FBI foils terror bid to attack India and Denmark

The FBI arrested David Coleman Headley, a Chicago resident earlier this month for plotting terror-attacks overseas, including India. He was arrested along with a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin by the FBI's...

Pakistan's Options to Taliban: Jihad Or Jail

Pakistan is viewed by the Ally Forces fighting in Afghanistan under the leadership of USA, as an important ally in the war against terror with Taliban but the story is completely different on the other side of the...

8 U.S. soldiers, 7 Afghans killed in attack

In one of the fiercest battles in over a year, the Taliban attacked two outposts in the northeastern region of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The attack resulted in eight U.S. soldiers being killed along...

Philippines clashes leave 43 dead

" At least 43 people - including 23 soldiers and 20 militants - have been killed in clashes in the southern Philippines, an army commander says. Maj Gen Benjamin Dolorfino said 400 troops launched coordinated...

Live: Gunbattle In Kabul, Govt Building Taken Over

Latest reports from Logar province, near the capital Kabul, says that gun battle between the Militants and security forces is going on.Militants have taken over the government building and targeting the Police Chief head quarter.There is no report of any causality.It is...

Mysterious Gojra discord

The Gojra inferno has set off a torrent of country-wide condemnation for subjecting the Christian Pakistanis to criminal violence based on concocted case of blasphemy.Federal Minister Maulana Ataur Rehman said the desecration of Holy Qur’aan is a big crime but the murder...

Islamic factions handed over their weapons

Islamic militants in the Eastern Province handed over their weapons to Police on saturday. " Factions of Islamic militants who bore weapons on grounds of various reasons in response to the government's appeal ...

Amnesty Blames Shell for Oil Pollution Cover Ups in Nigeria

A  report released on Thursday by Amnesty International, Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta points an accusing finger at Royal Dutch Shell for covering up oil spills in Nigeria.  The...

Pakistan imposes Waziristan curfew

Pakistan has imposed a curfew on the tumultuous Waziristan region, hours before the a powerful blast ripped through Pakistan's Continental Hotelin Peshawar. The curfew came just ahead of a military operation that will "target" the Taliban-controlled Waziristan, a rural and...

Communist militants run USD300 million extortion empire in India

"Naxalism, which started off as a people's movement, has now become a nearly Rs 1500 crore organized extortion business in the form of 'levy', police and central security officials said.CPI (Maoist) and especially...

Taliban kidnaps 400 boarders and staffers of a boarding school

Taliban whose ideology includes 'No education' has kidnapped 400 boarders and staffers of a boarding school. Cadets (boarders), under the protection of a security detail, were headed towards Bannu when they were...

Taliban sue for Peace Pakistan demands pull out of SWAT

" ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban -- under pressure in fighting with the military -- said Tuesday it wants to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed That collapse sparked the ongoing...

Taliban shaving off their beards to escape the army and SWAT

" ISLAMABAD: Taliban are shaving off their beards to escape the army offensive in Swat, the army said on Friday as security forces killed 55 more Taliban. “We have confirmed reports that these Taliban ... after...

Heliborne troops land in Swat

As reported by Dawn, the magnitude of military operation against Taliban has increased and, in a recent move, Heliborne troops belonging to SSG (Special Services Group) of Pakistan Army, aka Commandos, have landed in...

At least 8 perish in US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region

At least eight persons were reportedly killed in the US drone strikes in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday. Reports say that death toll is feared to rise."WANA: At least eight persons were killed, while the death toll is feared to further rise in...

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