Pakistan condemns Jaipur terror bombings
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan Tuesday condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur, in which around 60 people were killed and over a 100 injured, and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families.
In separate messages to their Indian counterparts, President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani condemned the blasts and sympathized with the Indian people.
Pakistan President on six-day China visit
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Thursday left for a six-day state visit to China to discuss bilateral relations and international issues with Chinese leaders.
During his visit April 10-15, Musharraf will hold talks with the Chinese leaders to strengthen bilateral ties in defence and trade sectors.
Chinese President Hu Jintao invited the Pakistani president as part of a regular high-level interaction programme between the two countries, the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
Zardari ‘profoundly grieved’ by book linking Benazir, Imran
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and other members of the Bhutto family have been "profoundly grieved" by a new book that claims Benazir Bhutto had a college affair with former international cricketer Imran Khan, Pakistan high commissioner to Britain said Thursday.
Indian parties should unite: PM Razak
Kula Lumpur : All political parties representing the Indians should unite and work together for the betterment of the community, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
Israel will respond to Egyptian truce proposal – Haaretz newspaper
By NNN-KUNA,
Gaza : Israel will positively respond to the Egyptian-mediated cease-fire proposal in Gaza Strip, Israel's "Haaretz" newspaper reported on Monday.
The paper said Israel did not intend to officially declare its commitment to the Egyptian proposal, but would take s a series of steps, beginning with a lull in military action, followed by gradual relaxation of the "financial blockade" of Gaza.
Meanwhile, Hamas would dispatch a delegation to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as Israel informed Egyptian mediators about its preliminary agreement of the truce.
Lebanese speaker: national dialogue depends on majority consensus
By Xinhua
Beirut : Lebanese Parliament Speaker and opposition leader Nabih Berri has said that his call for a national dialogue among rival leaders should be favored by all sides particularly the ruling majority, local As Safir daily reported Friday.
"The issue of resuming dialogue depends on the consensus of different parties especially the pro-government side," Berri, who returned late Thursday to Beirut from a European tour, was quoted as saying.
Bangladesh remembers ‘Mujibnagar’ era
By IANS,
Dhaka: Bangladesh Saturday observed the 40th anniversary of the inauguration of its provisional government, when its then green and golden flag was unfurled for the first time at a mango grove on the western border with India.
The spot, Baidyanathtala, was subsequently renamed Mujibnagar after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had by then been detained and whisked away to West Pakistan.
Palestinian premier says Israel peace deal unlikely in 2008
By RIA Novosti
Tel Aviv : The Palestinian prime minister called for the pace of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to be stepped up if a deal is to be reached by the end of 2008 as planned.
Salam Fayyad made the statement in Jerusalem while speaking to North American Jewish leaders ahead of a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders Tuesday.
The premier said he believed what had been done over the last three months was insufficient to wrap up a deal by December 2008, a deadline set at a November U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis.
FM receives Pakistani religious leaders
By IRNA,
Tehran : A number of Pakistani religious leaders discussed issues of mutual interest with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday.
In the meeting, Mottaki, by referring to the presence of foreigners in the region and their goals, underlined the necessity of unity among Muslims and Islamic countries.
Mottaki said, "One of the plans of foreign powers in the region is spreading disunity among Shia and Sunni Muslims and the role of religious leaders to neutralized such plots is very prominent."
Should India talk to Pakistan? Why not, say experts
By Sarwar Kashani, IANS,
New Delhi: It is necessary for India to talk to Pakistan and raise its concerns with the civilian government there because that very move can help isolate the forces that spread hatred and terror, former diplomats and experts here opine.
Dismissing the notion that diplomatic engagement with the neighbour can take place only after Islamabad takes concrete action against anti-India terrorism, the experts who spoke to IANS appeared united in the belief that dialogue was the only way to solve all problems, including terror.
Gaza’s water woes likely to get worse
By Shabtai Gold, DPA,
Gaza City : Five small children, aged 3 to 7, gathered outside a small kiosk in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, carrying dirty yellow and red plastic jugs to fill up water from a metal tank.
As night fell, Ghassan, the shop owner, sat in darkness, since the enclave still suffers from regular power cuts. A picture of dead Hamas leaders, killed over the years by Israel, hung behind him.
"I do this for humanitarian reasons, for the people," the man said, offering guests a cup of water.
Iraq needs unity government to fight militants
Baghdad : French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday that Iraq needs a "broad unity government" if it is to combat Islamist militants who...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres
By DPA,
Tehran: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Sunday began military manoeuvres that are to focus mainly on testing air force capabilities against attacks on nuclear sites, medi reports said.
The latest exercises, being held in central, western, southern and south-western Iran, are to last for five days, according to a statement issued by the Revolutionary Guards and carried by Khabar news network.
Missiles fired from Afghanistan kills 2 in Pakistan
By KUNA,
Islamabad : At least two persons were killed and twoo others were wounded when a missile fired from neighboring war-ravaged Afghanistan landed inside Pakistani bordering tribal district, said officials.
A missile probably fired by Allied Forces, conducting operation against Taliban militants, landed near a checkpost in Khar district of Bajaur tribal agency, security officials told KUNA.
They said the missile killed two persons including an Afghan refugee and wounded two others.
UAE to participate in Palestine investment conference
By IANS,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it will participate in the Palestine Investment Conference which seeks to highlight investment opportunities in Palestinian economy, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Tuesday told a consultative committee meeting that a number of public and private sectors in the UAE would participate in the conference, slated for May 21-23 in Bethlehem.
