Taliban enters Afghan provincial capital, fighting continues

Kabul (IANS) Taliban militants entered Qala-e-Naw city, the capital of Afghanistan's western Badghis province on Wednesday as fighting continued, a top official said.

According to the official, Taliban fighters entered the city after capturing…

Urgent vaccine supplies sought for B'desh

Dhaka (IANS) Urgent actions were required to increase Covid-19 vaccine supplies for Bangladesh as hospitals have reached their capacity and oxygen supplies were running short due to an ongoing rapid Covid-19 resurgence, a global humanitarian organisation…

Shelling targets US base in Syria

Damascus (IANS) Rocket fire targeted a US military base in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, state media reported on Monday.

The shelling late Sunday night targeted the base in the al-Omar oil field, Xinhua news agency quoted the…

Taliban captures 700 trucks, Humvees from Afghan forces

Kabul/New Delhi (IANS) An investigation of imagery posted on social media concludes that in June, the Taliban captured a staggering 700 trucks and Humvees from the Afghan security forces as well as dozens of armoured vehicles and artillery systems,…

Possibility of Pak internal groups targeting Hafiz Saeed can't be ruled out

New Delhi/Lahore (IANS) There are sections in the Pakistani society who feel that those of the likes of Hafeez Saeed, Sajid Mir, Asghar Rauf, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi are elements who are solely responsible for the ever deteriorating relations between…

Pakistan finding it hard to conceal contacts with Israel

New Delhi (IANS) As Pakistani officials work on keeping the Taliban away from India, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his advisors have to try and dodge political bullets with lousy denials of contact with Israel they are finding increasingly hard to…

15 killed in anti-Houthi operation in Yemen

Sanaa (IANS) Forces loyal to the Yemeni government launched a military operation against the Houthi rebels in the country's central province of al-Bayda, leaving 15 people from both sides dead, an official said.

The Houthi rebels lost control…

Philippines Air Force plane crash kills 17 people

Manila (IANS) A Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane with 92 people aboard crashed on Sunday while attempting to land on Jolo island in Sulu province, killing 17 persons and injuring 40 others.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in a statement…

US troops leave Bagram base, heart of American military power in Af for 20 years

New Delhi (IANS) The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan reached a significant milestone on Friday, with officials confirming that all American forces had left the sprawling Bagram Air Base, CBS News reported.

For almost 20 years, Bagram…

Debris of sunk cargo vessel caused marine disaster in Sri Lanka: Indian Navy

Colombo (IANS) Indian Navy informed Sri Lanka that it has identified 54 underwater debris and a ship-wreck in the vicinity of the ill-fated MV X-Press Pearl ship which caused the worse-ever man-made marine disaster in the sea off the island nation.