report in Khaama Press online, Aug 21, 2023At least two people were killed, and two more were injured in an explosion in the Darul Aman area west of Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday. According to the police, a magnetic bomb embedded in a three-wheeler went off on a roadside in the Darul Aman area of Kabul’s police district 6. Meanwhile, the Taliban has yet to disclose the identities of the attack victims. According…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, August 15th, 2023QUETTA: The offices of two deputy commissioners were targeted with hand grenades in Panjgur and Surab districts on Monday. According to officials, unknown motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at the deputy commissioner’s office in Panjgur during the late hours, resulting in an explosion within the office’s courtyard. The windowpanes of the office were smashed due to the impact of the explosion. However, no human loss was reported in…
report in The News, August 01, 2023WASHINGTON/KABUL: The US officials told Afghanistan’s Taliban that Washington was open to technical talks on economic stability and discussions on combating narcotics trafficking, the US State Department said on Monday following two days of talks in Qatar. Taliban officials raised the lifting of travel and other restrictions on Taliban leaders and the return of Afghan central bank assets held abroad, the Kabul administration said. The US side repeated concerns…
report in Dawn, July 25th, 2023QUETTA: The provincial capital experienced a powerful blast that shook the entire city, at the CPEC link road on Monday evening. According to an eyewitness, the explosion occurred while a police contingent patrolled between CPEC link and Samungli road area. One person sustained minor injuries and currently admitted in Bolan Medical College. The blast shattered window panes of nearby buildings and caused a wall collapse. The police stated that it…
AFP report, June 27, 2023COLOMBO: Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s government on Monday said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China following an outcry and a court case by animal lovers. The toque macaque is endemic to Sri Lanka and common on the island of 22 million people but is classed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. Agriculture minister Mahinda Amaraweera said in June that…
by Sangam Prasain & Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, June 20, 2023Nepal is staring at stagflation, a scenario where an economy faces high inflation, low growth and high unemployment—all at the same time, economists said on Monday. Nepal’s efforts to stamp out a surge in inflation have slowed the economic growth rate sharply. At the start of the current fiscal year, the government had pompously declared that the economy would grow by an astounding…
By Rashid Javed in Dawn, March 21st, 2023ABBOTTABAD: A local PTI leader was among 10 people killed in a targeted attack by a rival group in Langra village in Havelian, police said on Monday. Atif Munsif Khan, the mayor of Havelian tehsil, was travelling in a car when a bullet pierced its fuel tank, resulting in a fire, according to Abbottabad DPO Umar Tufail. According to videos shared on social media, the car was completely…
report in The News, Dec 27, 2022PESHAWAR: The Hayatabad police foiled a bid to smuggle arms and ammunition and arrested two persons, officials said on Monday. “A party under supervision of Assistant Superintendent Muhammad Umar and Inspector Taimur Saleem stopped a car during checking in Hayatabad and recovered 11 AK 47 rifles, 22 pistols and over 3000 rounds,” SP Cantt Muhammad Azhar told a press conference. He added two alleged smugglers Zaheen and Muhammad Ahmad…