Israel conducts anti-missile test
By DPA,
Tel Aviv : The Israeli navy has successfully tested its Barak anti-missile system, the military announced Sunday.
The test included a version of the missile system with improved rocket-interception capabilities, the military said.
An interceptor missile was fired from the Israel Navy Ship Lahav, a Sa'ar 5-type corvette, successfully intercepting a target described as simulating an incoming enemy missile.
Iran demands US apology over nuclear issue
By Xinhua
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has demanded an apology from the US and its allies for groundlessly condemning its supposed nuclear ambitions and to "compensate for their mistakes".
Ahmadinejad said in a televised address to the nation Saturday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report vindicated Iran's position over the nuclear issue and the best way for the US and its allies to "compensate for their mistakes" is to "apologize and pay compensation".
Iraqi Parliament postpones vote on elections law to Wednesday
By NNN-KUNA,
Baghdad : The Iraqi parliament postponed its urgent session Tuesday which was scheduled to discuss the governorates elections law. The session was postponed till Wednesday.
Speaker of the Senate Khaled Attiya told the press that the session was postponed due to heated debate amongst political blocs on the UN draft paper which suggested a solution to the problem.
The UN paper called for holding elections in all governorates except for Kirkuk, which would hold its elections in December 2009.
Pakistan’s new PM gets vote of confidence in parliament
By SPA
Islamabad, Pakistan : Pakistan's new prime minister has won the unanimous backing of parliament, including the allies of its U.S.-backed president.
The legislature passed a motion expressing confidence in Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday without holding a vote after opposition parties pledged their support.
Lawmakers elected Gilani as prime minister earlier this week.
Over 120 Afghan schoolgirls sick after poison attack
By IANS,
London : Over 120 schoolgirls in Afghanistan fell sick following a suspected poison attack by the Taliban, a media report said.
Exhibition on Pak products attract big crowd
By APP
London : A two-day exhibition and sale of fabric, home ware, fashion wear, jewellery, carpets and gifts by Pakistan’s women entrepreneurs opened here on Friday at the Kensington Great Hall, Central London, and drew a big crowd which came to see the country’s wide range of products.Titled as ‘From Loom to Luxury’, the exhibition reflected the quality of manufacturing rooted in the rich heritage of Pakistan. It is being participated by 55 women entrepreneurs.
US, Pakistani universities enter into agreement for cooperation at PHD level
By NNN-APP,
Washington : Pakistan’s University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar and America’s Old Dominion University, Virginia have entered into an academic agreement for mutual cooperation in teaching and research at Ph.D. level.
Under the split program of PhD, teaching and research would be undertaken in both universities. The ODU will help the UET for the development of PhD teaching courses, a news release said.
Pakistan government empowers itself to collect intelligence data
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has empowered itself to oversee and manage collection of terrorism-specific intelligence from civil and military agencies.
This came about after Pakistan...
Three killed in Indonesia police raid
By DPA,
Jakarta : Indonesian police killed four suspected Islamic militants Thursday in a siege on a house in Central Java province, media reports said.
Police began surrounding the house before midnight Wednesday on the outskirts of Solo city after arresting a man at a nearby market, the state-run Antara news agency said.
Police fired shots and killed four people in the house, including a woman, TVOne reported.
Obama marks end of Iraq war
By IANS,
Washington: US President Barack Obama Wednesday marked the end of the Iraq war with a visit to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Xinhua reported.
Car bomb kills 3 in northern Baghdad
By Xinhua
Baghdad : A car bomb went off in a northern Baghdad neighborhood on Sunday killed three people and wounded 13 others, an Interior Ministry source said.
The car bomb parked on a main road in the neighborhood of Qahirah detonated after midday, killing three people, including a policeman, and wounding 13 others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Syrian President visits Turkey on peace talks with Israel
By Xinhua,
Damascus : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is scheduled to pay a visit to neighboring Turkey on Tuesday to discuss with the Turkish leadership the indirect peace talks with Israel mediated by Turkey, the independent Syria-news website reported.
Current situation in the region and means to boost Syrian-Turkish bilateral relations would also be discussed during Assad's meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Aegean resort town of Bodrum, said the report.
100 missing as tidal surge sets off floods in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : Over 100 fishermen were missing and thousands marooned in flash floods that hit the coastal belt of southern Bangladesh.
The meteorology office in the capital Dhaka said the sea would remain rough under the influence of the depression that had formed in the northern part of Bay of Bengal.
The depression still hovering on the northern Bay of Bengal was expected to cross to Indian coastal areas in Orissa, albeit slowly, The Daily Star newspaper said Wednesday.
Two UN officials killed in Afghanistan
By Xinhua,
Kabul : Two people were killed and 15 injured when a car bomb hit a convoy of vehicles belonging to UN aid agencies in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province Sunday morning, the provincial police said.
"The incident took place on Kandahar-Spinboldak highway at 9.30 a.m. when a man driving an explosives-laden car blew it up next to the convoy, killing two on the spot and wounding 15 others including one police personnel," police chief Matihullah Khan told reporters.
"Except the police constable, all the victims are civilians," he added.
Pakistanis kill two shop robbers
By IANS,
Islamabad : Two armed men died in Pakistan's port city of Karachi when they attempted a robbery at a shop Thursday, and enraged citizens snatched their weapons and shot them.
Urdu-speaking Bangladeshis yet to get passports
By IANS,
Dhaka : Nine months after they were granted Bangladeshi citizenship, Urdu-speaking non-Bengalis, including many who migrated from Bihar, are yet to get their passports, a media report said.
