In one attack, a suicide bomber dressed in police uniform targeted police recruits in front of the Kabul Police Academy, killing 25 and injuring 28 more.
August 8 One member of Afghanistan’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation force and two insurgents were killed in an overnight battle at a base used by special forces in Kabul, a U.S. official said on Saturday.
The brother of Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday joined a growing chorus of opposition to the opaque selection of the late Taliban leader’s successor, indicating widening rifts within the militant group as it weighs whether to revive peace talks or intensify its 14-year...
Earlier, reports had said that following Omar’s death, Mansour was elected as the group’s leader after the Taliban Shura Council met at an undisclosed location in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan to decide on Omar’s replacement.
Ranchi: Five women were beaten to death here early on Saturday for allegedly practicing witchcraft, police said. Their village is close to the state capital of Ranchi. “They blamed the women for misfortune in the village and alleged it was their fault that many people here...
Ahead of the post-mortem examination, police in Spain said “everything at this stage is pointing towards her death being the result of natural causes”.
About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, had urged India’s president to commute Memon’s sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty.
Security officials in Afghanistan say at least 10 people have been killed and more than 120 others sustained injuries when a massive explosion rocked the country’s capital city of Kabul.
It’s hardly surprising he wasn’t welcome-considering he is now at the center of a full blown murder enquiry, as the circumstances around Bobbi Kristina’s falling into the coma that led to her death are fully investigated.