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Ghani extends amnesty for Taliban, says | Kabul, Feb 28 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced on Wednesday that Taliban will be amnestied if the militants give up weapons and return to civilian life, while officially opening the peace process in Kabul. |
28-Feb-2018 |
UN agencies helping Rohingya refugee cam | New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Against the backdrop of the fast approaching wet season in Bangladesh, United Nations relief agencies are working flat out to strengthen vital infrastructure and boost resilience among hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in rudimentary shelters as well as for local communities hosting them. |
28-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Lifter collapses at Islamabad | Islamabad, Feb 27 (IBNS): An ambo-lifter, which is used for carrying patients who can't walk, collapsed at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Tuesday, leaving at least five people injured, media reports said. |
27-Feb-2018 |
ISIS attack repulsed in North of Afghani | Afghanistan, Feb 27 (IBNS) : A major attack by the militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria /ISIS) terrorist group was repulsed in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, leaving 22 militants dead or wounded. |
27-Feb-2018 |
Syria: US-led airstrikes kill 25 civilia | Damascus, Feb 26 (IBNS): At least 25 civilians were killed as airstrikes by the US-led anti-terror coalition hit Deir al-Zour area in Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday. |
26-Feb-2018 |
Lorry-Bus accident in Bangladesh kills 8 | Dhaka, Feb 26 (IBNS): A bus crashed into a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Bangladesh's Sonargaon area which left at least eight people killed on Monday, media reports said. |
26-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan : Fourteen militants killed | Kabul, Feb 26 (IBNS) : At least 14 militants were killed in a series of airstrikes in southern Helmand and western Farah provinces of Afghanistan. |
26-Feb-2018 |
Impact of Afghanistan’s fourth consecu | New York, Feb 26 (JEN): More than 10,000 civilians have lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan. |
26-Feb-2018 |
England: Leicester explosion, fire leave | Leicester, Feb 26 (IBNS): A suspected explosion and subsequent fire left at least six people hurt in England's Leicester on Sunday, media reports said. |
26-Feb-2018 |
Former Senator from Kabul killed by gunm | Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): Rafiullah Gull Afghan, a former senator from Kabul, was killed as gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the city on Saturday, media reports said. |
25-Feb-2018 |
Motorbike-bomb blast in Afghanistan kill | Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): A motorbike-bomb blast in the Yahyakhel district of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province left at least three people killed on Sunday, media reports said. |
25-Feb-2018 |
Suicide blast in Kabul leaves 3 killed, | Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least three people were killed as a suicide blast rocked Shash Darak area of Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said. |
24-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: At least one dead in Kabul | Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least one person has died in a suicide bombing incident which rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, local media reports said. |
24-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes new pen | New York, Feb 23 (JEN): While welcoming the entry to force of a new Penal Code in Afghanistan as a having the “potential to trigger real change,” the United Nations mission in the country said on Thursday that it is concerned by the removal of the chapter penalizing violence against women. |
23-Feb-2018 |
Three ISIS militants killed, 1 wounded | Afghanistan, Feb 22 (IBNS) : At least three militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. |
22-Feb-2018 |
Five Afghan intelligence staff killed in | Afghanistan, Feb 22 (IBNS) : At least five workers of the Afghan Intelligence Agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS), were killed in militant attack in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan. |
22-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: Terrorist attack kills at l | Kabul, Feb 22 (IBNS): At least five National Directorate of Security (NDS) members have been killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Parwan province on Wednesday. |
22-Feb-2018 |
12 military personnel injured in a bus e | Colombo Feb 21 (IBNS): Twelve military personnel and seven civilians have been injured in an explosion inside a private bus in Diyatalawa, in the hill country of Sri Lanka this morning. |
21-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: At least eight killed in He | Kabul, Feb 21 (IBNS): At least eight people have been reported dead in an accident in Afghanistan's Herat province. |
21-Feb-2018 |
Terror financing: FATF allows Pakistan t |
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IBNS): Pakistan has been granted a period of three months by Paris-based Financial Action Task Force to clean up its act |
21-Feb-2018 |
Rohingya refugees face immense health needs; UN scales up support ahead of monsoon season |
21-Feb-2018 | |
Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia challenges sente | Dhaka, Feb 20 (IBNS): Days after BNP supremo Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, the former PM on Tuesday filed an appeal challenging the verdict in the lower court, media reports said. |
20-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Local under-19 cricketer commi | Karachi, Feb 20 (IBNS): A Pakistani Under-19 cricketer, who is the son of a former international cricketer, allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Model Colony area of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said. |
20-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan approves motion to make Mandari | Islamabad, Feb 20 (IBNS): Ina major development, the Pakistani Senate has approved a motion to declare Mandarin as one of the official languages in the country, media reports said. |
20-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Two lawyers killed in firing i | Lahore, Feb 20 (IBNS): A person opened fire at a sessions court in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two lawyers, media reports said. |
20-Feb-2018 |