A High Court order of May 18 last year granted over 300,000 people citizenship rights and they were subsequently issued identity cards to be able to vote in last month's general election.
But the home ministry says it has yet to receive a copy of the high court order, The Daily Star reported Monday.
Turkish Ambassador meets Pakistan’s Parliament Speaker
By SPA
Islamabad : Turkish Ambassador to Islamabad Rauf Engin Soysal has met Lower House of Parliament Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, said an official statement.
She called for greater economic cooperation and exchange of Parliamentarians between Pakistan and Turkey.
The speaker said that Pakistan highly valued its relations with Turkey as both the countries have unanimity of views on all regional and global issues.
U.S. reiterates accusations against Syria
By Xinhua
Washington : The United States reiterated on Tuesday its call for Syria to stop alleged human rights abuses and end its alleged support for terrorism.
"It is time for the Syrian government to modify its behavior, end its support for terrorism in the region, and provide its citizens with the rights they deserve," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said in a statement.
The State Department issued the statement about two months after Syria attended the U.S.-brokered Mideast conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
Programme for Pakistani unemployed postgradutes
By NNN-APP
Islamabad : The government has asked the unemployed postgraduates from across the country to submit their applications for National Internship Programme (NIP) for the ongoing year.
All those who have completed sixteen years of education from a recognized university or degree awarding institution can apply for the programme, an official told APP here Friday.
He said that the scheme besides keeping the fresh graduates engaged in creative work is aimed at providing financial help to them.
Iraqi PM starts visit to UAE
By Xinhua,
Abu Dhabi : Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived here Sunday, starting a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the official Emirates News Agency reported.
Maliki, accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising ministers of interior, trade, industry and mining, was received upon arrival by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and a number of senior officials, the report said.
Airstrikes against IS ‘only the beginning’: Pentagon
Washington: The airstrikes on the Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria overnight Monday were "only the beginning" of a coalition effort of the US...
UAE hails Palestinian reconciliation deal
By IANS/WAM,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian groups - Fatah and Hamas - and the consensus around the deal.
Afghan authorities arrest 77 in connection with bomb plots
By SPA
Kabul : Afghan authorities arrested 77 people involved in suicide bomb plots last year, including
27 people from foreign countries, Afghanistan's anti-terrorism chief said Tuesday.
Gen. Abdul Manan Farahi, the anti-terrorism chief of the Afghan Interior Ministry, said the 77 included would-be suicide bombers and their accomplices. Militants set off roughly 140 suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan last year, the Associated Press reported.
Pakistan to strengthen relations with Bangladesh – Babar
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka, Bangladesh : Pakistan High Commissioner in Bangladesh Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar said today that Islamabad wants to strengthen bilateral ties with Dhaka in different areas including trade and commerce.
"The annual trade volume between the two countries is merely US $ 340 million, which can be substantially increased through diversification of trade," he said at a talk, organized by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh (DCAB) at the Jatiya Press Club.
Ukraine firm to invest $1 bn in Iranian oil fields
By IANS,
Tehran : A Ukrainian company will invest $1 billion to develop three Iranian oilfields, a media report said.
West seeks Iran regime change: Putin
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : The West is using a nonproliferation campaign as a blind for bringing about regime change in Iran, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.
13 Libyan rebels die in NATO air strike: Report
By IANS,
Tripoli : Thirteen Libyan rebels were killed in an air strike by NATO-led coalition forces in the country's eastern city of Brega, Xinhua reported Saturday.
Kuwait’s deputy PM quits
By IANS,
Kuwaiti City : Kuwait's deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah has resigned, Xinhua quoted the government spokesman as saying Tuesday.
Assam bandh over Indo-Bangla land deal draws mixed response
Guwahati : The 10-hour Assam bandh on Thursday against the central government's decision to hand over the state's land to Bangladesh evoked a mixed...
UAE commits $10 million to nuclear fuel reserve proposal
By NNN-WAM,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates has contributed $10 million towards a fuel bank proposal originally launched by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in 2006.
Iranian, Senegalese presidents discuss bilateral ties
By NNN-KUNA
Mashhad (Iran) : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his visiting Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade have held discussions here on major bilateral developments.
Wade arrived in Iran's Holy city of Mashhad Wednesday night to pay homage to Imam Reza, the eighth imam of the Prophet Mohammad's Household.
Ahmadinejad is in this northeastern city as part of the second round of his provincial tour to Iranian cities.
The two presidents held private talks after Wade was welcomed by his Iranian counterpart.
Ex-Bangla minister’s family to decide on his deportation
Shillong : The family of Salahuddin Ahmed, a former Bangladesh minister held here on charges of illegally entering India, is yet to decide on...
U.S.-Iran talks on Iraqi security to start in a few days
By RIA Novosti
Moscow : Talks between the United States and Iran on security in Iraq will start in the next few days, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Tuesday.
"The next round of talks will get underway in a few days. We hope the talks will help improve the situation in and surrounding Iraq," Zebari told a news conference in Moscow.
The minister confirmed Iranian ISNA news agency reports on Saturday that the fourth round of U.S.-Iranian talks on Iraq could take place in Baghdad next week.
10 security personnel kidnapped in Pakistan
By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Ten security personnel were kidnapped Friday by militants in northwestern Pakistan, a media report said.
The security men were kidnapped in Upper Dir district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Dawn TV channel reported citing unnamed officials.
No further details were immediately available.
Earlier, the security forces had killed at least 70 Taliban militants in Lower Dir district of NWFP.
Pakistani security forces killed more than 50 militants in the ongoing military operation in Buner district of NWFP, amid concerns over Taliban expansion.
