ISLAMABAD, June 22 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Taliban shot dead renowned Pakistani Sufi music singer known as “qawwali”in the port city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said. According to the police, the assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Amjad Sabri when he was heading for a TV show. A police officer and witnesses said two
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2016 Afghan officials say a roadside bombing in an eastern provincial capital killed a police officer and a civilian on June 22. Abass Sadat, the deputy police chief of Nangarhar Province, said the explosion in the city of Jalalabad also wounded two civilians. Sadat said the bomb was probably
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 22, 2016 Afghan officials said on June 22 that the Taliban has freed 23 men who were kidnapped a day earlier by militants in southern Afghanistan. Omar Zwak, a spokesman for Helmand’s governor, said representatives of the governor’s office worked with tribal elders to intervene and “negotiated the issue
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 20, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan in talks with Afghanistan has reiterated that “effective management” of their shared border is vital for efforts aimed at countering terrorism, promoting peace and strengthening bilateral relations. A six-member Afghan delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai visited Islamabad Monday for talks with Pakistani counterparts.
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 20, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan Monday morning killed at least 24 people and wounded around 40 others. The deadliest attack occurred in Kabul when a suicide bomber approached a minibus on foot and set off explosives. The Afghan Interior Ministry says the attack left 14 people dead and
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, June 17 (Xinhua) — At least one civilian was killed and nine others were injured as a roadside bomb organized by militants struck a civilian vehicle in Uruzgan province on Friday, police said. “A mine planted by militants struck a civilian vehicle in Deh Rawad district this morning, killing one person on the
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 15 (Xinhua) — Fire exchange between Afghan and Pakistani forces at the border town of Torkham have claimed the lives of five Afghans including three soldiers and two civilians since Sunday, spokesman for Nangarhar provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said Wednesday. “Since eruption of conflict and fire exchange at Torkham border, three Afghan
Press TV June 14, 2016 Taliban militants have peeled the skin of a young Afghan man off his body before killing him in central Afghanistan over the alleged involvement of his kin in the murder of a militant commander. Local officials said the incident happened last December, when Taliban militants dragged the 21-year-old Fazl Ahmad
The Washington Post: In December, militants dragged Ahmad from his house and cut out his eyes in retaliation. Ahmad was still alive and screaming when the attackers began carving the skin off his chest, leaving his heart exposed. Then they threw the 21-year old laborer off a 10-story cliff, officials said. “They skinned him alive,” said Ruqiya Naeel,
Press TV June 10, 2016 At least four civilians have lost their lives and more than three dozen others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said the terrorist attack took place as a large