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Pakistan Interior Minister offers to resign over report on Quetta carnage
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 17 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Saturday said that he had decided to resign over growing criticism following the report submitted to the Supreme Court by the inquiry commission on the August 8 Quetta carnage which highlighted government inact
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Under President Trump, U.S. must be willing to declare Pakistan state spon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec.9 (ANI): Under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, the United States must be willing to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism, and in doing so, should also consider imposing sweeping and devastating sanctions against Pakis
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63 militant groups banned in Pakistan, more to follow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 22 (ANI): With the addition of two more militant outfits in the ban list in Pakistan, the total number has reached 63.
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Taliban recruiting children as soldiers in Afghanistan's Ghor provinc
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 28 (ANI): Local officials in Afghanistan's Ghor province have said that the Taliban militant group and other irresponsible militant groups are recruiting children as soldiers to fight for the group.
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Pak's much glorified Operation "Zarb e Azb" victimizing Pas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 23 (ANI): The activists have said that Pakistan's Operation "Zarb-e-Azb", which was against militant groups, has destroyed the homes of the locals instead of terrorists and has victimized the Pashtun community.
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US welcome peace accord between Afghan Govt. and Hezb-e-Islami
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 23 (ANI): The US Embassy in Kabul has welcomed the signing of peace agreement between the Afghan Government and one of the country's largest militant groups Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
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Illegal inflow of money in J-K will be checked: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 11 (ANI): Amid reports suggesting that Pakistan-based militant groups are sending donations to support their Kashmir campaign, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said illegal inflow of money to Jammu and Kashmir would be strictly checked.
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Quetta attack: Pak hints involvement of India's RAW
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 12 (ANI): Pakistan has in a veiled statement indicated that India's intelligence agency RAW might have collaborated with the local militant groups in carrying out Monday's terrorist attack in Quetta, which killed over 70 people.
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Pak targeting militant groups 'selectively', should target all:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 5 (ANI): Acknowledging that Pakistan has gone after militant groups 'selectively', the United States State Department has urged Islamabad to eliminate all militant groups which includes those that target its neighbours and said it must also close all safe havens.
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I-Day celebration: Security beefed up in Upper Assam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati, Aug. 5 (ANI): Security has been beefed up in Upper Assam in view of "threats to disrupt" Independence Day celebrations by various militant groups.
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Prez Ghani swears revenge on those shedding blood of Afghan citizens
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, July 24(ANI): In a stern note to militant groups responsible for suicide bombings across the country and Saturday's twin suicide bombings at a protest march in Kabul, that killed 80 people and wounded over 200, President Ashraf Ghani said that
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