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AFGHANISTAN: A 14-year-old boy was detained before he manages to carry out a suicide attack on senior government officials in southern Kandahar province. According to the local government officials, the boy was encouraged to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the administrative chief of the district. Provincial police spokesman Ahmad Zia Durani said the boy was arrested by ...

MURREE: A 19-year-old school teacher was tortured and set on fire after refusing a marriage proposal on Tuesday. The victim’s uncle, Nasir Abbassi, stated the family had gone to a social gathering and the victim was alone at home when the incident occurred. “A group of five men forcibly entered the house, locked her in a room and beat her ...

QUETTA: The court has rejected bail applications of Government Girls Degree College Muslim Bagh’s principal and clerk in Killa Saifullah district on Tuesday, in the case of a Saqiba Kakar, a female student who committed suicide earlier in February. Principal Abida Ghous and clerk Mehmood’s bail applications were rejected by the District and Sessions Judge Syed Haroon Agha. The principal ...

After the death of Taliban leaders, Pakistanis have to hear such statements. ‘The slain leader is a martyr’. ‘Even if a dog, fighting against USA, is killed will be considered martyr’. ‘This operation was conducted after Pakistan’s approval’. ‘USA should respect sovereignty of Pakistan’. ‘After DNA report we can assert anything’. ‘Taliban chose their new leader’. Following are the few ...

PAKISTAN: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested former assistant director National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Ghulam Muhammad Bugti for suspected involvement in the issuance of identification papers to former Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour. Officials recovered a Pakistani identity card and passport under the alias Wali Muhammad from the site of the American drone strike which killed ...

PESHAWAR: Senior diplomats from Pakistan and Afghanistan met on Monday on prospects of the peace process after the killing of the Taliban leader in last week’s US drone strike. AfghanAmbassador Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad to discuss the moribund peace drive. Issues of bilateral interest, including the ...

The Afghanistan National Security Council (NSC) approved in principle the strategy to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group as the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to expand foothold in the country. Chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the NSC meeting, discussed regarding the strategy to fight the terrorist group in the country. A ...

LIONEL Messi BARCELONA: Argentina star Lionel Messi, who is due to go on trial in Barcelona for alleged tax fraud, told a judge that he never looks at the contracts he signs, the El Periodico daily said Monday. The newspaper got access to Messi’s September 2013 statement to a judge and published extracts just a day before the five-time World ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban insurgents have reportedly kidnapped dozens of passengers near Kunduz city, the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province. A local official said the passengers were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday after the Taliban insurgents established a post to stop the passenger buses and vehicles. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity said at least 3 ...

KHANEWAL: An 18-year old girl has died, and her aunt seriously injured, after an incident of attempted rape on Monday. The aunt and her niece were kidnapped by unknown individuals and taken to a private clinic in the city’s Block 5 area. “Unknown people had kidnapped the girl and her aunt, and had taken them to a two-floor private clinic,” ...