Zardari’s Kargil comment angers Sharif’s PML-N
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS,
Islamabad : Fresh tensions have arisen in Pakistan's ruling coalition with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari blaming both President Pervez Musharraf and partner, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, for the Kargil conflict of 1999 that invited international criticism.
Iran won’t allow cameras in nuclear sites: Foreign minister
Tehran : Iran will not allow installation of online cameras in its nuclear centers, said an Iranian parliament member citing Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...
Some 20 activists surrender to give peace process a chance – Nablus Governor
By NNN-KUNA
Ramallah : Governor of the Palestinian city of Nablus Jamal Moheissen has said some 20 members of the pro-Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade have handed in their weapons and surrendered to Palestinian security forces.
Hoheissen said in a special interview with KUNA Tuesday that they made the move voluntarily in order to deny Israeli forces the excuse to continue their intrusion into Nablus to catch the activists.
He said the activists were willing to give the peace process a chance to succeed and have opted to give themselves up as a "national gesture."
Afghan war affecting Pakistan: Zardari
By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has criticised US politicians, saying they fail to understand that the war on terror in Afghanistan affects the entire region.
Residents of Syria’s Old Homs city return home
Damascus : After a period of two years of conflict, residents of Syria's Old Homs city have finally returned to their homes after the...
Demonstrations condemn CIA contractor release
By IRNA,
Islamabad : A group of people, angry over the release of CIA contractor, Thursday clashed with the riot police in Pakistan ’s eastern city of Lahore , witnesses said.
Nawaz Sharif placed under house arrest
By DPA,
Islamabad : Pakistani authorities Sunday placed opposition leader and two-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif under house arrest, his party spokesman said.
Sharif had planned to head an anti-government rally from the eastern city of Lahore to Islamabad and a sit-in in the federal capital for independence of judiciary Monday.
Ahsan Iqbal, the spokesman of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), said the former prime minister has been detained at his residence in Lahore together with his nephew and a member of parliament and dozens of supporters.
Syrian president accepts government resignation
By DPA,
Damascus : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted his government's resignation Tuesday following days of protests.
Gaddafi’s daughter gives birth to baby girl in Algeria
By IANS,
Algiers : Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha, who entered Algeria from Libya Monday, gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday in an Algerian town, Xinhua reported.
Musharraf stresses importance of Pak-U.S. cooperation
By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday stressed the importance of multi-faceted cooperation between Pakistan and the United States, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
He made the remarks when meeting with visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard.
Musharraf also underlined the need for deepening cooperation inthe agreed areas of economy, energy, education and science and technology.
Sporadic violence in Karachi after MQM chief’s arrest
Islamabad: Unidentified persons torched four vehicles in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi Tuesday following the arrest of MQM leader Altaf Hussain in London...
‘Sharif was not informed of Kargil by Musharraf’
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS,
Islamabad : President Pervez Musharraf's former aide, Lt. Gen (retd) Jamshed Gulzar Kiani, said Monday evening that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was not informed about the 1999 Kargil operation by Musharraf who was then army chief.
"I am not sure from where he (Sharif) came to know, but it wasn't through the army and the Kargil operation was kept secret from Nawaz Sharif," said the former general who was the corps commander of Rawalpindi, one of the most important posts in the army, under Musharraf when he was the chief of the army staff.
Dhaka may hold polls under emergency curbs
By IANS,
Dhaka : The parliamentary polls in Bangladesh scheduled for December may be held without lifting the curbs imposed under a national emergency, going by the largely trouble-free civic polls held Monday that saw the Awami League emerge victorious.
Holding an election under the national emergency was "no longer an issue", Chief Election Commissioner A.T.M Shamsul Huda was quoted as saying.
Pakistan frees top radical leader
By IRNA,
Peshawar : Pakistani government in the country's northwest on Monday freed a top radical leader after nearly seven years detention in a reconciliation process with the militants, a government spokesman said Monday.
Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the founder of 'Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e- Shariat-e-Mohammadi' (TSNM), a Pakistani organization which aims to strictly enforce Shariat in the country, was arrested in late 2001 after he was returning from Afghanistan.
US air raid Kills 3 Iraqi civilians
By Prensa Latina
Baghdad : A US helicopter opened fire at a group of Iraqi civilians in Dur locality, in the northern province of Salahedin, killing at least three of them, reported police sources.
The US Central Command in the Arab country has made no comments on the air strike, which according to eyewitnesses was staged on Monday night.
Meanwhile, official sources reported that at least eight US soldiers have died in Iraq in the last 24 hours, turning Monday the most deadly day for those occupation troops so far this year.
Blast in Afghan ministry, casualties reported
By Xinhua,
Kabul : An unknown number of people were killed and injured in a powerful explosion in the building housing Afghanistan's ministry of culture and information here Thursday morning.
"The blast occurred at the first floor of the building and policemen are taking out dead and injured people," an eyewitness said.
There was no immediate official comment on the incident.
Police have cordoned off the area.
Pakistan Peoples Party wants to advance Senate elections
By IANS,
Islamabad : The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party leadership has decided to hold the Senate elections in mid-February, the Dawn quoted a senior party member as saying.
US blacklists two leaders of Al Shabaab terrorist group
Washington: The US has designated two leaders of the Somali militant group Al Shabaab as terrorists, according to a report on Tuesday.
Ahmed Diriye, Al...
Unicef and Dubai charity to provide education to one mn children
By IANS
New York : The Unicef and Gulf charity Dubai Cares have announced a new partnership to provide access to education for nearly one million children around the world, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.
