Archive for August 12th, 2019

Taliban claim bomb attack on police in Afghanistan; nearly 100 wounded

A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, wounding at least 95 people, government officials said, and the Taliban claimed responsibility.

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Taliban suicide bomber strikes police HQ in Kabul

The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide car bombing that targeted a police district headquarters in the Afghan capital of Kabul today. The bombing, which leveled the station and killed and wounded scores of people, is the latest in a series of deadly terror attacks in the capital.

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Pakistan’s counter-terrorism department declares Hafiz Saeed guilty of terror financing

Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jammat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed was declared guilty of “terror financing” by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in a Pakistani court on Wednesday.

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Indian PM: Changes in Kashmir will free it from ‘terrorism’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the nation Thursday night that he stripped the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir of its statehood and special constitutional status to free the disputed region of “terrorism and separatism.”

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Violence in Afghanistan Worsens as U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Plod On

Violence has intensified in recent months across Afghanistan as the opposing sides in the war try to turn battlefield blows into gains in negotiations over the country’s political future.

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Taliban leader quashes Eid cease fire, urges followers to continue jihad

In his yearly Eid-al-Adha message to his followers, Taliban emir Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada dashed all hopes for a holiday ceasefire and urged his jihadists to continue the fight.

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Guterres appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ over Jammu and Kashmir, as tensions rise

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for ‘maximum restraint’ over the territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, which has been disputed by India and Pakistan, since the end of British rule in the late 1940s.

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Pakistan ‘not looking at military option’ over Kashmir row

Pakistan says it has not been looking at a military option over Kashmir after arch-rival India scrapped its decades-old special constitutional status for the Muslim-majority region this week.

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