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Pakistani Army free drug dealer arrested by own police in PoK's Muzaffarabad

Sep 02, 2019, at 09:30 pm

Muzaffarabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): In Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, it seems police proposes and Army disposes. A video recently released on an incident which took place in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad area showed a drug peddler was caught by the police but freed by the Pakistani Army.

Suicide blast kills 6 people outside hospital in Northern Afghanistan

Sep 02, 2019, at 06:31 pm

Kabul, Sep 2 (Sputnik/UNI) Six Afghan security men were killed in a suicide blast at a civilian hospital in Kunduz in the north of Afghanistan on Monday, a Sputnik correspondent said.

Afghanistan: Security forces kill suicide bomber before he reaches target

Sep 02, 2019, at 03:58 pm

Kabul, Sept 2 (IBNS): A suicide bomber was killed before he could reach the target in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktiya province, media reports said on Monday.

Dhaka bomb attack: police HQ issues nationwide alert

Sep 02, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Dhaka: The Dhaka Police have directed all its units across the country to remain alert after a bomb attack rocked the Bangladesh capital on Saturday.

Eight civilians killed in roadside bomb blast in N Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2019, at 09:56 pm

Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, Sep 1 (Xinhua/UNI) Eight Afghan civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in northern Balkh province on Sunday, a local official said.

Will grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav tomorrow: Pakistan Foreign Office

Sep 01, 2019, at 08:35 pm

Islamabad, Sept 1 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Sunday said it has agreed to give consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by the neighbouring nation on charges of espionage, in accordance with the Vienna Convention.

Dhaka bomb blast last night targeted cops: DMP Commissioner

Sep 01, 2019, at 06:27 pm

Dhaka, Sept 1 (IBNS):  Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said the bomb blast, which hit Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s Science Laboratory area on Saturday night, targeted cops.

Afghanistan: Security forces storm a facility run by Pakistani nationals to treat injured Taliban terrorists

Sep 01, 2019, at 05:23 pm

Kabul, Sept 1 (IBNS): Afghanistan special forces stormed into a facility, which is run by suspected Pakistani nationals, in country's Ghazni province to treat injured Taliban terrorists, media reports said on Sunday.

Bangladesh govt withdraws 139 NGO's from Rohingya camps

Sep 01, 2019, at 11:33 am

Dhaka, Sep 1 (UNI) The Bangladesh authorities have withdrawn the assistance of 41 non-government organizations at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox Bazar due to their involvement in malpractice. 

RAB arrest two suspected terrorists from Dhaka

Aug 31, 2019, at 08:41 pm

Dhaka, Aug 31 (IBNS):  The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested two suspected terrorists from Sadarghat area of Dhaka city in Bangladesh, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan International Airlines lays off 1000 surplus employees

Aug 31, 2019, at 08:30 pm

Rawalpindi, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has laid off 1000 surplus employees to reduce its operational costs, media reports said.

Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur has not returned home: Family member

Aug 31, 2019, at 07:08 pm

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IBNS): The family members of Jagjit Kaur, who was allegedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, have rejected reports that their girl has returned home.

Over 40 killed in northern Afghan city clashes

Aug 31, 2019, at 05:44 pm

Kabul, Aug, 31 (Xinhua/UNI) At least three Afghan security forces and 38 Taliban militants were killed during clashes in Kunduz city, capital of northern Kunduz province, on Saturday, as security forces fought a tense battle to evict the militants from the city, authorities said.

Pakistan Minister gets electric shock after he criticises Narendra Modi

Aug 31, 2019, at 04:07 pm

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IBNS): Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who on Friday was protesting against New Delhi's move to abrogate Article 370, received an electric shock at a time when he was criticising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Pakistan: Sikh girl who was abducted and converted to Islam returned

Aug 31, 2019, at 01:21 pm

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IBNS): The minor Sikh girl, who was abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, has been sent back to her parents in Pakistan'a Punjab, media reports said.

