Afghanistan forces kill over 1500 terrorists during operations in previous weeks
Jul 28, 2021, at 06:00 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) spokesperson General Ajaml Shinwarai has said more than 1500 terrorists were killed in operations conducted by security forces in the country in the last few weeks.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill 89 Taliban terrorists in past 24 hours
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces killed 89 Taliban terrorists while conducting operations in several provinces in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
Pakistani terrorist arrested in Afghanistan, says official
Jul 21, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Kabul/UNI: A Pakistani terrorist, who slipped into Afghanistan with fake immigration papers, was detained by Afghan security forces, an official at the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
Iraq: Bomb attack on eve of Eid al-Adha, ‘terrorism knows no bounds’
Jul 21, 2021, at 10:55 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians” at a busy market in the north-east of the Iraqi capital, just before the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Pak backing Taliban with critical support, says Afghan vice-president
Jul 16, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Kandahar: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of providing crucial support to Taliban as the federal forces are locked in fierce fighting with the insurgents to reclaim the lost territories.
Bangladesh: Police recover three bombs from militant hideout in Narayanganj
Jul 12, 2021, at 03:12 pm
Narayanganj: Police recovered three bombs while conducting an operation on a militant hideout in Narayanganj area of Bangladesh on Sunday.
Don’t harass online bloggers, amend terrorism act: Former Sri Lankan PM
Jul 05, 2021, at 02:42 am
Colombo: Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked the government to introduce an amendment to the country's notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) so that the act could not be used for arresting people for making posts on social media.
Pakistan: BLA says it set on fire Chinese telecommunication companies, capture six members
Jul 04, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Islamabad: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said its members have said its members have set on fire the installations of Chinese telecommunication companies at Margat’s Chokhobi Wadh area of Quetta region of Pakistan's Balochistan province recently.
Terrorists become increasingly ‘innovative’, in a world shaken by COVID-19
Jul 03, 2021, at 06:26 am
New York: Despite “significant progress” in the fight against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Wednesday that amidst new and more diverse threats, COVID-19 has triggered increased activity throughout many countries.
Two Pakistan Army soldiers die in cross-border 'terror' attack from Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2021, at 04:32 am
Islamabad: Two Pakistani soldiers were killed as suspected terrorists from across the border, inside Afghanistan, attacked a military post in Dwatoi, North Waziristan on Wednesday, media reports said.
TTP is not founded in Afghanistan: Govt
Jun 30, 2021, at 01:35 am
Kabul: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is neither founded in Afghanistan nor operates on our soil, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan-Pakistan spat over 'terrorist group' as Islamabad seeks to shift onus
Jun 28, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Afghanistan has denied that Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an anti-Pakistan militant group, operates from Afghan soil, a day after Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid urged the Afghan Taliban to restrain TTP - also known as the Pakistan Taliban - from using sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Civilians now take up arms to resist Taliban
Jun 28, 2021, at 10:45 pm
Kabul/UNI: Hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan have taken up arms against the Taliban and in support of the government forces.
Awami National Party claims Pakistani mosques collecting donations for Afghan Taliban
Jun 11, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Islamabad: Awami National Party, a key opposition party of Pakistan, has claimed donations are being collected in mosques for supporting Afghan Taliban.
Fourteen killed in gun battle in Afghanistan
Jun 10, 2021, at 03:29 am
Kabul/UNI: Fourteen people, including eight militants and six security personnel, have been killed in a gun battle in Arghanchkhwa district of Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province on Wednesday, provincial army spokesman Abdul Razaq said.
Will not allow scourge of terrorism to rise again, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Apr 23, 2021, at 10:00 pm
Reacting to the attack on Serena Hotel in Quetta, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he would not allow the scourge of terrorism to rise again, adding the country paid a high price in defeating it.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill Provincial CID chief
Mar 14, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen have shot dead the commander of the provincial police Criminal Investigation Department in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, media reports said.
Al-Qaeda linked Turkish group IHH is now expanding network in Nepal
Mar 01, 2021, at 05:08 pm
Kathmandu: An al-Qaeda-linked charity group in Turkey has been working with Islami Sangh Nepal (ISN), its regional partner in South Asia, in a bid to expand a logistical hub for jihadist networks, media reports said.
Mother of terrorism victim works to ‘turn the page’ on violent extremism
Feb 26, 2021, at 08:48 pm
New York: A Moroccan-French woman whose son was killed in a terrorist attack nearly a decade ago, has been commended for her powerful activism countering youth radicalization, and her efforts to replace the desolation of loss with ‘a prayer of love’.
Sheikh’s acquittal shows Pakistan is a terror-sponsor state, writes Afghanistan Times
Feb 14, 2021, at 07:01 am
Kabul: A news portal has targeted Pakistan and said the recent acquittal of journalist Daniel Pearl’s murderer, the terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh, by the Supreme Court of Pakistan reflects that Islamabad is “a truly terrorist-sponsor state.”
Pakistan: Terrorists attack army check post in South Waziristan, four soldiers killed
Feb 14, 2021, at 05:38 am
Islamabad: At least four Pakistani soldiers were killed after terrorists opened fire on a security forces post in Makeen, South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Suspected terrorists kill religious scholar
Jan 31, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Kabul: Suspected terrorists killed a religious scholar inside his home in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Terrorists carry out 21 attacks on Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone: Reconciliation Center
Jan 12, 2021, at 03:24 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Members of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 21 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Vyacheslav Sytnik, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Monday.
Terrorists carry out 23 attacks on Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone- reconciliation center
Jan 09, 2021, at 03:26 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 23 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm.
Afghanistan: 2 doctors abducted by armed men
Dec 30, 2020, at 12:15 am
Kabul: Unidentified armed men have abducted two doctors from a clinic in Bagram district of Afghanistan's central Parwan province, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Helmand blast leaves two dead
Dec 19, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Kabul: A roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Saturday left at least two people killed and four others wounded, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghan security forces kill over 60 Taliban militants in Kandahar: Authorities
Dec 13, 2020, at 08:42 pm
KABUL/Sputnik:The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday that 63 Taliban militants, including seven suicide attackers, had been killed and 29 others injured in the southern province of Kandahar over the past 72 hours.
Bangladesh: Anti-terrorism unit officials arrest two Hizb ut-Tahrir members
Dec 07, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh's anti-terrorism unit officials arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, media reports said on Monday.
2008 Mumbai Terror Attack: European Parliamentarians call for Pakistan’s impunity to cease
Nov 26, 2020, at 12:02 am
Writing to the current Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Ryszard Czarnecki and Fulvio Martusciello condemned Pakistan for not yet having brought to justice those who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, known as 26/11.
Iran rejects Al-Qaeda's presence in its territory after reported Israeli operation
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Terhran/Sputnik: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday refuted the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist group (banned in Russia) in the country after The New York Times newspaper reported that Israeli agents had killed one of the group’s leaders in Tehran.