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KARTHIK IN FOR INJURED PANDEY IN CT SQUAD
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on May 18 earned a recall to the Indian team for the upcoming Champions Trophy after Manish Pandey was ruled out due to a side strain. Karthik was one of […]
Americas
Trump to ask Muslim leaders to ban raising of funds for extremists
WASHINGTON (TIP): When US President Donald Trump travels to Saudi Arabia to address the Muslim world this week, participating leaders would be asked to sign a pledge to make it “illegal” in their country to fund outfits that […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Gunmen attack state TV station in Afghanistan, 2 civilians among 4 killed
JALALABAD (TIP): Suicide bombers stormed the national television station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad today, triggering gunfights and explosions as journalists remained trapped inside the building, officials and eyewitnesses said. At least two people were killed and 14 others wounded […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Taliban likely to gain ground in Afghanistan this year
Taliban likely to gain ground in Afghanistan this year: US intelligence official WASHINGTON (TIP): The Taliban is likely to gain ground in Afghanistan this year and the security situation will deteriorate in the country in 2018, a top US intelligence […]
Pakistan
INDIA
US spymaster says Pak terror groups plan to attack India, Afghanistan NEW DELHI (TIP):Pakistan-based terrorist groups are planning to attack both India and Afghanistan, a top US spymaster has said. “Islamabad has failed to curb militants and terrorists in Pakistan,” Daniel Coats, director of […]
United States
US army photographer captured fatal blast that took her life
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Army has released two photographs that show the moment an accidental mortar tube explosion killed five people in Afghanistan, including an American combat photographer who took one of the images just […]
Asia
U.S. Drops ‘Mother of all Bombs’ on ISIS Target in Afghanistan
Militant caves in Afghanistan targeted GBU-43 bomb used for the first time in combat WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in […]
Asia
Afghanistan women swim against threats for Olympic dream
KABUL (TIP): There are 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one that welcomes girls — and it is facing militant threats for doing so. Nevertheless a handful are diving in, pioneers racing to achieve Olympic glory […]
Asia
Bacha bazi: Afghan practice of child sex slavery
Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of “bacha bazi”, sexual exploitation of boys, with a slew of stringent punishments laid out for the first time in a revised penal code. The move comes after […]
Asia
At least five killed, 27 wounded in Afghan triple bombing
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): At least five people were killed and 27 others wounded in a triple bombing in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province Nov 26, provincial officials said. There was no claim of responsibility for the […]
Other News
2 killed, 100 wounded in suicide attack on German consulate in northern Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (TIP): A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan‘s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late on Nov 10, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 in a major militant assault […]
Asia
Suicide bomber kills 4 in Kabul: Officials
KABUL (TIP): Afghan security officials have confirmed that at least four security forces were killed when their vehicle was attacked by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul. The security officials, who did not want […]
Asia
Taliban insurgents abduct, kill 26 Afghan civillians
KABUL (TIP): Taliban insurgents on Oct 26 killed 26 Afghan civilians after abducting them in the remote central province of Ghor the previous day, officials said, the latest brutal attack targeting the local population on […]
Asia
Nepal lifts ban on allowing migrant workers to Afghanistan
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will allow its nationals to go to war-torn Afghanistan for work, a labour ministry official said on Oct 27, ending an almost four-month ban imposed after 13 Nepali security guards were killed […]
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Asia
Nepal lifts ban on allowing migrant workers to Afghanistan
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will allow its nationals to go to war-torn Afghanistan for work, a labour ministry official said on October 20, ending an almost four-month ban imposed after 13 Nepali security guards were killed […]
Asia
Afghan army helicopter crashes in north Afghanistan; 8 dead
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Eight Afghan soldiers were killed early Oct 10 morning when a military helicopter crashed in northern Baghlan province, officials said. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said that five crew members and […]
Asia
Blast kills 14 Shiites in northern Afghanistan: Officials
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (TIP): At least 14 Shiites were killed on Oct 12 in a powerful blast at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, the second deadly attack on the minority in as many days during the major […]
Asia
Sikh man shot dead in Afghanistan
PESHAWAR (TIP): A Sikh man was abducted from his home and gunned down by suspected militants in Afghanistan‘s restive Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan, a media report said. Sardar Rawail Singh, who lived in Jalalabad, was […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Hitting where it hurts: India must keep up the momentum
As I write these lines, Pakistan has strongly denied that the Indian army carried out surgical strikes across the LoC. It has claimed, indeed asserted, through the official army spokesman that the Indian action was […]
Asia
Suicide bomber kills 28 at mosque in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar, Sep 16 (PTI) At least 28 people, including five children, were killed and 30 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber shouting Allahu Akbar blew himself up inside a mosque packed with worshippers for […]
Asia
Heavy fighting as Taliban breach southern Afghan city
KANDAHAR (TIP): The Taliban stormed into Tarin Kot september 8, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings as panicked residents scrambled to flee the capital of southern Uruzgan province, the latest city to be targeted by […]
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Secretary Kerry’s visit: India unfurls its big power vision
The military agreement signed with the US (LEMOA) has stolen all the thunder in two recent high-level interactions with the US. The spin seems to make the agreement the epitome of Indo-US ties because of […]
Asia
American University attacked In Kabul, Over 12 Dead, 21 Hurt
Twelve people were killed in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police told CNN on Thursday, August 25. Seven students, three policemen and two […]