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"Shame on them," says PM Netanyahu on France's embargo call against Israel
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that "all civilised countries" should be standing firmly by Israel's side as it "fights the forces of barbarism" led by Iran, as he dubbed French President Emmanuel Macron's call for an arms embargo against Israel a "shame."
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Pakistan: Targeted killings of Shia teachers triggers roadblocks, shutter
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Protest rallies were held against the massacre of Shiite teachers, which KPK authorities tried to prove a land dispute. The horrific incident took place after unidentified gunmen killed a person at Shalozan on Thursday.
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Demolition of houses for flood-affectees in Gilgit in ruthless manner
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Earlier, on Tuesday, the Assistant Commissioner of Gilgit ordered the local administration to demolish the houses with the help of bulldozers. The Shiite organisation "Anjuman Hussainia Nagar Welfare" were building the houses at Gilgit Square.
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Armed attack on Shiite holy shrine in Iran's city of Shiraz claims 15 live
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
A Gun-attack on a Shiite holy site in Iran's city of Shiraz left 15 people dead and wounded around 40. Islamic state took responsibility of the brutal attack that took place in the pilgrimage site.
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Silence settles in Baghdad as Al-Sadr's followers end protests, leave city
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 30 (ANI): Silence has settled on the streets of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad after Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to stop protests and leave the city's green zone on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: US condemns ISIS-K attacks targeting Shiite minority in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Fears have intensified due to an increase in violence in Kabul during the final days of Muharram and amid this, US mission for Afghanistan strongly condemned the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)-claimed attacks during Ashura which targeted Hazara
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Afghanistan: Taliban close offices of two Shiite clerics in Ghazni
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday closed the offices of Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz and Ayatollah Mohaqeq Kabuli, two Shiite clerics in Ghazni.
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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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ISIS-K claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) on Saturday confirmed that the Kandahar mosque blasts were carried by them.
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Attack by Uyghur suicide bomber affects China's investment plans in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 15 (ANI): A recent attack in Afghanistan carried out by an Uyghur Muslim has shaken China's top national security decision-makers who wanted to invest in the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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30 killed, 70 injured in mosque blast in Afghan city Kunduz
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): An explosion that targetted a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Friday killed at least 30 people and injured 70 others, Sputnik reported citing an eyewitness.
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Dozens killed as huge explosion hits mosque in Afghan city of Kunduz: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): A huge explosion has ripped through a Shiite mosque during Friday prayer in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province. Reports suggest that dozens of people have been killed by the blast, according to Russia Today.
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