Rockets fired near Afghan Presidential Palace
Kabul, Jul 20 (UNI) Three rockets were repeatedly fired near the Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace here on Tuesday morning during Eid al-Adha Prayers, local media reports said. According to Tolo news, the rockets were fired from Parwan-e-Se area in Kabul’s District 18 in north of the city. President Ashraf Ghani and several other politicians were present […]
Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photojournalist, was killed during clashes that ensued in Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, TOLO News reported on Friday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian journalist was covering the situation in Kandahar amid the country’s internal security situation over the last few days. Afghan forces clashed with Taliban militants in Spin Boldak following […]
Taliban raises its flag above border crossing with Pakistan
Kabul, Jul 14(UNI) Taliban militants have reportedly raised their flag above a key border post between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and claimed that the area is now under their control. They have shared videos on social media showing their white flag fluttering above the Spin Boldak crossing near Kandahar, BBC reported. Afghan officials have however denied […]
B’desh: Al-Qaeda linked militants active in hilly areas
Dhaka, Jul 14 (UNI) An al-Qaeda-linked militant group has reportedly been active in the country’s mountain areas under a new name. It is learned that this group is conducting training and da’wah work under the garb of an organization called ‘Dawatul Islam’ as a shield. According to sources, Mahmudul Hasan Gunbi is leading the extremist […]
4 trapped in tunnel flooding in China’s Guangdong
Guangzhou, Jul 15 (UNI/Xinhua) Fourteen people were trapped in a tunnel water gushing-out accident Thursday in Zhuhai City of south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said. The construction site of the Shijingshan tunnel, part of the city’s Xingye expressway, flooded at around 3:30 a.m., said the local emergency management bureau. Zhuhai has set up on-site […]
Ten killed in roadside blast in NW Pakistan
Islamabad, Jul 14 (UNI) At least 10 people, including foreigners, were killed and 39 others injured on Wednesday morning in a blast targeting a bus in Pakistan’s northwest district of Upper Kohistan, local media reported. According to Geo News, the vehicle was carrying staff that has been working on building the Dasu Dam. Injured were […]
Five people died in earthquake in Tajikistan – Emergencies Committee
Dushanbe, Jul 10 (UNI/Sputnik) Five people have died in an earthquake in eastern Tajikistan, the country’s emergencies committee told Sputnik on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center registered a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the Central Asian country at 2:14 GMT. “The center of tremors that took place at 7:14 a.m. was […]
Afghan embassy to Russia not planning to communicate with Taliban in Moscow
Moscow, Jul 9 (UNI/Sputnik) Afghanistan’s embassy to Russia is not planning to communicate with the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) while its delegation is visiting Moscow, a representative of the diplomatic mission told Sputnik on Friday. “No contacts. Our negotiators are waiting for them in Doha,” the representative said.
Contact lost with An-26 Aircraft with 28 people on board in Russian Far East – Ministry
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Jul 6 (UNI/Sputnik) Contact was lost with an An-26 aircraft in Russia’s Far East that was carrying 28 people, the regional department of the Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik. “In the afternoon of July 6, the duty shift of the crisis management center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Main Directorate in the Kamchatka Territory received […]
Some Philippine troops jump before military plane crashes in flames, killing at least 45
MANILA, July 4 (Reuters) – A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country’s worst military air disaster in nearly 30 years. Pictures from the scene showed flames and smoke pouring from […]