Civilian deaths drop 36 per cent in Afghanistan: UN

Civilian deaths drop 36 per cent in Afghanistan: UN Kabul: The number of Afghan civilians killed has dropped 36 per cent so far this year compared with last, the UN said on Wednesday, the first time the death toll has declined over multiple months since the United Nations started keeping track. The senior UN envoy for the country, Jan Kubis, called the trend promising but cautioned that too many civilians were still being caught up in the violence as...
02:32 AM, May 31, 2012

Kashmir: The dichotomy of grief

FOOTLOOSE |  Pawan Bali

Young lives lost are always tragic. The grief of it is something which every home in Kashmir carefully guards against. Somehow, it quietly creeps in. ...
10:16 AM, Feb 07, 2011

Tension mounts after minor dies in Valley

Tension mounts after minor dies in Valley Srinagar: With an 11-year-old boy being killed in police firing and another critically injured, tension has spiralled again in the Kashmir Valley prompting authorities to impose curfew in this summer capital and other towns on Tuesday. Irshad Ahmad Parray, 11, was killed when a huge mob of stone pelters attacked the Sherbagh police post in Anantnag town on Monday evening after which security forces fired rubber bullets at the protesters....
04:37 PM, Aug 31, 2010

Violence returns to Kashmir, 6 killed in 24 hrs

Violence returns to Kashmir, 6 killed in 24 hrs Violence erupted in Kashmir again as two people died in police firing, taking the toll to six in last 24 hours. ...
08:56 PM, Jul 31, 2010

NATO rocket kills 52 civilians in Afghanistan

NATO rocket kills 52 civilians in Afghanistan A rocket attack by foreign forces killed 52 civilians in southern Afghanistan, a statement from the President's office said. ...
10:48 PM, Jul 26, 2010
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