KARACHI: Pakistan’s military has not demanded action against the Daily Dawn and its staffer who penned a report about a conversation between a ruling party leader and chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence at a high level security meeting that took place on Oct 7 , Geo News quoted unnamed security officials as saying on Tuesday. “We have never sought action against the newspaper and the journalist, we haven’t asked for putting anybody on ECL” Shahzeb…
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The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad A US-Afghan raid in the east Afghan province of Paktika has put down another terrorist wanted by Pakistan — Qari Ajmal — the mastermind of the March 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. The Lashkar-e-Jhangi (LeJ) had taken refuge in Paktika following the assassination on November 1 , 2013 of Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan…
The writer is an independent researcher and columnist based in Karachi. Pak-Afghan relations have been marred by mutual mistrust, acrimony and blame game. Under the visible tentacles of a regional power, last month Afghan President Ashraf Ghani threatened to block Pakistan’s trade access to the energy-rich Central Asian States (CAS) if Islamabad did not formally permit Kabul to import Indian goods via the Wagah border. Such threats will further deteriorate the current hostile relations between…
A helicopter of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces was shot down by the Taliban militants in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan. Local officials in Baghlan have said the helicopter was shot down as it was trying to provide logistics support to the ground forces in Dand-e-Ghori, close to the provincial capitalof Pul-e-Khumri city. The officials further added that the check post to which the helicopter was trying to deliver weapons is under siege by…
At least 34 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in separate airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the security authorities, the airstrikes were conducted in different parts of the province, including Nazian and Haska Mina districts. The officials further added that the loyalists of the terror group were targeted in the airstrikes on Saturday night. At least 31 of the militants were killed in…
A number of gunmen have reportedly opened fire on Ashura observers in the west of Kabul city leaving at least 14 dead and 36 others wonded. The gunmen attacked the Imam Ali shrine in the vicinity of Karte Sakhi area of the city. The Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqi confirmed the area has been cleared and the last attacker was shot dead. Sediqi further added that the number of casualties will be released later.…
PESHAWAR: October 7 was marked as 15th anniversary of the United States invasion of Afghanistan in response to deadliest terror attacks in US by Arab jihadists affiliated with Afghanistan-based Al-Qaeda terrorist organization on September 11, 2001, Afghanistan was dragged into war without clear victors as the Taliban militia (ruling Afghanistan in 2001) remained intact, in fact they have appeared stronger than ever before despite fighting the well-organized and well-equipped armies of many first world nations.…
The militants have conducted another attack in Kabul city on Tuesday night after the first coordinated attack left at least 14 dead in a shrine in west of Kabul. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman, Sediq Sediqi, in a Twitter message, said the second attack was conducted on Charyar mosque located in Karte Char area of the city. He said the special forces have arrived in the area to repulse the attack by the militants.…