The move is part of a campaign by Dubai Cares to help in achieving the universal primary education target by 2015 of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Gulf charity will work closely with the Unicef to support education programmes in countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia and the Middle East.
40 Malaysian Islamist radicals fighting for IS
Bangkok : Around 40 Malaysian citizens have joined the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group to fight in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, Malaysian...
Three policemen killed in southwest Pakistan
By DPA
Islamabad : Unknown gunmen opened fire on a police patrol Thursday in southwest Balochistan province, killing three officers, officials said.
One policeman died on the spot and two others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital after the attack in the provincial capital Quetta, Superintendent of Police Abdul Hameed Khosa said.
Bangladesh SC upholds opposition leader’s death sentence
Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for opposition BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for atrocities committed during the 1971 liberation...
Etihad to launch Abu Dhabi-Amsterdam flights
By IANS/WAM,
Abu Dhabi : Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will launch daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam starting May 15.
ईशनिंदा, मुसलमानों की ज़िम्मेदारियां और विश्व समुदाय
वसीम अकरम त्यागी
पेरिस में मोहम्मद पैगम्बर ए इस्लाम वाले ‘अध्यापक’ की हत्या कर दी गई। इस अध्यापक ने क्लास के दौरान पैगंम्बर ए इस्लाम...
Israel to build shelters against bio-chemical bombs
By IANS,
Jerusalem : Israeli defence force is mapping out locations in major cities to build shelters to accommodate its civilians in case of chemical or biological military strikes, according to local media.
"Israel is preparing to set up additional large underground spaces which will be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people and protect them from unconventional weaponry," Lt. Col. Ronny Seri of the Home Front Command told local daily Yediot Aharonot.
Israel cancels plans to close West Bank shopping centre
By DPA,
Ramallah : The Israeli military cancelled Thursday an earlier decision to shut down the West Bank's largest shopping centre, located in the northern city of Nablus, its owners said.
The shopping centre known as Nablus Mall was built four years ago through the cooperation of several Palestinian companies and entrepreneurs and most of its 80 shops and business offices were either sold or leased.
Some of the major shareholders in the mall kept for themselves a number of offices, from where they run their businesses.
Rice in Pakistan to discuss Indo-Pak tension
By KUNA,
Islamabad : The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, arrived here on Thursday to press Islamabad to extend all possible cooperation to New Delhi on the Mumbai terror attacks.
She was holding a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, and official sources told KUNA that the talks would mainly cover renewed tension in relations between India and Pakistan.
Cathay Pacific to fly weekly between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh
By IANS/WAM,
Abu Dhabi: Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a new weekly passenger service between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has said.
Iran wants joint committee with Lebanon on missing diplomats
By Xinhua,
BEIRUT : Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Shibani has urged that his country wants to form a joint committee with Lebanon to look into the case of the four missing Iranian diplomats in Lebanon since 1982, As-Safir daily reported Wednesday.
Shibani made the call after meeting Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, saying "the Islamic republic is calling to form an Iranian-Lebanese committee to follow up the details and circumstances of the case."
Italy condemns terrorist attacks in Turkey
By KUNA,
Rome : Italy condemned Monday the terrorist attacks that occurred in Istanbul Sunday evening and expressed its support to Turkey's membership in the European Union (EU).
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in a press release issued by his ministry that he condemns the attacks which killed 16 people and injured 154 others as acts of terrorism.
The release said the minister sent, Monday morning, a cable to his Turkish counterpart expressing the Italian government's support.
It also said that Frattini stressed his support to Turkey's membership in the EU.
Israel re-opens three border crossings
By IINA,
Jerusalem : At least three border crossings between Israel and Gaza were re-opened yesterday, after Palestinians halted cross-border attacks that threatened an Egypt-brokered peace deal, officials said. The Sufa commercials crossing, the Nahal OZ fuel transfer deport and the Erez border terminal for travelers began functioning at 8 am, with few restrictions still in force, Israel said.
Israel strikes Hamas car in southern Gaza, five killed
By SPA
Gaza City : An Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a car with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip late Wednesday morning, killing five Palestinians, dpa quoted first aid officials as saying.
At least three others were injured, Gaza emergency services chief Mo'aweya Hassanein said.
Witnesses said two missiles hit the white van as it was travelling in the sand dunes west of Khan Younis. A third missile struck nearby some 10 minutes later, killing no-one, they said.
Weapons cache seized in Afghanistan
By IANS,
Kabul : The Afghan and NATO-led international security forces have seized a weapons cache in Afghanistan's northeastern Nuristan province, officials said in a statement Friday.
The weapons, seized late Thursday, included 12 rockets, two rocket-propelled grenades and 22 mortar rounds, Xinhua reported.
The weapons were found buried in a field in Garm Ser district in southern Helmand province after a tip off given by a civilian.
Iraq boosts police presence on Syrian border
By DPA,
Baghdad : The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have boosted their presence along the country's border with Syria following a US raid inside the neighbouring country last week, reports said Sunday.
Syria had pulled police back from the border as a response to the US commando raid last Sunday that killed eight people in the village of Abu Kemal.
The raid reportedly targeted an Al Qaeda supporter responsible for smuggling fighters, weapons and money into Iraq, although no official clarification has been made.
Indian PM pays homage to Bangladesh martyrs
By IANS,
Dhaka: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday paid tributes to those who died fighting for Bangladesh's independence -- from Pakistani rule.
Bangladeshi man kills self after seeing wife’s body
By IANS,
Dhaka : A Bangladeshi man took his own life by jumping in front of a train after seeing the body of his wife, who had committed suicide, police said Saturday.
