In Other matches, Afghanistan beat Scotland by 10 runs while Ireland defeated Nepal by 14 runs. ...
03:28 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Kabul: Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border on Tuesday, killing policemen and shoppers buying food to break their daily Ramadan fast. A market bombing in northern Afghanistan brought the overall toll to 46 in the deadliest day for civilians this year. There were no claims of responsibility, but the attacks on opposite ends of the country - the provinces of...
02:37 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Kabul: An Afghan official says three suicide bombers have killed at least 20 people in a city in the country's southwest. The triple bombing in Nimroz province also wounded at least 48 people. Governor Abdul Karim Barawi says the bombers struck in the provincial capital of Zaranj on Tuesday afternoon. He says one suicide attacker detonated his explosives belt in the heart of the city. Police then opened fire at...
06:27 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Harmeet Singh's incredible spell of five for 32 allowed India to register a 52-run win over Afghanistan in the U-19 World ...
01:44 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Islamabad: Top Afghan peace negotiator Salahuddin Rabbani is due in Pakistan on Wednesday for a two-day visit to discuss Islamabad's possible role in the reconciliation efforts in the war-torn neighbouring country. Diplomatic observers perceive Rabbani's visit as "extremely important" but cautious optimism prevails in Islamabad ahead of the trip, the Dawn newspaper reported on Tuesday. Though the visit may help reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan, observers are not hopeful about something...
12:18 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Kabul: A new tactic of using an innocent donkey as a bomb carrier in Afghanistan took everyone by surprise on Monday when a blast killed a police officer and injured three others in a western province. The bombing took place in Charsadda district in Ghor province, 360 km from Kabul, Xinhua reported. Militants planted a mine on a donkey and tied it near the gate of the district headquarters building....
01:03 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Kabul: Afghanistan's parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss the country's two top security ministers for failing to stop cross-border shelling blamed on Pakistan, in what could be a blow to NATO plans to reinforce stability and handover to Afghan forces. The fractious parliament voted to remove Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi over a series of recent insurgent assassinations of top officials, as well as the...
09:47 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's interior minister has said elements of the Afghan government are likely supporting a senior Pakistani Taliban leader who is fighting to topple the Islamabad government, accusations which could further raise tensions over cross-border raids by militants. Pakistani officials say the Taliban commander known as Fazlullah has been orchestrating raids on Pakistani security forces from Afghanistan, where he fled several years ago after a Pakistani army offensive against his...
09:09 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Washington: After over a year of rancorous relations, US and Pakistani authorities are considering to launch joint counter-terrorism operations against the dreaded Haqqani network, which has carried out several attacks on American troops, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The operations would be intended to help stamp out major security threats facing each country, targeting what the US says are sanctuaries for the Haqqani network in Pakistan, and what Pakistan says are...
06:00 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Washington: The US Senate has confirmed career diplomat James Cunningham as ambassador to Afghanistan, replacing Ryan Crocker, who stepped down due to health reasons. The Senate confirmation, among the long list of ambassadors, came as the Congress began a five-week summer break. Cunningham has been serving as deputy ambassador at the US embassy in Kabul since June 2011. Earlier, he was the US ambassador to Israel. He also held senior...
11:17 AM, Aug 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday called for transparent ties with US based on mutual trust as he met American commander in Afghanistan, days after the two sides struck a deal ending a seven-month blockade of NATO supply routes. "The Pakistan-US relationship should be based on mutual trust, respect and transparency," Kayani said during a meeting in Rawalpindi with Gen John Allen, chief of the International...
04:59 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Kabul: Afghan forces killed seven insurgents who were planning to attack Kabul in an early morning gunbattle on Thursday just outside of the capital, official said. Intelligence agents discovered that the insurgents were massing weapons at a compound east of the city and ambushed the men when they returned to the site around 1 am to prepare for the attack, said intelligence agency spokesman Latifullah Mashal. A gunbattle broke out...
12:52 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have temporarily stopped the movement of NATO trucks to Afghanistan following an attack by militants even as the Foreign Office on Thursday said a new memorandum of understanding covering the transportation of supplies would be signed soon. The movement of NATO trucks and tankers was temporarily suspended on Wednesday night so that authorities could improve security for the vehicles, officials told the media. Militants carried out two...
06:59 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Kozhikode: Their long journey from Afghanistan was not an easy one for students who are here at the Calicut University to study various courses but the journey back is proving even more difficult. A handful of students from the country are trapped in Kerala thanks to the delay in publishing the results of their final year examinations and granting them provisional certificates so that they can continue their education elsewhere....
10:53 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Afghan cricket chiefs said the team was "anxiously waiting" for the country's first international against Australia. ...
11:40 PM, Jul 24, 2012
As shots rang out, the woman fell with a thud. No cries for help or mercy, and no attempt to flee her fate. As a ...
12:05 PM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Afghanistan may draw lessons in democracy from India to ensure participation of all ethic groups from across the embattled nation, Indian experts suggested on Saturday. At a round-table in New Delhi on Afghanistan, the suggestion was made by senior journalist Qamar Agha, a key watcher of the war-torn nation, emphasising that it should given up on the presidential form of democracy and shift to parliamentary democracy like India....
02:41 AM, Jul 22, 2012
There have been three quakes in and around Afghanistan, in the past one week. Each measured five or above on the Richter scale. Two quakes ...
04:01 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit the Hindukush region in Afghanistan on Thursday. Tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir. There were no reports of any damage and casualties. ...
01:52 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Bangalore: Pulling up the government Urdu school which had issued a TC to a minor rape victim, the High Court on Wednesday said such things happen only in Afghanistan. After the headmistress of the school in Bangalore contended that if the girl was admitted, parents of other students would not send their children to school, Justice Ram Mohan Reddy asserted that the court will not let the school deny her...
01:42 PM, Jul 19, 2012
