Afghanistan officials handed over the bodies of five martyred personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) as well as an injured soldier to the elders of Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on April 16 as talks continued between the two sides to deescalate tension along the border, reports Dawn. According to reports, 10 attackers from the Afghan side […]

More Pakistanis died in what were dubbed, by law enforcers, as encounter killings than in gun violence or suicide attacks in 2017, reveals the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Daily Times reported on April 17. The 29th annual report – dedicated to the memory of veteran human rights activist Asma Jahangir – was launched at […]

37 Taliban militants and one Policeman were killed and seven militants and two Policemen were injured in joint air-strikes conducted by Afghan and United States (US) Forces in Farah District the capital of Farah Province on April 16, reports Khaama Press. The air-strikes were conducted after Taliban militants launched an attack on security posts in the outskirts of the Farah […]

Afghanistan said that 24 militants were killed and 43 others were injured in operations conducted by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) with support of Air and Artillery Forces in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor, Faryab, Kunduz, Baghlan and Helmand Provinces in the last 24 hours, reports Bakhtar News on April 16.