KABUL: A suicide bomb attack targeting US and Afghan forces killed nine children heading home from school in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. One policeman was also killed and two coalition soldiers were among about 16 people wounded, Zalmai Uriakhail, the police chief of Paktia province, told AFP of the attack, which used an explosives-packed motorcycle.
Pakistan inflation eases to 5.13 per cent in May
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s inflation rate eased to 5.13 percent in May year-on-year from 5.8 percent in April, the Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.On a month-on-month basis, prices rose 0.51 percent. Average inflation rate from July-May was 7.51 percent.
The 95th Anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Dashgin Shikarov
The Revolution of 1917 led the Russian Empire to chaos and turbulence. Under the slogan of struggle against the counter-revolutionaries in March 1918, the Baku Commune of Armenians and Bolsheviks decided to completely eliminate the ethnical Azerbaijanis. The crimes committed by Armenians on those days were engraved on the memory of the Azerbaijanis forever.
“After Earth” leaves critics cold ahead of competitive weekend
LOS ANGELES: Will Smith may be one of Hollywood’s most bankable action stars, but his new film, “After Earth,” in which he stars with his 14-year-old son Jaden, has opened to cold reviews from critics and faces stiff competition in a busy box office weekend.
PML-N’s parliamentary party nominates Nawaz for PM
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s parliamentary party nominated Nawaz Sharif for the position of prime minister.
Clashes rage for second day in Istanbul
ISTANBUL: Protesters and riot police clashed for a second day in Istanbul on Saturday, a day after an environmental protest flared into a massive outcry against Turkey’s government.
Though inadequate, a welcome step
Tariq Fatemi
President Barack Obama’s “America is at a crossroads” speech last week has reignited debate in the United States around the issue of terrorism. The Republicans have accused him of declaring victory prematurely, while Liberals are upset that he continues to hew closely to the discredited Bush policies.
Pakistan’s RIGHT Swing?
Election May 2013 marked another huge step forward in Pakistan’s democratic transition. The Punjab spoke out for Sharifs, Sindh for Bhuttos and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Imran Khan. Balochistan once again ended up politically and ethnically polarized, making almost every party represented in the provincial assembly a claimant to power. The MQM, as feared, conquered Karachi again with an unmistakable warning from Altaf Hussein and his followers that “Karachi belongs to us and we will do whatever it takes to retain power there.”
14 militant organisations have linkages in Pakistan: report
ISLAMABAD, May 31 (DNA): At least 14 militant organisations, involved in trans-national terrorist incidents during 2012, were having bases or linkages in Pakistan, said the US State Department Country Terrorism report.Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs) by the US Secretary of State, some of the 14 militant organisations were found involved in terrorism incidents in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Europe and the US, media reports say Friday.
Red Cross halts all staff movement after Afghan attack
KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross has halted all staff movement across Afghanistan and closed its office in Jalalabad which was hit by a deadly suicide and gun attack.The two-hour assault on Tuesday, which left one Afghan guard dead, was the first time ICRC offices have been targeted in Afghanistan since the organisation began work there 26 years ago.
