Pakistan provides shelter to the largest number of refugees in the world, says the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). As per an UNHCR report, Pakistan is hosting as many as 1.45 million refugees from Afghanistan.
Kabul, March 22 (Express Tribune): A blast rocked Lashkar Gah a city in Afghanistan’s restive south on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people as they left a wrestling match, officials said, in the latest attack in the country. “A car bomb blast happened at the entrance gate to the sports stadium in the first […]
Colombo, February 8 (newsin.asia): Wednesday’s stunning performance by a symphony orchestra comprising Sri Lankan and Indian musicians under the baton of Indo-American Viswa Subbaraman, led the audience to believe that it was time South Asia, torn by conflicts for the last 70 years, eschewed animosities and conflicts and got together to revive those strands of […]
Male, February 5 (newsin.asia) The Chinese government on Monday asked the country’s tourists to avoid visiting the Maldives until the political situation in the tropical tourist destination stabilizes. “Chinese citizens who are preparing in the near term to go to the Maldives, should not go there before the situation on the ground stabilizes,” Chinese Ministry […]
Kabul, January 27 (AFP): An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. The Taliban-claimed assault — the second carried out by the militant group in […]
Kabul, January 6 (Express Tribune): An Afghan official abducted in Peshawar last October, has been freed by his captors and returned home. Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, was kidnapped while visiting a doctor in Peshawar, near the border. No one has claimed the kidnapping, and it’s unclear who abducted him. […]
Washington, January 2 (Reuters): India and Afghanistan have hailed US President Donald Trump’s strong indictment of Pakistan for failing to cooperate in the global war against terror. But China has defended Pakistan saying that it has cooperated and that the world should recognize that. Trump said, on Monday, that the United States had “foolishly” handed […]
Kabul, January 1 (Reuters): A suicide bomber walked into a cemetery in eastern Afgha,nistan on Sunday and blew himself up during the funeral of a local official, killing at least 18 people and wounding 14 others, an official said. The attacker set off an explosive vest among mourners gathered for the funeral of Gul Wali, […]
Kabul, December 28 (NNI): At least 41 people including a journalist, were killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack on Tebyan cultural center in Pule Sokhtia, Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday morning, Afghan officials confirmed. The cultural center is run by the minority Shia community. The ISIS has claimed responsibility, New York Times reported. […]
Kuala Lumpur, November 18 (The New Straits Times): The Sri Lankan navy will be training Malaysian security personnel drawn from the police, the armed forces, and the Maritime Enforcement Agency next year. Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) commander Datuk Hazani Ghazali said the expertizes of the Sri Lankans in safeguarding their waters are recognized worldwide. […]