Tunisian anti-terrorism police were on Wednesday questioning the family of Anis Amri, the prime suspect in the deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market, a security official told AFP. “A unit of the anti-terrorism brigade has questioned the suspect’s family,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. German prosecutors on Wednesday named 24-year-old Tunisian national Amri as their ...

I know I’ve tried to avoid you for a while. Even when we’re in the same gathering, I try to act like I don’t notice you. Even if I have to greet you, I avoid looking into your eyes. I’m sure you must have noticed this too. I have memories of my childhood with you of the days we would ...

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said Wednesday that Pakistan will control all traffic from Afghanistan through six dedicated routes by 2020. “The border [between Afghanistan and Pakistan] stretches over more than 2,400 kilometres. We need to improve its management,” Nisar said. He was speaking at a press conference near the Torkham Border in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency. “Peace between the two ...

Aamir Khan’s much awaited film Dangal will not see be released in Pakistan. Cinemas in Pakistan on Monday began screening Indian movies, over two months after film exhibitors and theatre owners suspended it amidst Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack and cross-border firing incidents. As confirmed by the spokesperson of the distributors of the film, Dangal is not releasing ...

Latest photos of the iconic Bollywood actress Kareena Kappor have emerged online days after she was blessed with a baby son. The actress married to Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday morning at the Breach Candy Hospital. Both the mother and the baby are said to be doing fine, according to the local media ...

A man was arrested for brutally murdering his 7-month-old son over domestic violence in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial police commandment in a statement said the perpetrator Amanullah was arrested from Behsud district after brutally stabbing his child to death. The statement further added that Amanullah is originally a resident of Bati Kot district and he is currently ...

KABUL: A Mullah (cleric) on Wednesday was arrested over sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy he was teaching religious subject in the southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said. Provincial director of criminal investigation Muhammad Qahir Naseri confirmed the incident, saying, “The mullah has sexually assaulted his 11-year-old student during the night in the religious school in the Ghaib Qalandar.” “The mullah ...

EDITORIAL: India has always proved herself as a time-tested friend of Afghan people and government. India as a democratic country is doing all what is in her capacity to strengthen foundation of democracy in Afghanistan. Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in the war-hit country are not the only concerns of New Delhi. Terrorism and militancy in Afghanistan have also troubled the ...

The Canadian authorities have called for the unconditional release of a kidnapped Canadian man and his American wife who were kidnapped apparently by the Taliban militants in late 2012. The authorities in Canada asked for their unconditional release after a new video of the couple appeared online, showing the couple with their children in an unknown location. The video shows ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least six Taliban leaders have left the Quetta city of Pakistan along with their family members and have shifted to Helmand province, Kandahar’s police chief General Abdul Raziq said. Speaking in a gathering attended by elders and Ulemas of 10 provinces, Gen. Raziq said some of the Taliban leaders who were looking to leave Quetta have been arrested ...