Afghanistan: 46 terrorists killed in different parts of country in past 24 hours

Nov 04, 2018, at 08:12 pm

Kabul, Nov 4 (IBNS): At least 46 terrorists have been killed by security forces in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, officials said.

Apparent insider attack kills U.S. service member

Nov 03, 2018, at 05:42 pm

Kabul, Nov 3 (IBNS): One U.S. service member was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack in Kabul, Nov. 3, said NATO Resolute Support said.

Pakistan: Influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated at Rawalpindi residence

Nov 03, 2018, at 06:46 am

Islamabad, Nov 3 (IBNS): Pakistan's influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi city on Friday, media reports said.

Kabul: Market fire still on, firefighters continue battle to bring blaze under control

Nov 02, 2018, at 03:34 pm

Kabul, Nov 2 (IBNS): A fire broke out at a marketplace in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Thursday, media reports said.

Foreigners among 68 militants killed, wounded in Afghan, U.S. forces operations

Nov 01, 2018, at 02:32 pm

Kabul, Nov 1 (IBNS) : At least 68 militants, including two foreigners, hailing originally from Pakistan have been killed or wounded during the separate operations of the Afghan and U.S. forces in southeastern Ghazni and Paktia provinces, local Khaama Press reported.

Policemen wounded in Kabul grenade attack

Nov 01, 2018, at 02:30 pm

Kabul, Nov 1 (IBNS) : Unknown gunmen attacked a police check post in Kabul city late on Wednesday night leaving at least two policemen wounded.

Afghanistan: Military helicopter crashes, several feared dead

Oct 31, 2018, at 04:13 pm

Kabul, Oct 31 (IBNS): Several people are feared to have died after a  military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan's western Farah province on Wednesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Kabul prison bombing leaves six killed

Oct 31, 2018, at 04:03 pm

Kabul, Oct 31 (IBNS): A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle carrying employees of Pul-i-Charkhi prison in Afghanistan on Wednesday which left at least six people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban attack leaves police official, 2 others killed

Oct 30, 2018, at 04:02 pm

Kabul, Oct 30 (IBNS): A Taliban attack in Afghanistan's western Farah province on Tuesday left at least one police official and two others security officials killed, media reports said.

Imran Khan's visit will elevate bilateral relations to a new height: China

Oct 30, 2018, at 09:10 am

Beijing, Oct 30 (IBNS): China on Monday said the nation is hopeful that Pakistan PM Imran Khan's visit to the country will help both the parties elevate bilateral relations to a 'new height'.

Afghanistan: Blast leaves nine people injured

Oct 30, 2018, at 09:06 am

Kabul, Oct 30 (IBNS): A blast in Afghanistan's Asadabad area left at least nine people injured, media reports said.

Sri Lankan political crisis: Arjuna Ranatunga arrested

Oct 29, 2018, at 06:42 pm

Colombo, Oct 29 (IBNS): Sri Lankan police have arrested deposed oil minister of the nation Arjuna Ranatunga over his role in Sunday's shooting incident which left one person killed, media reports said on Monday. 

Kabul: Suicide bombing leaves one cop killed

Oct 29, 2018, at 05:02 pm

Kabul, Oct 29 (IBNS): A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Monday at least one policeman killed, media reports said.

Sri Lanka: PM Mahinda Rajapaksha assumes charge

Oct 29, 2018, at 04:06 pm

Colombo, Oct 29 (IBNS): Amid political crisis in the island nation,  former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday assumed charges as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia jailed in Zia Charitable Trust graft case

Oct 29, 2018, at 03:46 pm

Dhaka, Oct 29 (IBNS):  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others, including Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the then PM, have been sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Monday.

UN urges electoral authorities to safegaurd integrity and transparency of parliamentary polls

Oct 29, 2018, at 10:03 am

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): With voting in parliamentary elections largely complete following yesterday’s delayed vote in Kandahar, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urges the country’s electoral authorities to safeguard the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, especially concerning vote counting, as well as the tabulation and announcement of results.

Pakistan: Bus falls into deep gorge, kills 17

Oct 29, 2018, at 08:45 am

Islamabad, Oct 29 (IBNS): At least 17 people were killed as a passenger bus fell into a deep gorge on Sunday evening while travelling on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan's Lotar area of Pakistan, media reports said.

‘Exercise restraint’ Guterres urges Sri Lankans, as political crisis deepens

Oct 29, 2018, at 08:25 am

New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres said on Sunday he was following Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis with “great concern”, after a man was killed allegedly by a politician’s bodyguard, who reportedly fired on a crowd of demonstrators.

Sri Lanka: Shooting incident leaves three injured, minister Arjuna Ranatunga's guards suspected involved

Oct 28, 2018, at 08:31 pm

Colombo, Oct 28 (IBNS): At least three people were injured security personnel of country's Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Arjuna Ranatunga fired live rounds of bullets on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists kill two security guards of Logar governor

Oct 28, 2018, at 05:49 pm

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): The Taliban terrorists have killed two security guards of central Logar governor and seized a Humvee vehicle, media reports said on Sunday.

Security forces thwart explosion plan by terrorists in Kabul city

Oct 28, 2018, at 03:51 pm

Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS):  The Afghan National Police Forces have thwarted a plan by anti-government armed terrorists  to detonate a magnetic bomb in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Pakistan: Policeman goes missing in Islamabad

Oct 27, 2018, at 07:12 pm

Islamabad, Oct 27 (IBNS):  Superintendent of police (SP) Tahir Khan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police went missing from Pakistan's Islamabad city on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban kills population registration official in Ghor

Oct 27, 2018, at 04:23 pm

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS):  The head of population registration department in the Shahrak district of western Ghor province was killed by Taliban insurgents on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Car bombing kills seven in central Maidan Wardak province

Oct 27, 2018, at 03:21 pm

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): A car bombing incident in Afghanistan's central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday left at least seven people killed, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Five dead in Maidan Wardak blast

Oct 27, 2018, at 11:39 am

Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least five people were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak province, reports said.

Afghanistan: Traffic mishap leaves three killed

Oct 26, 2018, at 03:13 pm

Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): A traffic mishap in Afghanistan's western Ghor province on Thursday left at least three people killed, media reports said.

At least 14 children hurt in kindergarten knife attack in China

Oct 26, 2018, at 01:27 pm

Beijing, Oct 26 (IBNS): A knife wielding woman has hurt at least 14 children at a kindergarten in China, reports said.

Our government is fully committed to ending polio in Pakistan: Imran Khan

Oct 24, 2018, at 06:55 pm

Islamabad, Oct 24 (IBNS): Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Wednesday said his government is committed to eliminating polio from the nation.

Pakistan: Four school children hurt as gunmen open fire at the gate of an educational institute

Oct 24, 2018, at 04:49 pm

Quetta, Oct 24 (IBNS): At least four school children were hurt when unknown gunmen opened fire at the gate of an educational institute in Pakistan's Quetta city on Wednesday, media reports said.

UN Security Council hails ‘courage’ of Afghan voters; calls for perpetrators of violence to be held accountable

Oct 24, 2018, at 09:44 am

New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): Welcoming Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council called for continued engagement with electoral institutions and urged that any complaints over the vote should be channelled through established legal and constitutional mechanisms.