Aug 20, 2019, at 06:06 pm
New York, Aug 20 (IBNS):The appointment of Sri Lankan Lieutenant-General Shavendra Silva as Commander of the country’s army is deeply troubling, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement released on Monday, adding that the military leader had been given the role despite “serious allegations of gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law against him and his troops during the war”.
Afghanistan: Security forces arrest ISIS militants in Kabul
Aug 20, 2019, at 04:17 pm
Kabul, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Afghan Special Forces arrested two suspected Islamic State terrorists from Kabul city of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Twitter suspends 200 Pakistani handles for posting about Kashmir
Aug 20, 2019, at 11:56 am
Islamabad: Micro-blogging site Twitter has suspended 200 Pakistani handles for posting about Jammu and Kashmir in the last one week, a Dawn News report said.
Zakir Naik apologises after Malaysia bans him from publicly speaking
Aug 20, 2019, at 11:03 am
Kuala Lampur: Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has apologised after eight Malaysian states banned him from publicly speaking for allegedly inciting racial tension in the Southeast Asian country, media report said.
Afghanistan bloodshed mars 100 years of independence
Aug 20, 2019, at 10:27 am
New York, Aug 20 (IBNS): Afghanistan is at a “crucial moment” in its history as it marks 100 years of independence, the head of the UN Mission there said on Monday, following a series of terror attacks in recent days.
OIC condemns suicide attack in Kabul wedding hall
Aug 20, 2019, at 09:32 am
Kabul, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, has strongly condemned the suicide attack on a wedding celebration in Kabul that killed 63 people and injured many others.
Pakistan Army chief Bajwa's tenure extended
Aug 19, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Islamabad, Aug 19 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Monday extended the tenure of country's Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years, media reports said.
Afghan President vows to destroy IS hideouts in country after deadly Kabul wedding attack
Aug 19, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Mosocw, Aug 19 (Sputnik/UNI) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday that celebrations of Afghanistan's centenary Independence Day were postponed in honor of the victims of a recent deadly attack at a wedding in Kabul and vowed to clear Afghanistan of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, banned in Russia) that has claimed responsibility for the carnage.
Afghanistan: Multiple explosions rock Jalalabad, several injured
Aug 19, 2019, at 04:11 pm
Jalalabad, Aug 19 (IBNS): Multiple explosions rocked Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Monday and left several people injured, media reports said.
Two more Malaysian states ban Zakir Naik from publicly speaking
Aug 19, 2019, at 01:43 pm
Kuala Lampur: Two more Malaysian states- Malacca and Kedah- have banned Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from speaking in public after he had allegedly incited racial tension in the Southeast Asian country, media reports said.
Aug 19, 2019, at 01:20 pm
Washington: Slamming Islamabad for trying to link the Jammu and Kashmir situation with the Afghan peace process, Afghanistan said Pakistan's statement is "reckless, unwarranted and irresponsible".
Bangladesh: Indigenous woman gang-raped in Ashulia
Aug 18, 2019, at 08:29 pm
Dhaka, Aug 18 (IBNS): An indigenous woman has been allegedly gangraped by three men in Bangladesh's Ashulia area, media reports said.
ISIS group takes responsibility for Kabul suicide attack targeting marriage hall
Aug 18, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Kabul, Aug 18 (IBNS): Terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the suicide blast which targeted a marriage hall and left 63 people killed in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday.
Kabul: Suicide bomber targets wedding hall, 63 killed
Aug 18, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Kabul, Aug 18 (IBNS): A suicide bomber targeted a wedding hall in Afghanistan Kabul city on Saturday that left 63 people killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Blast rips through wedding hall in Afghanistan; 63 killed, over 180 injured
Aug 18, 2019, at 10:08 am
Kabul, Aug 18 (UNI) At least 63 people were killed and over 180 injured when a powerful explosion rocked a wedding hall in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday night, according to local media.
Is Pakistan behind the killing of brother of Afghan Taliban leader in Quetta blast?
Aug 17, 2019, at 06:58 pm
Quetta, Aug 17 (IBNS): The Kuchlak Madrassa, close to Quetta area of Pakistan, where a blast occurred on Friday and left the brother of the Afghan Taliban chief killed along with three others, points a needle of suspicion towards Pakistan establishment too since the spot was placed under high security and no one could have gone there without the help of Pakistani authorities, experts and Indian Intelligence sources said.
JKLF planning to march towards LoC, conducts online polls
Aug 17, 2019, at 01:08 pm
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IBNS): While the Kashmir cauldron boils after the Indian government scrapped Article 370, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), the political separatist group active in both sides of Kashmir, is planning to march towards the Line of Control between Aug 18 to 20, sources said.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill Taliban group commander
Aug 17, 2019, at 12:46 pm
Kabul, Aug 17 (IBNS): Security forces in Afghanistan have killed a Taliban group commander during an operation conducted in south-eastern Ghazni province, media reports said.
Thousands left homeless as fire destroys Mirpur slum
Aug 17, 2019, at 08:02 am
Dhaka, Aug 17 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out in Bangladesh's Mirpur 7 area in country capital Dhaka which left thousand of shanties gutted, media reports said on Saturday.
Quetta blast claims four lives including brother of Afghan Taliban leader
Aug 16, 2019, at 11:33 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): In a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast inside Kuchlak Madrassa, 25 kms away from Quetta in Pakistan, four people, including the brother of a Afghan Taliban leader, were killed and several got injured.
Pakistan: Blast rocks mosque near Quetta, 4 killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least four people were killed and 22 others were injured when a bomb blast rocked a mosque in Pakistan's Quetta area on Friday, media reports said.
At least 8 Taliban militants killed in N Afghanistan clash
Aug 16, 2019, at 07:06 pm
Maimana, Aug 16 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight militants and four security personnel were killed and 14 others including eight insurgents wounded, following a fierce clash in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, an army source said Friday.
Bangladesh: Two die as lightning strikes them
Aug 16, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least two people died as lightning struck them in Bangladesh's Jamalpur area on Friday, media reports said.
Quetta: Blast hits mosque, four people killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): A blast rocked a mosque close to Pakistan's Quetta town and left at least four people killed on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Blast rocks a madressah in Quetta, 5 killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 04:26 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as an blast rocked a madressah located in Kuchlak area close to Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.
Aug 15, 2019, at 02:27 pm
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IBNS): Escalating his attack against India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the international community of "severe repercussions" in the Muslim world if the Narendra Modi government resorts to ethnic cleansing in the "Indian-occupied Kashmir".
Three Taliban sympathizers arrested by security forces in Kabul
Aug 15, 2019, at 02:10 pm
Kabul, Aug 15 (IBNS): Three Taliban sympathizers have been arrested by Afghanistan security forces during an operation in Kabul city of the South Asian country, media reports said.
Bus mishap leaves six dead in Bangladesh
Aug 15, 2019, at 12:47 pm
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IBNS): A Cox Bazaar-bound picnic bus veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree and left six people killed in Bangladesh, media reports said on Thursday.
Nine Taliban Terrorists killed, wounded in Helmand
Aug 14, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Kabul, Aug 14 (IBNS): Six Taliban terrorists killed and three others injured in a clash with Afghan National Police (ANP), officials said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Security officials arrest key member of Haqqani terrorist network
Aug 14, 2019, at 04:30 pm
Kabul, Aug 14 (IBNS): During an operation conducted in Kabul city of Afghanistan, security officials have arrested a key member of the Haqqani terrorist network, media reports said on Wednesday.