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Suicide attack in northern Afghanistan kills at least 14

A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 14 people including a senior local politician, officials said. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, blew himself up in the center of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. “I collected information from different hospitals and the death toll is 14. Another nine people are wounded,” Zubair Akbary, the provincial public health director, told AFP. Police said that the bomber, who was on foot, had targeted Rasoul Mohseni, head of Baghlan’s provincial council, an elected body in each of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces that liaises between residents and the local government. Also among the dead were sevFull story

 
Syrian Troops Take Rebel Stronghold

Syrian troops—with the help of Lebanon’s Hezbollah—pushed deeper on Monday into the rebel strongholdFull story

 
Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks

RAMADI: Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the Full story

 
Obama to speak on legality of drone program

The Associated Press, Washington - President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his adminisFull story

 
23 Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria's Qusayr: Watchdog

BEIRUT: At least 23 members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been killed fighting alongsiFull story

 
Three more fall prey to violence in Karachi

KARACHI: Three persons lost their lives in the on-going violent incidents in different areas of KaFull story

 
Blast in Peshawar plaza injures six

PESHAWAR: A blast on the second floor of the Falak Sher Plaza in the Saddar area of Peshawar injurFull story

 
Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra split after leader’s pledge of support for al-Qaeda

Jabhat al-Nusra, the much-feared militant jihadist group that has taken control of large rebel-helFull story

 
MQM, PTI to protest against each other

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) workers are due to protest in vFull story

 
Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security

Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarizaFull story

 
British PM takes notice of PTI protest in London

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken notice of the protest demonstration staged Full story

 


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Low-intensity blast in Boat Basin, Karachi

Low-intensity blast in Boat Basin, Karac…

KARACHI: A low-intensity blast took place in Karachi’s Boat Basin area on Tuesday without causing any casualties or serious damage, DawnNews reported. According to the Bomb Disposal Squad...

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Egypt claims foiling Al Qaeda plot to bomb a Western embassy

Egypt claims foiling Al Qaeda plot to bo…

CAIRO: Egypt’s interior minister said on Saturday police arrested three members of an Al Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in...

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Memos from Guantanamo: ‘Algerian involved in Pak attacks was double agent’

Memos from Guantanamo: ‘Algerian involve…

KARACHI:At least one Guantanamo Bay detainee discovered to be involved in a plot to attack the US Consulate in Peshawar and believed to have carried out a string of bombings...

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