ISLAMABAD—A group of heavily armed Taliban suicide bombers stormed Afghanistan’s parliament Monday as the House was in session to decide whether to endorse Defense Minister-designate Masoom Stanekzai. Witnesses reported a series of explosions and gunfire from inside the building following the raid. The attack began with a massive blast at the main gate. Afghan […]
ISLAMABAD—Taliban militants killed at least 25 people, mostly Afghan security personnel, on Monday, while villagers in Paktia province alleged that a NATO airstrike killed seven civilians on Sunday. Also, newly elected President Ashraf Ghani’s administration said it is working on a new security strategy as international forces are readying to end their combat mission in […]
One day after the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement on Tuesday, fresh violence broke out in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday. On Wednesday suicide bombers took the lives of at least seven and wounded almost 20 when they set off first one bomb, attacking a bus, and then another bomb a short time […]
Gunmen opened fire near Karachi’s airport Tuesday, a day after a brazen Taliban attack on Pakistan’s busiest airport that left at least 36 people dead. The deputy general of the Airport Security Force, Colonel Tahir Ali, told reporters that at least two gunmen on a motorbike targeted the ASF’s training academy on Tuesday, but fled […]