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How ransom kidnappings, once a rarity in most of Afghanistan, have become a cash source second only to the narcotics trade for the country’s insurgents
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During a recent visit to Afghanistan, I was reminded of the counterinsurgency principles of “clear, hold, build.” In the language of the World Bank Group, that translates to “security, governance and development.” As events in...
A Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives has accepted an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them, local authorities say.
A spokesman for the emir of Bida told the BBC that Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, 84, agreed on Saturday to comply...
A tribal lashkar, an army organized by common people, was formed in Bajaur tribal area close to Afghanistan to oust the Taliban militants, somewhat that the government was failed to do.
There was a one month long military operation in the area as...
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A Pakistani Senator Israrullah Zahri from Baluchistan province Friday, August 29, 2008 tried to justify the crime of burying women alive by Umrani tribal elders. He told the Upper House, ‘It is a Baluch tribal tradition (to bury accused women alive)...
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Tappa, or Landey, is a Pashto poem which is a composition of two unequal meters, in which the first line consists of nine syllables and the second consists of thirteen syllables. It is the oldest and most popular genre of Pashto poetry.
I think Tappa...
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The stampede happened at the Nainadevi temple in the Bilsapur district of Himachal Pradesh state, during a nine-day Hindu religious festival.
Reports said the victims were 30 children and 38 women, with more than 40 others also injured.
New Delhi - Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a five-day state visit aimed at consolidating India-Afghanistan ties.
Karzai and his high-power delegation comprising 10 ministers, ministerial advisors and members of the Afghan...
Lahore: Police on Saturday, Aug 02, in Lahore, Pakistan, raided a home and freed two sisters Nighat, 37, and Riffat, 25, who were kept in solitary confinement for 15 years by no other than their own brother, Qaiser, who had worked in WAPDA.
A police...
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Several people, majority of them civilians, have been killed in the on-going fighting in Pakistan’s scenic valley Swat which was described by tourists as Paradise on Earth.
The militant group led by Mullah Fazlullah, known as Radio Mullah for his...
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