This week my article was on the record-breaking amount of civilian deaths in Afghanistan. The article stated that in 2018, 3,804 civilians, including 927 children, were killed. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated that civilian deaths have increased a whopping 11 percent since 2017. These casualties aren’t caused by starvation or persecution in their country Afghanistan, but by… Read more »
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint. Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time… Read more »
All international commercial flights to Pakistan are suspended with some airlines forced to reroute transit flights. Several international airlines have suspended flights to Pakistan after the South Asian nation closed its airspace in light of heightened tensions with neighbouring India. Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad, flydubai, Gulf Air, SriLankan Airlines, and Air Canada on Wednesday suspended services to the country and some parts of India. Flight… Read more »
Iran has been adhering to a deal with world powers limiting its nuclear programme, the UN atomic watchdog said Friday, as diplomatic wrangling continues over the future of the accord. The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran was still complying with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with global powers under which Tehran drastically scaled… Read more »
A record number of Afghan civilians were killed last year due to stepped up aerial attacks by U.S-led forces and more suicide bombings, the United Nations said in a report on Sunday. The conflict in Afghanistan claimed 3,804 civilian lives that included 927 children, both all-time highs, leading to an 11 percent spike in civilian deaths versus 2017, the report from the… Read more »
This week my article was on the ongoing peacemaking between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the U.S. There has been a constant ongoing war between the U.S. and Afghanistan over in Afghanistan. This has been the longest war the U.S. has ever been involved in. It has been going on for over 17 years with more than 2,400 soldiers lost. But, the… Read more »
Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran say US withdrawal is good for the country as they meet in the Russian city of Sochi. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran see the planned United States withdrawal from Syria as a positive step, leaders of the three countries said after a summit in Russia about the Syrian crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the Syrian government’s closest… Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban said Wednesday its negotiators would .. Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67988961.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said a Pakistan based militant group, Jaish-e Mohammed carried out Thursday’s deadly attack on an Indian police convoy in disputed Kashmir, and demanded that its neighbor act against militant groups operating from its soil. A car laden with explosives slammed into the convoy, killing at least 44 soldiers in the deadliest attack on security forces… Read more »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the United States and its regional allies on Thursday for a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran that killed 27 members of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian state TV reported. The force said on Wednesday a suicide bomber driving a vehicle laden with explosives had attacked a bus transporting members of the… Read more »