No difference between good and bad Taliban: Sharif

Dec 18, 2014, at 12:39 am

Peshawar, Dec 17 (IBNS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday sent out a strong message to terrorists and said his country will like to see a complete elimination of terrorism from the nation.

Pakistan army chief visits Kabul

Dec 17, 2014, at 11:37 pm

Kabul, Dec 17 (IBNS): Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif visited Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday.

Two explosions outside Pakistan college: TV report

Dec 17, 2014, at 10:44 pm

Peshawar, Dec 17 (IBNS) Two explosion occurred outside a girls' college close to Pakistan's Peshawar city on Wednesday, TV report said.

10 killed in Afghanistan militant attack

Dec 17, 2014, at 10:33 pm

Kabul, Dec 17 (IBNS): At least 10 people, including four militants, were killed as terrorists stormed into the New Kabul Bank branch in Afghanistan's Lashkargah area on Wednesday, media reports said.

Sharif vows to continue fight against terrorism

Dec 17, 2014, at 09:40 pm

Peshawar, Dec 17 (IBNS) A day after the school horror that claimed 132 lives of children besides others in a Taliban attack in Peshawar, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said his government will combat the terrorists.

In Nepal, UN meeting seeks to boost development ranking of Asia-Pacific's poorest nations

Dec 17, 2014, at 03:10 pm

New York, Dec 17 (IBNS) A United Nations-backed meeting focusing on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific kicked off on Tuesday as international delegates, UN officials and Government ministers embarked on discussions over how to help the region's poorest nations "graduate" to a higher level of development.

Taliban attack on Pakistan school an act of 'horror and rank cowardice', says UN chief

Dec 17, 2014, at 05:10 am

New York/Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday strongly condemned the "blood-curdling attack" on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has cost the lives of at least 130 people, the vast majority of whom were children.

Peshawar school attack: PM Modi calls Nawaz Sharif

Dec 17, 2014, at 04:30 am

New Delhi/Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to express his 'deep condolences' over the attacks carried out by militants at a school in Peshawar city which killed at least 141 people.

Militants intended to kill innocent kids: Bajwa

Dec 17, 2014, at 04:19 am

Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS) The Pakistani Army on Tuesday said the militants, who had attacked a school in Pakistan and killed more than 100 children, had no intentions of taking hostages.

Pakistan: Malala, Kailash condemn terrorist attack in Peshawar school

Dec 17, 2014, at 02:32 am

Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS): Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have condemned the militant attack at a school in Pakistan's Peshawar city which killed at least 132 people including children on Tuesday.

Pakistan school attack: Over 100 killed

Dec 16, 2014, at 09:08 pm

Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS): About 104 people including 84 students lost their lives in Pakistan as Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists stormed into the Army Public School and College in Peshawar on Tuesday morning.

Pakistan: Terrorists attack army school, kill 23, about 500 taken hostage

Dec 16, 2014, at 08:03 pm

Peshawar, Dec 16 (IBNS): At least 23 school children were killed and about 500 have been taken hostages by Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists on Tuesday after they stormed into the Army Public School and College in Paksitan's Peshawar.

PTI workers attack media persons?

Dec 16, 2014, at 03:10 am

Lahore, Dec 15 (IBNS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers attacked media persons in Pakistan's Lahore city on Monday as they were covering their protest live from the city, media reports said.

Kabul: 7 killed in suicide attack

Dec 14, 2014, at 04:29 am

Kabul, Dec 13 (IBNS) At least seven people were injured in a suicide attack on a vehicle of the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Guzargah locality of Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission

Dec 14, 2014, at 04:01 am

New York, Dec 13 (IBNS) Amid ongoing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council on Friday welcomed the agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Afghan Government to establish a new non-combat, training, advisory and assistance mission, which would begin operation in January 2015.

Hafiz Saeed's Twitter account suspended

Dec 09, 2014, at 03:18 am

Islamabad, Dec 8 (IBNS): Days after he had wrote about freeing Kashmir and other issues, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed's official Twitter account was suspended on Tuesday, reports said.

Pakistan: Al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike

Dec 08, 2014, at 01:08 am

Peshawar, Dec 7 (IBNS) A key Al Qaeda leader has been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's Dattakhel area on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Top Al Qaeda killed

Dec 06, 2014, at 08:45 pm

Islamabad, Dec 6 (IBNS): Pakistan on Saturday confirmed that a top Al Qaeda leader Adnan el Shukrijum was killed in Shinwarsak region of the Asian country's South Waziristan Agency.

UN political chief urges revamped approach to boosting development in Afghanistan

Dec 05, 2014, at 04:10 pm

New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): Despite lingering instability and economic fragility, Afghanistan sits at an historic crossroads from which it can fully transition to a "strong, independent, and forward-looking" nation, the top United Nations political official said on Thursday in London.

Pakistan: Justice Sardar Raza Khan appointed as CEC

Dec 05, 2014, at 04:42 am

Islamabad, Dec 4 (IBNS): Pakistan has appointed Justice Sardar Raza Khan as the the permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), media reports said on Thursday.

US drone strike kills 6 militants

Dec 03, 2014, at 03:48 am

Peshawar, Dec 2 (IBNS): A US drone strike has killed at least six suspected militants in Renay-Parchao area of Afghanistan bordering Khyber Agency, media reports said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh-based British journalist found guilty of contempt

Dec 03, 2014, at 03:15 am

Dhaka, Dec 2 (IBNS): A Bangladesh court on Tuesday found a Dhaka-based British journalist guilty of the contempt of court for challenging the official death toll from the country's Liberation War in 1971 through a blog post, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security Council condemns attack on UK embassy vehicle

Nov 29, 2014, at 03:14 pm

New York, Nov 29 (IBNS) The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on Thursday on a United Kingdom embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, reiterating serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other terrorist and extremist groups.

Ahead of World AIDS Day, UN children's agency urges more investment, access to treatment

Nov 29, 2014, at 03:13 pm

New York, Nov 29 (IBNS) An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted, but disparity in access to treatment is hampering progress towards reaching a global goal of reducing new infections in children by 90 per cent, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday ahead of World AIDS Day.

Blast rocks Kabul

Nov 28, 2014, at 02:48 am

Kabul, Nov 27 (IBNS) A blast was heard in the vicinity Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday, media reports said.

Five killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Nov 28, 2014, at 02:24 am

Kabul, Nov 27 (IBNS) At least five people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of British Embassy cars east of Kabul City in Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said.

PM Modi seen standing with Sharif at informal retreat outside Kathmandu

Nov 27, 2014, at 05:44 pm

Kathmandu, Nov 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif along with other SAARC leaders were seen at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu on Thursday morning, media reports said.

Pakistan: Four polio workers killed in Quetta

Nov 27, 2014, at 05:32 am

Islamabad, Nov 26 (IBNS): Unidentified gunmen killed three polio workers and their driver at Quetta's Eastern Bypass area in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan Taliban chief escapes drone attack

Nov 26, 2014, at 03:18 am

Islamabad, Nov 25 (IBNS) The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah has escaped a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, media reports said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing at volleyball match

Nov 25, 2014, at 05:20 pm

New York, Nov 25 (IBNS) A brutal terrorist attack which killed at least 50 civilians in Afghanistan over the weekend is an "atrocity" and may amount to a war crime, the top United Nations envoy to the country declared on Monday as he condemned the indiscriminate suicide bombing in “the strongest ter”