The November 3rd fight where the United States and Afghan troops carried out a ground and air assault against the Taliban, is still a relevant topic because now the investigation has come out with the exact numbers of Taliban lives killed and the even more pressing number: how many innocent lives were killed. The big controversy to this topic is whether or not… Read more »
The United Arab Emirates says five of its diplomats died in a bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar that killed at least 11 people and wounded 17 others, including Juma al-Kaabi, the UAE ambassador to Afghanistan.
A US military investigation has found that air raids targeting the Taliban during a gun battle in northern Afghanistan last year killed 33 civilians. Twenty-seven other civilians were wounded in the village of Boz in Kunduz city, a statement from US Forces Afghanistan said on Thursday.
Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile on Monday, the military said, a show of force for a country that sees its missile development as a deterrent against arch-foe India.
On Wednesday, December 7th, one of the Pakistan International Airlines flights crashed in the Havelian area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 77 miles north of Islamabad, their final destination. It is clear that there are no survivors, thus 48 tragic deaths are reported, one being a singer in one of Pakistan’s first major rock bands. Most bodies are not recognizable…. Read more »
KABUL: Captain Safia Ferozi, who was a refugee since childhood, is now flying a transport aircraft for Afghanistan air force. She is country’s second female pilot.This is a sign of the efforts being made by Afghanistan government to bring more women into the armed forces. The 26-year-old Ferozi is married to another pilot, who works in the same unit supporting army ground… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has asked Russia to respect state to state relations after the Russian ambassador to Kabul stunned the Afghan parliament by saying Russia and Taliban had shared interests in fighting ISIS/Daesh. Addressing the upper house of the Afghan parliament on the weekend, envoy Alexander Mantytskiy was quoted as saying, “Zamir Kabulov (a high-ranking official in Russia’s foreign ministry) said our interests… Read more »
A fire at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed at least 11 people and injured dozens on Monday, media reported.
There are unlikely to be any survivors from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying about 40 people that crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous northern region, a government official at the crash site said. The military said 21 bodies had been recovered and rescue efforts continued. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said its plane lost contact with the control tower… Read more »