8 militants killed as offensive repulsed in N Afghanistan
Kunduz, Afghanistan, Jan 4/xinhua/UNI: At least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group were killed, when their attack on government forces' checkpoints was repelled in northern Afghanistan's province of Kunduz on Friday, Esmatullah Muradi, the provincial governor spokesman said.
Pakistan: Punjab Assembly resolution seeks most stringent anti-blasphemy laws, USCIRF condemns
Washington/IBNS: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday condemned the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan which asked the federal government to make new or improve existing laws to sternly punish blasphemers and set up a Saudi Arabia like central screening or filtration system to intercept blasphemous material on social media.
Pakistan introduces bill to extend country's army chief's tenure
Islamabad/IBNS: Paving way for three-year extension for Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, country's Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Friday tabled the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act 2020 in the National Assembly on Friday.
Madrasa headmaster’s 4-year-old son recovered from teacher's wardrobe
Dhaka/IBNS: Police detained a madrasa teacher after the body a 4-year-old child was recovered in his wardrobe from Bangladesh's Gazipur area, media reports said.
Eight policemen killed in Afghanistan's Balkh province following Taliban attack
Kabul/SPutnik/UNI: The Taliban militants have attacked a police checkpoint in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, leaving eight people killed and three others injured, the Balkh police chief, Ajmal Fayez, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates Dhaka International Trade Fair
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday unveiled the 25th edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair.
Afghanistan: Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul, says Health Ministry official
Kabul/UNI: At least 17 people were killed due to the extreme air pollution in Afghanistan's capital Kabul over the past one week, Fida Mohammad Paikan, an official with the Public Health Ministry said.