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Pakistan: Security lapses identified in Karachi Police Headquarters terror
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi Police Office (KPO) -- a centrally located building on the city's main artery -- came under a terrorist attack on Friday by the banned outfit Teheek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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Taliban publicly lashes 11 people including 2 women in Afghanistan's Badak
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The statement said the 11 were allegedly accused of "moral crimes and adultery", and were lashed by the Taliban in front of a huge crowd in northern Badakhshan province.
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Amid economic crisis, TTP re-emerges as potential threat to Pakistan: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Amid Pakistan's economic crisis and the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban have re-emerged as an increasingly potent threat," warned the report, released in Washington on Tuesday by the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
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Pakistan's current crisis, terrorism situation caused by its own flawed po
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An IFFRAS report claimed that during the last three months, the TTP and its members have carried out 160 attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives and also exposed the flaw and vulnerability of the country's defense to counter-terrorism.
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Federal probe agency given nod to arrest PTI leader Shaukat Tarin, says Pa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been granted permission to arrest former finance minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Tarin, ARY News reported.
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PTI chief Imran Khan blames security forces' negligence for rising terrori
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Khan in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) aired on Saturday, spoke about the criticism received by the PTI for its decision to negotiate with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) before the party was ousted.
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Pakistan: 3 security personnel killed in North Waziristan terror attack
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The locals' officials in the region, on Saturday, said that the convoy of security forces and employees of the Marri Petroleum Company was on its way from North Waziristan to Bannu when a rickshaw struck the team. The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for t
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Universities in Afghanistan face economic crisis, on verge of closure
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Most of the universities in Afghanistan are on the verge of closure as several face economic challenges after the Taliban's ban on education for females in the country.
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Millions of dollars smuggled into Afghanistan from Pakistan each day
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the general secretary of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan, Muhammad Zafar Paracha, traders, and smugglers are bringing as much as USD 5 million across the border daily.
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Pakistani Taliban refutes Imran Khan's assassination bid claims
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"We have received information that the head of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in a meeting with the party's provincial spokespersons claimed an assassination attempt was being planned by the TTP and South Waziristan residents have been tasked with executing the task," a TTP statement said.
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US envoy criticises Taliban's ban on women's education, urges global bodie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The United Nations (UN) Representative for UN Management and Reform, Chris Lu criticised the Taliban-imposed ban on Afghan women's education and employment as the females in the country still face challenges to live a normal life, according to TOLOnews.
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Afghanistan receives humanitarian aid from UNHCR, Uzbekistan amid harsh wi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In order to make the lives of Afghan people easy and bearable, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the support of the Uzbekistan government sent winter assistance to the war-ravaged country to cope up with an extreme cold.
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