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KABUL: The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has claimed the fighters of the group have shot down a drone in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The group shared a photo of the downed drone captured which is apparently a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle used by the Afghan forces. The Taliban said the drone was shot down and captured in Maiwand ...

KABUL: The United States will deploy at least 800 soldiers from an aviation unit to Afghanistan in a bid to support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), it has been reported. According to Washington based Stars and Stripes newspaper, the unit will utilize Blackhawks, Chinooks and Apache helicopters with a primary mission of supporting Afghan military efforts. The ...

AFGHANISTAN: A video has gone viral shortly after it was shared online on social media websites which purportedly shows the Parkour moves by the individuals in Afghan police uniform. The video has surfaced online months after a similar video was published by an Afghan rapper to encourage the Afghan National and Defense Forces (ANDSF) as they are going through a ...

North Korea recently has launched two No Dong missiles ranging 500-600 kilometers and one Scud observing it as a drill for preemptive nuclear attack on South Korea and the US bases residing in South Korea. Pyongyang has directed a unparalleled number of missiles this year to refine its capacity to target South Korea, Japan, Guam, and the US bases positioned ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan stands shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan in the war against terrorism and extremism, a common challenge for the neighbours, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said. In a telephone call late on Saturday, the prime minister assured President Ashraf Ghani: “Pakistan remains committed to deepening cooperation with Afghanistan in the war against terrorism.” Sharif made the call to Ghani ...

Beauty therapist Samia Shahid, 28, who died while visiting family in Pandori. — Photo courtesy: The Guardian/http://guardian.co.uk ISLAMABAD: British MP Naz Shah has written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to intervene in the case of a British woman’s alleged honour killing in Pakistan, The Guardian reported. British police started a probe into Samia Shahid’s death after her husband Syed Mukhtar ...

LONDON: Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she would start preparatory work on splitting Scotland from the rest of Britain in order to keep the option of independence available following the June 23 vote to leave the European Union. Although Britain voted to end its EU membership at the referendum, Scottish voters overwhelmingly backed remaining inside the bloc, reigniting ...

Pro-Erdogan supporters gather during a rally against the military coup at Kizilay Square in Ankara, on July 25, 2016. ─AFP ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people, drawing fire from the European Union. The arrests or suspensions of soldiers, police, ...

AFGHANISTAN: A suicide attack has been foiled on a girl’s school in Kabul after a would-be suicide bomber was arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the bomber was arrested during a clash with the intelligence operatives in central Logar province. According to a statement by NDS, the bomber has been identified as Bakhtulllah ...

AFGHANISTAN: The deputy military chief of the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has been killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said Saad Emarati was killed during an operation conducted by special forces of the Afghan National Army. He said the operation was conducted in Kot district ...