On 01 September at 05:00 am local time, a Taliban VBIED detonated outside the gate to a ‘Convoys Protection Unit,’ or operations unit facility in Gardez. A small assault team then stormed the compound, killing at least 3 members of the security forces. The attackers allegedly were also wearing suicide vests. Per the Taliban statement, the facility was destroyed and […]
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Afghanistan resumes Taliban prisoner release
Afghanistan has resumed the controversial release of hundreds of Taliban prisoners. A Taliban official told the AFP news agency that 200 prisoners had been freed by the Afghan authorities since Monday, while the Taliban reportedly released four Afghan commandos.
Read more ›Punjab: Turbulence at the Border – Indrajit Sharma
On August 22, 2020, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot dead five unidentified armed Pakistani intruders in the Tarn Taran District of Punjab. A BSF spokesperson said that after suspicious activity was noticed near the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in the region, the troopers “cordoned the area and challenged the intruders to stop and surrender. The Pakistani armed intruders did […]
Read more ›Afghan Leaders: US-Backed Peace Talks with Taliban to Begin Next Week
Top leaders in Afghanistan announced Thursday that U.S.-backed peace talks with the Taliban insurgency will start next week to negotiate a political settlement to the country’s long conflict.
Read more ›‘You Have Awakened a Sleeping Giant’
A new generation of activists in Thailand is moving away from coded criticism of the military and the monarchy, and publicly calling for wholesale democratic reform.
Read more ›India charges 19, including 7 Pakistanis, over Kashmir bombing
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last year.
Read more ›Pakistan eager to see Taliban start dialogue with Kabul: foreign minister
Pakistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to start talks soon with the Afghan government to end decades of conflict, telling visiting officials of the group that an intra-Afghan dialogue could help ensure regional stability.
Read more ›Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people and wounding 41, the defence ministry said, despite steps towards peace talks with the U.S.-backed government.
Read more ›Israel Will Never Allow Pakistan Have Access To UAE’s F-35
When US made UAE and Israel to normalise their bi-lateral relations, on August 14, 2020, within ten days when the flames of Beirut, Lebanon had not even got doused, the under-cut deal which was made was that US would sell its F-35 stealth fighter jets to UAE, and which, obviously, sent alarm bells in Tel Aviv and Israel PM Benjamin […]
Read more ›Suspected ISIS terrorist wanted to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attack in Delhi: Police
The Delhi Police had received information about the suspected ISIS operative’s movement in the ridge area between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh, following which it laid a trap.
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