Peshawar: A joint jirga (council) of the Taliban militants and tribal elders have declared a ban on girls’ education in Pakistan’s Orakzai Agency and ordered Non Governmental Organizations to halt their activities, reported BBC Urdu website. Most of the educational centers in the area are founded and organized by these NGOs. This meeting took place […]
Journalists Under Constant Threat in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned about increasing disrespect and violence by local authorities and militant groups towards journalists in Afghanistan after reports of police intimidation, death threats and abduction. According to the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, five journalists from various media were threatened with guns by security officials […]
At least 80 killed in Kandahar suicide attack
Kabul: A suicide attack in southern Kandahar province at a dog fighting competition killed at least people and wounded more than 100, according to Kandahar governer Assadullah Khalid. He told a news conferance that an official, Abdul Hakim Jaan was among the dead. This was the deadliest suicide attack since the fall of the Taliban in their […]
40 killed and 100 wounded in suicide attack on election office
Peshawar: Another suicide attack on an election office in Pakistan’s Parachinar killed at least 40 people and wounded more than 100. Local officials confirmed it was a suicide attack and the bomber was believed to be driving in a car. Spokesman of Pakistani Interior Ministry confirmed that at least 27 were killed but eyewitnesses have […]
Pakistan – before and after the election
The upcoming parliamentary elections in Pakistan scheduled for February 18 seems to be first ever bloodiest experience in the history of the nation as not only the nationalist party saw its supporters bathed in pools of blood but the country’s most popular and the largest political party leader Benazir Bhutto was also sent heaven after […]
Taliban Admit They Freed Korean Hostages for Money
Peshawar: A Taliban official, Ustad Mohmmad Yasir, in a fresh interview, admits the group had freed 19 South Korean Christian volunteers after receiving payment. There were some reports in media that this was a multi-million dollar business, but the Taliban and the South Korean and Afghan governments officially had denied these reports and many times they […]
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