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Failure in Afghanistan will invite terror attacks on our homelands: Nichol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): General John Nicholson, commander-in-chief of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said that it is imperative for NATO to win the war against the insurgents in Afghanistan because failure in Afghanistan will embolden extremist groups in the West.
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Proposed new US strategy threatens Pakistan with graduated sanctions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Aug.12 (ANI): United States Senator John McCain has threatened to impose graduated diplomatic, military, and economic costs on Pakistan if Islamabad continues to provide the alleged support and sanctuary to terrorists and insurgent groups, including the Taliban an
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Outgoing VP Hamid Ansari speaks on minorities, democracy in his last RS ad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): In his last address as the Vice-President, Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that democracy would turn into tyranny, if opposition groups are not given the right to free criticism, adding that a democracy is distinguished by the protection it gives to minority
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Pakistan rubbishes US concerns of fighting terrorists selectively
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.7 (ANI): Pakistan has again insisted that it has been acting firmly against terrorists and militant groups operating from its soils and not adopting a selective method to deal with the latter.
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Repeal blasphemy law to make Pak safe place for minority Christians, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug.7 (ANI): Christians, who form about 1.6 percent of Pakistan's population, live in constant fear of persecution from extremist Islamic groups in that country because of legal strictures such as the draconian "Blasphemy Law", a woman Member of the Europea
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Budgam Police counsels two youth against joining terrorist groups
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] August 4 (ANI): The Budgam Police stopped two students on August 2 who ran away from their home and confessed their interest in joining terrorist organisations.
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Delhi: One killed in brawl between two groups
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): An argument between two groups of people turned ugly in the wee hours of Wednesday in Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar, leading to the death of at least one person.
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Congress' agenda is to level allegations: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that the Congress merely wants to level allegations on the saffron party, in reference to Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge ccusing the government of "indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hind
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Oppn. accuses Centre of encouraging Gau Rakshaks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 31 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed a heated discussion over reported incidents of mob lynching across the country with Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the government of "indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajran
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Pak may block Facebook by 2018 if it does not toe line on 'blasphemer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsAPP and Viber were once welcomed in Pakistan as mediums for engaging in religious debate and afforded a measure of privacy, but today government pressure is building on these platforms to reveal names of individu
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Terror supporting Pakistan responsible for its negative global image: Ex-e
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 28 (ANI): Given the reality that many terror groups like The Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Taiba continue to operate from its soil, Pakistan must accept responsibility for its negative global image, said former Pakistan envoy to Washington Hussain Haqqani.
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McCain criticizes Trump policy of barring transgenders from serving U.S. m
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], July 27 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump's move of reversing former President Barack Obama's policy of allowing transgenders to serve in the US armed forces drew swift condemnation from Senator John McCain and rights groups.
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