Corruption case filed against former Bangladesh PM’s son
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh's anti-graft body has pressed charges against Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger businessman son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, for money laundering.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday said Koko, now convalescing in a Singapore hospital after months of imprisonment, had laundered money he had illegally taken from China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd and German telecom firm Siemens "in exchange for helping them get government contracts", The Daily Star said.
Iran urges IAEA to make fair decision
By Xinhua,
Tehran : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should not be influenced by foreign pressures in its decision making regarding the Iranian nuclear file, particularly by the United States, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said Monday.
"We expect the agency to adopt legal approach toward Iran's peaceful nuclear program," Qashqavi was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying.
Pakistan tests medium-range ballistic missile
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan Friday successfully carried out a training launch of a medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said.
The army's Strategic Missile Group conducted the launch of the Ghauri (Hatf-V) missile, which can fire payloads up to 1,300 km, a statement from the military said.
Pakistan first test-fired the Ghauri on Nov 16, 2006.
25 militants killed in Pakistan
By Xinhua,
Islamabad : At least 25 militants have been killed in a military operation in Pakistan's troubled Swat valley in the northwest, the army said Wednesday.
The army launched a major offensive in the valley after Taliban abducted 25 policemen and paramilitary soldiers from a police station Tuesday.
Curfew was declared in the whole valley before launching the operation early Wednesday, army information officer in the area Major Farooq told TV channels.
He said at least 25 militants were killed in the Srabandey area of the valley.
Iran’s envoy rejects western demands for enrichment stop
By IRNA
Berlin : Iran's Ambassador to Germany Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh here Tuesday dismissed western calls for a suspension of Iran's uranium enrichment program as "unacceptable and illogical." Speaking at a news conference, the Iranian top diplomat reiterated his country's right to have a peaceful nuclear program.
Like other countries, Iran has the right to have a peaceful nuclear program based on international laws and regulations in a bid to meet its energy demands, Akhoundzadeh added.
Taliban expand terror campaign in Pakistan’s Punjab
By Syed Saleem Shahzad, IANS/AKI,
Islamabad : Taliban militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur to remobilise and expand their operations.
As the military began its offensive against militants in South Waziristan in mid-October, those aligned with Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban began launching terror attacks in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province.
Happenings in Pakistan affect India more than any other country: Indian PM
By NNN-APP,
New Delhi : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here that happenings in Pakistan affect India more than any other country in the world.
“We reviewed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and emphasized the need for concerted international action to combat terrorism,” Singh said at a joint press conference after the meeting of the 10th India EU Summit on Friday.
Italy may unfreeze $3.6 bn of Libyan assets
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Rome : Italy plans to release 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) of Libya's assets and transfer it to the rebel-led government, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.
Blast kills five in Pakistan
By IANS,
Islamabad : Three soldiers were among five people killed in Pakistan Wednesday when a bomb struck an army convoy, police said.
Deadly Attacks Hit Pakistan
By Prensa Latina,
Islamabad : At least 10 people were killed, including three children, and 23 others were wounded today in two attacks against military personnel in this capital in the northwestern province, close to Afghanistan.
In the first incident, eight people were wounded when a suicide bomber launched his vehicle full of explosives against the anti terrorist squad of Islamabad’s police, according to Pakistan’s Press Agency (APP).
Israeli, German leaders: Improvement of Palestinian economy key to peace
By Xinhua
Jerusalem : A serious investment in the Palestinian economy could push forward the peace process, Israeli President Shimon Peres agreed with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, local daily Ha'aretz reported.
Peres showed Merkel his "peace valley" plan which includes a German-funded industrial zone in Jenin, and Merkel pledged 10million euros (about 6.37 million U.S. dollars ) of German donation to fund the project.
Six foreigners held in Malaysian drug bust
By IANS,
Kuala Lumpur : At least six foreigners have been arrested and narcotics worth about 20 million ringgit ($6.4 million) seized in a major drug bust in Malaysia.
Myanmar to handover more boat people to Bangladesh
Yangon : Myanmar authorities are slated to handover 165 verified Bangladeshi boat people, an official report said on Thursday.
A total of 733 boat...
Dhaka to enact law to curb `yellow journalism’
By IANS,
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is considering a law to stop "yellow journalism", Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has informed the country's parliament.
"Land grabbers and state wealth looters are becoming editors of newspapers to use journalist community to safeguard their wealth. This trend is increasing gradually," the minister was quoted as saying by The Daily Star Thursday.
In policy reversal, US envoy to meet Iran’s nuclear negotiator
By AFP,
Washington : The United States announced Wednesday a senior US diplomat would attend international nuclear talks with Iran, in the highest-ranking meeting between the two foes in three decades.
Indian borders on alert after mutiny in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Guwahati/Agartala : India Wednesday put its frontier guards on maximum alert along the Bangladesh border following a border guard mutiny in the neighbouring country, officials said.
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) official said troopers were put on high alert and additional reinforcements rushed to sensitive border areas along the northeastern states of Tripura and Assam.
"A high alert was sounded with senior officials asked to station themselves in the border outposts," A.K. Singh, a BSF spokesperson said.
Hamas urges Abbas to stop meetings with Olmert
By Xinhua,
Gaza : Meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are "loss of time," Islamic Hamas movement said on Monday. The meetings "are held upon American orders to grant more time(for Israel) and to divert the Palestinian and international opinion," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoom in a statement.