Imran Khan ties nuptial knot for the thi | Lahore, Feb 19 (IBNS) : Former cricket captain and Pakistan Threek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan tied the knot with his spiritual advisor Bushra Maneka at a simple ceremony, in Lahore on Sunday, media reports said. |
19-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: Bodies of at least 12 hosta | Kabul, Feb 19 (IBNS): At least 12 bodies were found in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province according to local Tolo News. |
19-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: Prayer leader blown up by o | Kabul Feb 17 (IBNS): A prayer leader was killed when his own explosives exploded in Afghanistan's Panjwai district, media reports said on Saturday . |
17-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Court gives death sentence to | Islamabad, Feb 17 (IBNS): In a major development, an anti-terrorism court (ATC), which was hearing the rape and murder case of seven-year-old Zainab, gave death sentence to Imran Ali Naqshbandi in its verdict on Saturday, media reports said. |
17-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: At least five policemen kil | Kabul, Feb 17 (IBNS): At least five policemen were killed in Afghanistan's Zabul province by Taliban insurgents. |
17-Feb-2018 |
UN says more than 10,000 civilians kille | New York, Feb 16 (JEN): More than 10,000 civilians were killed or wounded in the Afghanistan conflict during 2017, a nine per cent drop over 2016, according to a United Nations report out Thursday which also revealed rising casualties caused by suicide bombings and attacks using improvised explosive devices (IEDs). |
16-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: 10,000 civilian casualties | Kabul, Feb 15 (IBNS): More than 10,000 civilians lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest annual UN report documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan. |
15-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Four security personnel killed | Quetta, Feb 14 (IBNS): Unidentified men attacked targetted a motorcycle patrol of the Frontier Corps (FC) while it was on routine duty in Quetta, leaving at least four security personnel killed, media reports said on Wednesday. |
14-Feb-2018 |
Over 40 Taliban insurgents killed in air | Afghanistan, Feb 14 (IBNS) : More than 40 Taliban insurgents were killed in a series of airstrikes launched in response to the coordinated attack of the group on Nish district. |
14-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Human rights activist Asma Jah | Lahore, Feb 13 (IBNS): Pakistan's senior lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir was offered funeral prayers at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday. |
13-Feb-2018 |
Bangladesh: Two JMB terrorists arrested | Dhaka, Feb 13 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces on Tuesday claimed they have arrested two militants of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from country's capital city Dhaka, media reports said. |
13-Feb-2018 |
Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilo | Islamabad, Feb 13 (IBNS): Abdulaziz Kamilov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, along with a four-member delegation, visited Islamabad on Monday. |
13-Feb-2018 |
Grenade lobbed in Afghanistan cricketer' | Kabul, Feb 13 (IBNS): Unidentified men have lobbed hand grenade in the house of Afghanistan cricketer Hamid Hassan in eastern Nangarhar province, media reports said on Tuesday. |
13-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan declares Mumbai attack mastermi | New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Hafiz Saeed, the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and one of the most wanted by India, has been declared a terrorist by Pakistan, media reports said. |
13-Feb-2018 |
Rajapaksa calls to dissolve the governme | Colombo, Feb 12 (IBNS): Winning a stunning victory by grabbing two third of the 340 local government bodies, the party backed by the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday urged the government to dissolve Parliament immediately and declare a General Election. |
12-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan : Car bomb explosion leaves | Afghanistan, Feb 12 (IBNS) : At least four Taliban insurgents were killed in an explosion triggered by a premature blast in a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device. |
12-Feb-2018 |
Pakistan: Human rights activist Asma Jah | Lahore, Feb 11 (IBNS): Pakistan's senior lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir died in Lahore city on Sunday, media reports said. |
11-Feb-2018 |
Khaleda Zia's conviction and sentencing | Dhaka, Feb 10 (IBNS): BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said conviction and sentence against former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case is going to be a turning point for the party. |
10-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan : Explosion in cricket groun |
Kabul, Feb 10 (IBNS) : At least three people were killed in an explosion in a cricket ground in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. |
10-Feb-2018 |
Four relatives visit Dhaka jail to meet | Dhaka, Feb 9 (IBNS): Four relatives of jailed ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia went to the prison on Nazimuddin Road in capital Dhaka city to meet her. |
09-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: Residents say airstrike kil | Kabul, Feb 9 (IBNS): Residents in Afghanistan's Khost province said that at least seven seven members of a family were killed in an airstrike carried out by the nation's security forces. |
09-Feb-2018 |
Bangladesh: Former PM Khaleda Zia gets f | Dhaka, Feb 8 (IBNS) : Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail as a Bangladesh court convicted her in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports said. |
08-Feb-2018 |
Uzbek nationals among 14 ISIS militants | Afghanistan, Feb 8 (IBNS): At least 14 militants affiliated with the Islamic State terror group were killed in the latest airstrikes conducted northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. |
08-Feb-2018 |
Bangladesh ‘fully committed’ to UN p | New York, Feb 8 (JEN): UN peacekeeping is a “very important component” of keeping the world safe and secure, and Bangladesh remains “fully committed” to contributing men – and increasingly women – to serve. |
08-Feb-2018 |
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill three police pe | Kabul, Feb 7 (IBNS): An unidentified gunman killed three police personnel in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Wednesday, media reports said. |
07-Feb-2018 |