The U.S. military says it is investigating the deaths of two American service members after a man wearing an Afghan National Police uniform used his weapon against them. Military officials said Thursday’s incident occurred in Uruzgan province. It is not clear if the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Security Forces. The incident […]
Suspected Afghan ‘Insider Attack’ Kills 2 Americans
Posted October 25th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 3 in Pakistan
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least 3 people in the country’s northwest, near the Afghan border. Sources say at least two missiles hit near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal agency, a known stronghold of al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants. Unofficial reports say a woman was among […]
Indian Ministry: President Should Reject Mumbai Gunman Plea
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
India’s Home Ministry has recommended the president reject a clemency plea filed by the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. The gunman, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, is making his case to President Pranab Mukherjee after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in August. A home ministry spokesman told reporters […]
Taliban Militants Kill 10 Afghan Security Personnel
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Ten Afghan security personnel have been killed in fighting with Taliban militants in the western province of Herat. A local police spokesman says five police officers and five soldiers died in the gun battle on Monday. He says a district police chief was among those killed in the fighting, which began when the Taliban attacked […]
6 Afghan Police Killed in Insider Attack
Posted October 20th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
The latest insider attack in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of six Afghan policemen, after a cook and policemen collaborated with outside insurgent fighters. Officials said Saturday a rogue policeman and cook poisoned some of their colleagues and killed two of them at a checkpoint in Helmand province. They said armed insurgents then rushed to […]
Doctors: Wounded Pakistani Girl is Improving
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
British doctors treating a Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban say she has been able to stand with help for the first time and is also able to write. But the medical director of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where Malala Yousafzai is being treated said Friday she is not yet out of […]
Gunmen Launch Deadly Attack on Kashmir Hotel
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen have killed one person and wounded two others in an attack at a popular hotel in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Security forces say the suspected militants opened fire Friday in front of the hotel in Kashmir’s main city, Srinagar, before they entered the building and continued shooting. A hotel bellboy was killed. Police say a search […]
Doctors: Wounded Pakistani Girl is Improving
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
British doctors treating a Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban say she has been able to stand with help for the first time and is also able to write. But the medical director of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where Malala Yousafzai is being treated said Friday she is not yet out of […]
Afghan Blast Kills 19 Wedding Guests
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
A roadside bomb blast has ripped through a minibus in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people who were on their way to a wedding. Friday’s blast took place in the Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province. Authorities say at least 18 others were wounded. Police say most of the passengers were women and children. […]
India Journalist Accused in Israeli Bombing Gets Bail
Posted October 19th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
India’s top court has granted bail to a journalist arrested in an attack on the car of an Israeli diplomat earlier this year. The Supreme Court on Friday also ordered Syed Mohammad Kazmi to surrender his passport to the court. Kazmi worked for an Iranian news agency. He is the only person arrested in connection […]
