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  • Malala denounces cowardly attack on female students bus in Pakistan

    Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as 'cowardly'. At least 25 people were killed on Saturday when militants blew up the bus in Quetta and then stormed a hospital where survivors had been taken for treatment. According to Fox News, the 15-year-old said the attack ...

  • Three die in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

    Three civilians were killed and two others wounded Monday when Taliban attacked two trucks in eastern Afghan province of Laghman. "The insurgents ambushed a two-truck convoy in Sang-e-Kalima area of the province Monday, killing three drivers and injuring two others," reported Xinhua citing a statement issued by the provincial government. Provincial governor Fazlullah Mujadidi condemned the ...

  • TTP demands protection money from Pakistani businessmen to sustain jihad

    The Pakistani Taliban has reportedly asked two local businessmen to pay 'protection money' to help militants carry out 'jihad'. A senior police official told Dawn News that the chief executive of an Islamabad-based business establishment had received four letters allegedly from the head of the banned organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) 'finance wing'. The businessman has been asked ...

  • Pak Taliban says no peace talks anytime soon

    The Pakistani Taliban has said peace talks with government are on hold for the time being and will not happen anytime soon. The statement from the banned organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) came as they are still mourning the death of their deputy chief, Waliur Rehman Mehsud in a US drone strike. According to the Express Tribune, TTP withdrew its dialogue offer to the new government ...

  • Karzai condemns U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan

    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has condemned U.S. drone strikes against militants in Pakistan. The remark by Karzai came as a surprise that clashed with his previous demands that the U.S. take more aggressive action against insurgent havens on Pakistani soil. According to the Wall Street Journal, Karzai told Pakistan's Geo TV, according to a transcript released by the Afghan presidential ...


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  • 3 Killed in Afghan Capital Blast

    The attack Tuesday comes on the day the international military coalition is holding a ceremony marking the beginning of the final phase of security transition to Afghan forces across the nation. Authorities say a lawmaker, Mohammed Mohaqiq, was the target of the blast near the Independent Human Rights Commission. The lawmaker was unhurt. The Taliban has been executing an intense campaign of ...

  • Afghan lawmaker escapes Kabul suicide attack

    KABUL (AFP) - A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced."The suicide attack was against Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq. It was in front of the Independent Human Rights Commission office. He is unhurt," a senior aide who declined to be named, told AFP.An AFP photographer ...

  • Afghan presidents forces taking security lead

    KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security around the country from the U.S.-led NATO coalition.The handover of responsibility on Tuesday marks a significant milestone in the nearly 12-year war and marks a turning point for American and NATO military forces, which will now move entirely into a supporting role. It ...

  • Bomb explodes near Afghan parliament building

    LONDON, June 18. /ITAR-TASS reporter Alan Badov/. In Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, today a strong bomb explosion occured near the building of the country's parliament. This was reported by Reuters news agency citing representatives of the Afghan police. This is the fourth bomb attack in Kabul in recent ...

  • Explosion in Kabul near Afghan parliament Police

    Kabul police source said, and came as hundreds of local and international officials gathered on Kabul's outskirts ahead of a ceremony to mark the beginning of the final phase of security transition to Afghan forces across the ...

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