Muslim MPs condems Israeli “massacres” against Palestinians
By NNN-KUNA
Cairo : Members of parliaments of Islamic countries condemned Thursday the Israeli "massacres" in Gaza Strip and other occupied Palestinian territories, which claimed lives of innocent people.
Turkish war planes bomb Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq
By DPA,
Ankara : Turkish warplanes Friday bombed suspected Kurdish separatist positions in the Kandil mountains of northern Iraq, near the Iraqi border with Iran, the Turkish military announced.
"Our planes returned safely to their bases after successfully completing their missions during Friday's daylight hours," the General Staff said in a short statement on its official website.
The statement said that the target of operations were Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) positions and that necessary precautions were taken to avoid harming civilians in the area.
US Senate leader wants aid to Pakistan cut
By IANS
New York : US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, after meeting Pakistani politician Imran Khan, has asked President George W. Bush to cut non-developmental aid to Pakistan if the forthcoming elections there are not free and fair.
Reid issued a statement Tuesday after meeting Khan, a cricket legend, who shared his suspicion with the Democrat leader that President Pervez Musharraf could rig the Feb 18 polls.
Palestinians divided over historic Bush visit
By Xinhua
Gaza : It is less than 48 hours before U.S. President George W. Bush pays a historic visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, which is aiming at moving forward the Mideast peace process and nurturing a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
On Sunday, President Bush said in an interview with the Israeli Television that he wants to urge Israel and the Palestinians to reach a final agreement on establishing an independent Palestinian state to live side by side with Israel before the end of his political career.
Peaceful protest held by Sadr City people
By IRNA,
Baghdad : The face-off between Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government unfolded Sunday on the streets of Sadr City where a peaceful demonstration against continued violence there was held by members of the Iraqi Parliament even as clashes went on a few blocks away.
Russia bans Turkish Islamic sect Nurcular
By RIA Novosti
Moscow : Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that Turkish Islamic organization Nurcular is an extremist organization, and has banned its activities in the country.
The court granted a request by Russia's top prosecutors.
"The Supreme Court, having considered in a closed session the Prosecutor General's Office request to protect Russia's interests by ruling the activities international religious organization Nurcular extremist, and to ban its activities on Russian territory, decided to grant the office's request," the court said.
Ten Kurdish militants killed in Turkey
By RIA Novosti
Ankara : Turkish troops have killed 10 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in clashes near the Iraqi border, the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces said on Thursday.
It also said a large amount of weapons and explosives had been seized during the operation, which took place in the southeast Sirnak province.
According to media reports, the military operation, which involved over 300 troops and some 100 members of non-governmental self-defense forces, was launched after a Heron unmanned aerial vehicle had spotted a guerrilla group in the province.
Malaysian leader denies sodomy, seeks refuge
By DPA,
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Sunday denied sodomy charges lodged by a former aide as a "complete fabrication", but later sought refuge at the Turkish embassy for security reasons, said family members and supporters.
A former aide, aged in his 20s, filed a police report late Saturday claiming that Anwar had sodomised him in his apartment Thursday.
Anwar's wife and president of the People's Justice Party, Wan Azizah Ismail said Anwar had received death threats shortly after issuing a statement refuting the charges against him.
Mumbai attacks planned outside Pakistan: TV
By Xinhua,
ISLAMABAD : The Mumbai attacks which took place last November were planned outside Pakistan, private TV channel reported on Sunday.
Pakistan has prepared a report in connection with Mumbai attacks' probe and it said the attacks were planned outside Pakistan, said the report.
Cases will be filed against five Pakistanis in this regard, according to the Geo.
A high-level meeting will be summoned on Monday to discuss the response to the Indian dossier on Mumbai attacks, local newspaper The Nation reported on Sunday.
Palestinian negotiator denies Olmert’s remarks about progress in peace talks
By Xinhua,
Ramallah : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's remarks about progress in the peace talks with the Palestinians were untrue, a Palestinian official said Wednesday.
Olmert's recent statements made during the Euro-Mediterranean summit in Paris "were only words for the media," said the Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo.
"The Palestinian side did not feel any progress either in the daily-life issues or the final-status issues," Abed Rabbo added.
Indian in UAE unable to pay hospital bills
Abu Dhabi : An uninsured Indian man in the UAE has run up more than $160,000 in medical bills after he suffered a brain...
Israel Embassy Shot in Mauritania
By Prensa Latina
Tel Aviv : A group of six armed men opened fire on the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, on Friday, one of the north African countries that has relations with Tel Aviv.
The Israeli ambassador to Mauritania, Boaz Bismut, said no embassy employees were hurt in the early Friday morning attack.
Security guards at the embassy engaged in a battle with the armed men who were firing from a nearby disco, and who left the area in a car.
Mauritania, Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab States that have relations with Israel.
Fifteen killed in US helicopter firing in Pakistani tribal area
By KUNA,
Islamabad : More than 15 people, including women and children, were killed Wednesday in a purported US operation in an area boardering Pakistan.
The US gunship helicopters fired at three houses in Angoada area of South Waziristan tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan, security sources told KUNA.
They said the incident killed more than 15 people including three children and two women while, several others were wounded.
Kuwait TV making serial aimed at reconciliation between Shi’a, Sunni Muslims
Riyadh, Feb 13, IRNA – Saudi satellite TV, Al-Arabiya aired a news item Thursday evening announcing that a Kuwaiti TV station would begin production of a serial during next couple of days in which Arab actors would for the first time play the roles of 2nd and 3rd Shi’a Imams, Imam Hassan (P) and Imam Hussain (P).
