Tag: Afganistan

Ajinkya Rahane to lead India vs Afghanistan; 6 squads to be picked on May 8

India vs Afganistan Test will be played from June 14-18 in Bengaluru.

May 7, 2018

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent getting more active: US experts

Al-Qaeda is getting more active in the Indian subcontinent and by 2017, it boasted several hundred members, with its cells mostly in Afghanistan and its operatives flourishing in Bangladesh, counter-terrorism experts have told the US lawmakers. “By 2017, al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent boasted several hundred members and had cells in Afghanistan's Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, …

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July 14, 2017

Two Pakistani officials missing in Afghanistan

Pakistan on Sunday said that two of its diplomatic officials from its consulate in Afghanistan had gone missing since Friday. The Foreign Ministry said the officials went missing while commuting to Pakistan by road, reports Xinhua news agency. "The matter has been raised with the relevant Afghan authorities for their safety and recovery at the …

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June 18, 2017

12 militants killed in Afghan airstrikes

Twelve militants were killed when government aircraft pounded Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Tuesday, the army said. The aircraft conducted sorties against Taliban hideouts in Kygyz village of the beleaguered Imam Sahib district early on Tuesday morning, Army spokesman Abdul Khalil Khalili said.  Six militants were injured in the air raid, Xinhua news …

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June 13, 2017

Six policemen in Afghan insider attacks

Six policemen have been killed and nine others wounded in insider attacks in southern Kandahar and central Uruzgan provinces in Afghanistan, the media reported on Sunday. Two policemen killed six of their colleagues and injured five others in the Haji Arab area of Kandahar city on Saturday night, a security official told Pajhwok News on …

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June 4, 2017