Secular Bangladeshi author and publisher shot dead
Jun 12, 2018, at 02:13 pm
Munshiganj, Bangladesh, June 12 (IBNS): Shahzahan Bachchu, a secular writer and publisher and also a leftist politician in Bangladesh, was shot dead by assailants in a public place near his village home at Sirajdani under Munshiganj district on Monday evening.
Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency
Jun 12, 2018, at 09:10 am
New York, June 12 (IBNS): Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday
Uzbekistan provides humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Jun 11, 2018, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi, June 11 (IBNS) Uzbekistan has sent Afghanistan 3000 tons of wheat and children’s clothing as humanitarian aid being among the first to help its neighbor. The aid was delivered to Hairatan through the railway which connects Afghanistan’s Balkh province with Surkhondaryo region of Uzbekistan.
Jun 11, 2018, at 04:16 pm
Kabul, June 11 (IBNS): At least 12 people were killed as a blast rocked at the entrance gate of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least 12 killed, 30 injured in Kabul suicide attack near ministry
Jun 11, 2018, at 04:14 pm
Kabul, June 11 (IBNS): At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in a suicide attack outside a government ministry in the west of Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 34 militants killed in NDS Special Forces operation in Nangarhar
Jun 11, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Afghanistan, June 11 (IBNS): At least 34 militants were killed during an operation of the Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Magnetic bomb blast in Kabul leaves five injured
Jun 10, 2018, at 07:27 pm
Kabul, June 10 (IBNS): A magnetic bomb blast in Kampani area of Afghanistan's Kabul city left at least five people injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban announces Eid ceasefire
Jun 09, 2018, at 03:24 pm
Kabul, June 9 (IBNS): The Taliban has announced a ceasefire with the Afghanistan forces during the Eid festival in the country.
Afghanistan: Attack in lawmaker's house kills 4
Jun 08, 2018, at 03:25 pm
Kabul, June 8 (IBNS): Militants attacked lawmaker Farydon Momand’s home in eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan and left at least four people killed, media reports said on Friday.
UN welcomes temporary ceasefire announcement by Afghan Government; urges Taliban to reciprocate
Jun 08, 2018, at 09:37 am
New York, June 8 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the week-long ceasefire announced by the Government of Afghanistan with the Taliban and called on the militant group to reciprocate the temporary pause.
Policeman killed in Quetta attack
Jun 07, 2018, at 09:22 am
Islamabad, June 7 (IBNS): Unknown men attacked a police vehicle in Pakistan's Quetta region, leaving at least one policeman martyred, media reports said on Thursday.
Bangladesh ‘drug-offender’ killings must stop, says UN human rights chief
Jun 07, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, June 7 (IBNS): The alleged extra-judicial killing of suspected drug offenders must be “immediately halted” and their perpetrators brought to justice, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Wednesday.
Bomb attack on voter registration centre kills 2 in Afghanistan
Jun 06, 2018, at 04:27 pm
Kabul, June 6 (IBNS): A bomb attack on a voter registration centre in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least two people on Wednesday, media reports said.
IS claims responsibility for suicide attack in Kabul
Jun 05, 2018, at 03:34 pm
Kabul, June 5 (IBNS): Terrorist group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan condemns suicide attack in Kabul
Jun 04, 2018, at 07:14 pm
Islamabad, June 4 (IBNS): Pakistan on Monday condemned the suicide attack on a congregation of religious scholars in Kabul.
Kabul suicide attack: Death toll rises to 14
Jun 04, 2018, at 02:46 pm
Kabul, Jun 4 (IBNS): The death toll in Monday's suicide attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city has touched 14, reports said.
Kabul suicide attack: Six killed, six injured
Jun 04, 2018, at 01:58 pm
Kabul, Jun 4 (IBNS): At least six people were killed and as many injured after an explosion hit Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Monday morning.
Afghanistan: Casualties feared as suicide bomber detonates explosive near religious gathering
Jun 04, 2018, at 01:39 pm
Kabul, Jun 4 (IBNS): An explosion hit Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Monday morning after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive near a religious gathering, reports said.
Afghanistan: At least three children killed in roadside explosion in Nangarhar
Jun 04, 2018, at 11:24 am
Kabul, Jun 4 (IBNS): At least three children have been killed in a roadside explosion in Afghanistan, reports said.
Pakistan: Security forces kill six 'terrorists'
Jun 03, 2018, at 06:44 pm
Islamabad, June 3 (IBNS): The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed six 'terrorists' have been killed in two separates areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Half of Afghan children out of school, due to conflict, poverty, discrimination: UNICEF
Jun 03, 2018, at 04:32 pm
New York, June 3 (IBNS): Nearly 3.7 million Afghan children are missing out on school, due to on-going conflict, grinding poverty, and discrimination against girls, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
Pakistan: Ex-chief secretary Fazalur Rahman takes oath as Sindh caretaker CM
Jun 02, 2018, at 06:59 pm
Sindh, June 2 (IBNS): Sindh's former chief secretary Fazalur Rahman on Saturday took oath as the caretaker chief minister of the province.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves one Ministry of Information and Culture employee killed
Jun 02, 2018, at 05:22 pm
Kabul, June 2 (IBNS): A magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday an employee of the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC), media reports said.
Afghanistan: Roadside explosion kills at least one archaeologist in Kabul
Jun 02, 2018, at 11:50 am
Kabul Jun 2 (IBNS): At least one archaeologist was killed in a roadside explosion which rocked Afghanistan's Kabul on Saturday morning, reports said.
Afghan security forces conduct operation, kill 22 armed Taliban militants
Jun 02, 2018, at 11:42 am
Kabul Jun 2 (IBNS): At least 22 armed militants affiliated with the Taliban have been killed in anti-terrorism operations conducted by security forces in Afghanistan, reports said.
Afghanistan: Bus-Car collision leaves five killed
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:48 am
Kabul, June 2 (IBNS): A car and a bus collided in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Friday, leaving five people killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan : 3 dead, 12 wounded in coordinated suicide attack
Jun 01, 2018, at 12:18 pm
Kabul, May 30 (IBNS): At least three people were killed and twelve others wounded in a coordinated suicide car bombing in central Logar province of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Special forces operation kills nine civilians in Nangarhar
May 29, 2018, at 06:42 pm
Kabul, May 29 (IBNS): The Afghanistan government has confirmed on Tuesday that at least nine people were killed in an operation conducted by the country's special forces.
Former ISI chief barred from leaving Pakistan after his joint book with ex-RAW chief
May 29, 2018, at 06:03 pm
Islamabad, May 29 (IBNS): A joint venture by former Pakistani spy chief Asad Durrani with his Indian counterpart AS Dulat, a former RAW chief, has landed him in the soup, as he now finds himself on the country's Exit-Control List.
Afghanistan: Foreign airstrike kills six Taliban militants in Paktia
May 28, 2018, at 06:47 pm
Kabul, May 28 (IBNS): At least six Taliban militants have been killed in airstrikes conducted by foreign forces in Afghanistan's Paktia province, local media reports stated on Monday.