According to IRNA Monitoring Service, Al-Arabiya added, “The serial would be produced having acquired the permission of religious sources of jurisprudence in a story in which there are roles also for such personalities as Muaviyeh, and his son, Yazid.
Turkish army hit PKK targets in N Iraq
By Xinhua,
Ankara : Turkish army on Monday morning hit the Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighboring northern Iraq, a military statement said.
The air operation staged by Turkish army in northern Iraq against the targets of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) came after 15 Turkish soldiers were killed at Friday's PKK attack in Hakkari province in southeastern Turkey.
Israel indicts Palestinian in three teenagers’ murder
Jerusalem:An Israeli military court Thursday indicted a Palestinian man on charges of heading a militant cell that was responsible for the kidnapping and killing...
Pakistan to ‘examine’ Interpol notice against Hafiz Saeed
By IANS,
London : Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said his government will examine an Interpol red corner notice against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded last year's Mumbai terror attacks.
"We will examine "t," Malik told a press conference in London Thursday.
He, however, pointed out that cer"ain "proce"ures" were needed to pursue the notice.
Malik also said Pakistan has received a dossier from India, but needs to examine whether it"meets "procedural requir"me"ts."
Israel willing to cut links with Gaza — official
GAZA, January 24 (KUNA) -- Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai on Thursday said that his country was willing to cut the remaining links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza after the Strip's borders with Egypt were blasted open.
We have to realize that when Gaza is open to the other side, we lose responsibility for it. So we want to disconnect from it, Vilnai told Radio Israel.
Abbas: No inter-Palestinian talks if Hamas rejects PLO
By Xinhua,
CAIRO, Feb : Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned here Sunday that there will be no inter-Palestinian talks unless Hamas accepts the legitimacy of the Fatah-dominated Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Abbas told reporters at a press conference that "we make it clear that... no dialogue with those who rejects the Palestine Liberation Organization," referring to the rival Hamas movement who took control of the Gaza Strip in a coup in June 2007.
"The organization (PLO) is the only representative of the Palestinians," he added.
Cold weather claims 37 lives in Afghanistan
By DPA
Kabul : Heavy snowfall and cold weather left at least 37 people dead in Afghanistan's southern province of Ghazni in the past 24 hours, the provincial governor said Tuesday.
"Over the past 24 hours, 37 people including some 20 children were killed due to cold weather in the province," provincial governor Faizullah Faizan said.
He said some of the people died en route to health centres after their vehicles were blocked by snow.
Abbas “opens his arms” for Hamas dialogue
By Xinhua,
Ramallah : President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement said Saturday that the Palestinian leader "opens his arms" to settle differences with Hamas.
"President Abbas opens his arms to end the Palestinian division and start dialogue," Azzam al-Ahmad, chief of Fatah parliamentary bloc, told the press.
"Doors are open for Hamas to return to the Palestinian legitimacy under the leadership of President Abbas," said al-Ahmad.
UAE, Latvia sign agreement
By IANS/WAM,
Abu Dhabi : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Latvia Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for political consultations.
40,000 die of kidney failure annually in Bangladesh
By IANS,
Dhaka : About 20 million people in Bangladesh are suffering from chronic kidney disease while 40,000 die of kidney failure in the country every year, Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.
There is only one nephrologist for 2.5 million people in the country but the ratio should be one for 50,000 people, experts said here at a seminar.
Taliban using civilians as human shields: Pakistani Army
By IANS,
Islamabad : The Taliban in Pakistan's restive northwest are using civilians as human shields to forestall the security forces action against them, the military said Monday as six soldiers and 10 militants were killed in the fighting.
The military operation in the Buner and Lower Dir districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) "is continuing while at least 2,000 innocent civilians are being used by the militants as human shields in Buner's Pir Baba area", the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
Pakistan for talks with India on countering terror
By IANS,
Islamabad : Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday that Pakistan was keen to hold talks with India on countering terrorism and widening their anti-terror mechanism.
"We are ready to talk as to how it (the mechanism) can be made more effective and as to how we can solidify mutual trust on this issue," he told OneWorld TV channel.
Musharraf, Pakistani PM meet visiting Chinese FM
By Xinhua,
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani met respectively with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday and reiterated their resolve to improve bilateral ties to a new level.
They said Pakistan will always stand with China on the Taiwan and Tibet issues and Beijing Olympics will be a great success.
Will not limit Jewish construction in east Jerusalem: Israel
Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Sunday said Israel will never limit its construction activity in Jerusalem and claimed that the construction of Jewish...
ISAF downbeat on fighting corruption and drugs in Afghanistan
By IRNA,
Berlin : The spokesman of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Brigadier General Josef Dieter Blotz warned that it would be very difficult to get rid of corruption and drugs in the war-stricken country.
Talking to the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, the ISAF official said, "It will be very difficult for us to create an Afghanistan which is completely free of corruption and drugs."
Urdu mushaira organised in Washington by the alumni of Aligarh University
TCN News
The 44th Annual Mushaira was organized by the Aligarh Alumni Association (AAA), Washington DC on 11th November 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The Aligarh Alumni Association, Washington DC...
N Iraq Resistance Weakens US Forces
By Prensa Latina
Baghdad : The resistance killed another three US soldiers and wounded two others in clashes in north Iraq, military sources informed on Wednesday.
According to the military report, three soldiers died on Monday when insurgents attacked a US contingent carrying out an anti-rebel operation in the province of Salaheddin, while another two were wounded in the same territory on Tuesday.
Five militants killed in Afghanistan
Kabul:At least five Taliban militants were killed and eight injured during a clash in Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.
"The clash erupted in Gereshk district,...