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US 'to pull 7,000 troops' from Afghanistan: Media

US ‘to pull 7,000 troops’ from Afghanistan: Media

Washington,  The Donald Trump administration is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, the US media reported. Reports, citing unnamed officials, said about 7,000 troops — roughly half the remaining US military presence in the country — could go home within months. The Washington Post reported on Thursday the[Read More…]

US considering reduction of troops in Afghanistan

US considering reduction of troops in Afghanistan

Washington, The Donald Trump-led US administration is considering a substantial reduction of US troops in Afghanistan, the media reported. Officials said that US troop reduction in Afghanistan could begin in next several weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Trump said last year that a rapid exit of the[Read More…]

Afghan election process officially ends, over 4 mn cast votes

Afghan election process officially ends, over 4 mn cast votes

Kabul: The President of Afghanistan on Sunday officially announced that voting in the Afghan parliamentary elections had closed, with initial data from the election commission estimating that over four million eligible voters exercised their democratic rights over the weekend. President Ashraf Ghani made the remarks in a televised speech broadcast[Read More…]

Congress cheated farmers in loan waiver schemes: Modi

India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned “most strongly” the terror attack earlier in the day in Kandahar, Afghanistan, that claimed the lives of three top provincial officials. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the dastardly terrorist attack in Kandahar,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted quoting Modi. “India[Read More…]

Afghanistan launches five-day polio vaccination drive

Afghanistan launches five-day polio vaccination drive

Afghan health authorities on Monday launched a five-day polio vaccination drive in some of the country’s most high-risk provinces. “Teams will visit 6.4 million children under the age of five in 27 high-risk provinces, mainly in Kandahar and Nangarhar. This follows several new cases in both regions,” Xinhua news agency[Read More…]

DSport to broadcast Afghanistan Premier League

DSport to broadcast Afghanistan Premier League

DSport will broadcast the matches of the Afghanistan Premier League cricket tournament in India from October 5-21. Afghanistan was given the rights to play Test cricket after playing top class international cricket last year, where they debuted against India. Afghanistan stands at the eighth spot in the Twnety20 rankings and[Read More…]

Why are neighbour countries making distance with India?

Why are neighbour countries making distance with India?

Right from the beginning, Narendra Modi has always been very confident about his policies for foreign countries. During his swearing-in ceremony, he tried to convey a message that he is determined to take away the path of foreign policy from his predecessor Manmohan Singh. He had called all the South[Read More…]

Why US is keen to reset its relations with Pakistan

Why US is keen to reset its relations with Pakistan

While there is gung-ho in New Delhi’s diplomatic circle on deepening of Indo-US ties, China’s thrust in Pakistan-Afghanistan region seems to have compelled the US administration to re-orient American strategy in the region. It could be very much seen in the US efforts to reset its ties with Pakistan which[Read More…]

Global terrorism deaths decreased 27% in 2017: US

Afghan police training centre attacked, 15 dead

At least 15 people were killed after suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on a police training centre in southeastern Afghanistan. Several others have been wounded in the incident. As per media reports, there was heavy fighting going on Tuesday. “At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled[Read More…]

8 Killed, 35 Injured in bomb attack in Lahore

At least eight persons were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday in a bomb blast the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The blast came just a day after the military announced it would launch a new nationwide drive against terrorists. For the first time, paramilitary troops will target terrorists[Read More…]

Afghanistan: 11 members of a family killed in Grenade attack

Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in Laghman province on Sunday, officials said. “Eleven people were martyred after two grenades were thrown at their house by unknown gunmen in Laghman’s Baad Pakh district,” the local governor’s spokesman[Read More…]

Pakistan targets militant camp in Afghanistan, says report

Hours after the army said it has found links that terrorists from across the border were behind a suicide bombing at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar sufi shrine, Pakistan has reportedly launched ‘strikes’ against militant base in Afghanistan. The Army had handed over a list of 76 militants, who were supporting terrorist[Read More…]





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