Former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in 2016 in a US drone strike, had a life insurance policy with a Pakistan company under a false name, and had properties in Karachi worth millions, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi heard on Saturday.
Read more ›Archive for December 18th, 2020
Chhattisgrah: Bastar: Violence Escalates
On December 4, 2020, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an exchange of fire with the Security Forces (SFs) in a forested area near Hakwa village under Gangaloor Police Station limits in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh. The body of the Maoist, identified as Arjun, a ‘platoon commander’ of the Gangaloor ‘area committee’ of the Maoists, was recovered […]
Read more ›The Shadow of International Terror
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on December 1, 2020, disclosed that the government was moving to re-activate the investigation of 83 cases of Hefazat-e-Islam’s (HeI) ‘terrorist activities’ in 2013, adding,
Read more ›NATO pledges continued support to Afghan security forces
US and NATO Forces Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller on Sunday vowed support to Afghan security forces.
Read more ›4 civilians killed in Nangarhar blast
Four civilians were killed in a roadside blast in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, an official said.
Read more ›Kabul, Abu Dhabi agree to boost cooperation
Afghanistan and the United Aab Emirates have agreed to step up bilateral cooperation to a level reflecting the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Read more ›Taliban recapture Uruzgan’s Dehrawud district
Taliban insurgents have once again captured the Dehrawud district of central Uruzgan province, local officials said on Saturday.
Read more ›Mullah Mansour had life insurance policy
Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had purchased a ‘life insurance’ policy from a private firm in Pakistan. A Karachi-based anti-terrorism court was informed on Saturday the former Taliban supremo, who was killed in a US drone attack in 2016, had bought the life insurance policy using a fake identity.
Read more ›ALP chief for Zherai district killed
Afghan Local Police (ALP ) chief for the Zherai district of southern Kandahar province has been killed in an attack, a well-placed security source said on Sunday.
Read more ›11 civilians killed in Kandahar airstrike: Say locals
At least 11 civilians, including children and women, have been killed as a result of an airstrike in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province, local people said on Sunday. Security officials did not say anything about the incident so far.
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