Sikh girl's conversion in Pakistan: Canadian Sikh leader threatens to boycott International Sikh Convention in Lahore

Aug 31, 2019, at 12:19 am

Toronto/Lahore/New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): As Pakistan started fire-fighting after a young Sikh girl was kidnapped and allegedly forcefully converted to Islam before she was married to a Muslim man in the Punjab province of the Islamic nation, a Sikh leader from Canada has threatened to boycott the International Sikh Convention which is scheduled to be held in Lahore on Saturday.

Bangladesh: Constable beaten up by mob for 'sexual harassment'

Aug 30, 2019, at 03:33 pm

Dhaka, Aug 30 (IBNS): Amid allegations of sexual harassment against him, an angry mob beat up a police constable in Bangladesh's Rajshahi area, media reports said on Friday.

Forced conversion of Sikh woman to Islam in Pakistan: Indian politicians express shock

Aug 30, 2019, at 03:16 pm

Mumbai, Aug 30 (IBNS): Indian politicians, including Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday, expressed their shocks over the report of forced conversion of a Sikh woman to Islam and then making her marry a Muslim man in Pakistan.

Afghanistan: Student among 6 rescued from a Taliban prison

Aug 30, 2019, at 02:58 pm

Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS): During an operation conducted in Afghanistan's south-eastern Ghazni province, Afghan Special Forces released six people from Taliban prison, media reports said.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's office faces power cut over non-payment of bills

Aug 30, 2019, at 12:56 pm

Islamabad, Aug 30 (IBNS): In a major embarrassment, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's secretariat is facing power cut over the dues, media reports said.

Sikh girl abducted, converted to Islam and then married to Muslim man in Pakistan

Aug 30, 2019, at 12:49 pm

Lahore: Showing yet another dark chapter of atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, a Sikh girl has allegedly been abducted and forcefully converted in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib city. 

37 militants killed in Afghanistan clashes

Aug 28, 2019, at 05:17 pm

Sharan, Afghanistan, Aug 28 (Xinhua) At least 37 Taliban militants were killed on Tuesday night when Afghan security forces repelled an attack on their positions in eastern Paktika province, local police said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorist kills his father in Jawzjan

Aug 28, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Kabul, Aug 28 (IBNS): A Taliban terrorist has murdered his father in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, media reports said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh: Four suspected terrorists detained in Dhaka

Aug 28, 2019, at 03:15 pm

Dhaka, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Rapid Action Battalion officials have arrested four suspected terrorists from Bangladesh capital Dhaka, media reports said on Wednesday.

At least six Islamic State terrorists killed in airstrike in Afghanistan - Reports

Aug 28, 2019, at 10:21 am

Moscow, Aug 28 (Sputnik/UNI) At least six fighters from Islamic State (IS, terrorist group banned in Russia) were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, local media reported.

Eight soldiers killed in checkpoint clashes in W Afghanistan

Aug 27, 2019, at 05:33 pm

Qala-e-Naw (Afghanistan), Aug 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Eight Afghan soldiers and eight militants were killed during clashes at an army checkpoint in western Badghis province overnight as daily violence and clashes have been continuing in the country, a district chief said on Tuesday.

Nine militants killed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province

Aug 27, 2019, at 05:28 pm

Faizabad, Afghanistan, Aug 27 (Xinhua) At least nine militants have been confirmed dead as fighting aircrafts targeted Taliban hideouts in Karan wa Munjan district of the northern Badakhshan province, said a statement of the army on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Six ISIS-K terrorists killed during airstrike

Aug 27, 2019, at 04:35 pm

Kabul, Aug 27 (IBNS): An airstrike conducted in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left at least six  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) terrorists killed, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan UN envoy meets UNGA President to discuss Kashmir issue

Aug 27, 2019, at 04:22 pm

New York, Aug 27 (IBNS): Pakistan’s Representative to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi on Monday met the President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa and discussed the Kashmir issue, media reports said.

Sri Lankan authorities must work ‘vigorously’ to ease simmering ethno-religious tensions, urges UN rights expert

Aug 27, 2019, at 09:50 am

New York, Aug 27 (IBNS): A United Nations human rights expert warned on Monday that Sri Lankan authorities must take urgent action to strengthen respect for freedom of religion or belief and address simmering ethno-religious tensions.