Category: South East Asia

Pakistan army chief meets with Khalilzad and Miller to discuss security

Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan’s commander General Scott Miller on Monday to discuss regional security with the focus on the Afghan peace process.

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Policeman gunned down by assailants in Kabul

At least one policeman was killed Tuesday morning in Bagrami district of Kabul province, police confirmed.

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Kabul Deputy Governor killed in magnetic IED explosion

Kabul’s Deputy Governor Mohabbatullah Mohammadi and his secretary have been killed in a magnetic IED explosion, the Interior Ministry has confirmed.

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Ghor’s deputy provincial head killed in magnetic IED explosion

The deputy head of the Ghor Provincial Council Abdul Rahman was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an explosion in the provincial capital.

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Danish speaks out in support of rights for minority groups

Sarwar Danish, Afghanistan’s second vice president, said at a gathering on Sunday that the basic rights of Afghans, especially minorities, need to be focused on and preserved during peace talks and after a peace agreement has been reached.

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US to reduce its troops to 2,500 by mid-January: Miller

The US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller said in an interview with Ariana News on Sunday that Washington will reduce its troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 by January 15.

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Ghani discusses security and border control plans at NSC meeting

President Ashraf Ghani said Sunday that peace and stability in Afghanistan will bring peace and stability to the region. Speaking at a National Security Council meeting Ghani said: “Peace will allow for major economic projects for the economic prosperity and economic development of Afghanistan and the region as soon as possible.”

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Court hears Mullah Mansour used fake identities to buy insurance and properties

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.

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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 […]

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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,

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