Washington: Pakistan continues to use Afghan Taliban as a hedge against India, a top American commander has told lawmakers, as he expressed the US frustration over Islamabad’s failure to take concrete steps to deny safe havens to terrorist groups. Marine Corps Lt Genenral Kenneth McKenzie’s remarks came days after US President Donald Trump sought Pakistan […]
Islamabad/Washington: US President Donald Trump has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan’s help with stuttering Afghan peace talks and support in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in the neighbouring country, Pakistani officials said on Monday. The development came weeks after Trump said Pakistan does not […]
Moscow: More than 270 Islamic State terror group (IS) militants were killed as a result of the Syrian armed forces’ offensive in the southern province of Suwayda in November, a spokesman for the Command of the Russian Forces in Syria said on Monday. “During the operation, more than 270 militants were killed, a large stockpile […]
Jerusalem:Just a day after the end of term of Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alshich, the Israel Police has recommended to the prosecutors to charge Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sarah with corruption following an investigation into their relationship with the leadership of Bezeq, the country’s largest telecommunications provider. Netanyahu denied all the allegations levelled […]
Kabul:The US has dropped around 6,000 bombs in Afghanistan this year so far. The US forces released 5,982 munitions in Afghanistan and the coalition aircraft flew nearly 6,600 times between the start of 2018 and end of October, of which about 12 per cent carried out strikes during that period, as per figures by the […]
Srinagar: Former US president George Herbert Walker Bush has died at age 94. In a political career that spanned three decades, he lost his bid for re-election and lived to see his son win the Oval Office. The death of Bush — nicknamed “41” to distinguish himself from son George W. Bush, “43” — was announced in a […]
Kabul: As many as 23 civilians, including at least ten children and eight women, have been killed in an airstrike in Helmand province of Afghanistan, the UN mission in the country said Friday. Three children were also injured in the incident which took place on Tuesday, Khaama new agency said. In a statement, the UN […]
Kabul: At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack at a private British security firm’s compound in Kabul, officials said Wednesday, without confirming the victims’ nationalities. “10 dead, 19 wounded have been evacuated from site,” health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh told AFP. An interior ministry spokesman confirmed the toll but […]
Moscow: After hitting India and China, Me Too movement has now reached Russia. The Soviet Union country saw its first resignation of a public figure over claims of sexual harassment. On Friday, the Meduza news website announced its chief editor Ivan Kolpakov had stepped down following reports that he had sexually harassed a co-worker’s wife […]
Srinagar: At least 20 policemen have been killed when the Taliban ambushed a police convoy in western Farah province, according to an Afghan official. Dadullah Qaneh, a member of the provincial council in Farah, said four policemen, including the deputy provincial police chief, were wounded in the attack on Sunday afternoon near Lash wa Juwayn […]
