Workers of the main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party clashed with police in New Delhi and other opposition parties have called for a general strike on September 20. Opposition parties have expressed worries that the 10 percent rise in diesel prices would fuel inflation which is reportedly at around 8 percent. The increase in diesel […]
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Karzai slams US over Bagram handover
Karzai slammed Washington for not transferring some 600 inmates over to Afghan control, about a week after the prison was handed over to Afghanistan. “Delay in the handing over of prisoners after September 9th is a serious violation of the agreement signed between Afghanistan and the United States,” the Afghan president said in a statement […]
Google blocks anti Islam film in India
“The Ministry of External Affairs is in touch with US officials who share our concerns on the matter. Google India has, in compliance with Indian law, blocked access to the offensive material” said India’s spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Syed Akbaruddin on Sunday. “In connection with recent events we would like to reiterate […]
MPs want Kabul to break ties with US
The MPS, who gathered on Saturday to vote for the nominees named by President Hamid Karzai for key Afghan ministerial posts, were angry over an anti-Islam film that denigrated Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). “I call on the government to immediately cut all its diplomatic ties with the US, and burn the US flag,” MP Abdul Sattar […]
‘Yankee terror drones go home’
Zardari made the remarks after a meeting with US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman in Islamabad on Saturday, AFP reported. Grossman arrived in the Pakistani capital on Friday for meetings with the country’s high-ranking officials. “They discussed bilateral relations, the fight against militancy, the regional situation, drug trafficking and drone attacks,” President […]
Afghan policemen kill 4 US-led soldiers
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the latest insider attacks on the foreign soldiers were carried out on Sunday. The Western military coalition did not provide further details. On Saturday, an Afghan soldier killed two US-led soldiers in the southern province of Helmand. According to ISAF figures, the so-called green-on-blue attacks, in which Afghan […]
US warplanes destroyed in Taliban attack
NATO said in a statement issued on Sunday that the six aircraft were destroyed on September 14 after a dozen attackers, dressed in US army uniforms and armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, stormed the base in Helmand Province. Lieutenant Colonel Hagen Messer, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, […]
Afghan students protest anti-Islam film
The students, mostly from Kabul University, canceled classes and poured into the streets on Sunday, chanting slogans against Washington and the film. “The demonstration is peaceful. There are about 1,500 students who have gathered here and are protesting the film,” said a local district police chief. Also on Sunday, protesters in the western city of […]
Anti-Japan protests rage on in China
For the second day, thousands of protesters held their ground outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sunday, throwing bottles at the building and shouting slogans against Japan. In the southern city of Shenzhen, police fired tear gas at the angry protesters who were calling for “bloodbath” in Tokyo. In addition, over 1,000 protesters held […]
23 Afghans killed in US-led airstrikes
Local witnesses said on Sunday that at least seven women died and several others were wounded in an overnight attack in Laghman. The US-led military coalition has confirmed the attack. Sixteen other Afghans were also killed in another airstrike carried out in Kunar on Sunday. Many civilians have lost their lives in the US-led operations […]
Protest hits Japan embassy in Beijing
The angry demonstrators also threw rocks and bottles at the diplomatic building during the Saturday protest. Police forces also barricaded the embassy and struggled to hold back the protesters. “Return our islands! Japanese devils get out!” the protesters chanted. A protester held a placard reading, “For the respect of the motherland, we must go to […]
‘Down USA’ chanted in Sydney protest
The protest, that is the latest in a wave of demonstrations held across the world against the blasphemous film, was held on Saturday when demonstrators, including women and children, marched through Sydney’s Hyde Park. “We are sick and tired of everyone mocking our beloved prophet,” protester Houda Dib said, as the crowd of about 500 […]
Afghan MPs urge end to US pact
The appeal comes as fury over the blasphemous movie has spread across the world, with protesters marching on the US embassies and torching the US flags. On Friday, thousands of protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan to voice their anger over the release of the insulting film produced in the United States. Protests […]
Bomb attack kills 12 Afghan civilians
According to local authorities, the victims are from two families and were killed when a roadside bomb struck their minivan on Friday afternoon. “Five women and a child from one family, and four women and two children from another family were killed in the blast,” AFP quoted Helmand governor’s spokesman, Daud Ahmadi, as saying on […]
Anti-US protests erupt in Afghanistan
The protesters burnt an effigy of the US President Barack Obama and blamed the blasphemous anti-Islam movie on Washington. The fresh protests come after Afghan lawmakers earlier today called on the government to cancel a strategic partnership pact signed by Kabul and Washington over the anti-Islam film, which insults the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). On May […]
Floods, landslides kill 45 in India
“Most of the deaths occurred in the early hours of Friday after heavy downpours in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts of the scenic Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,” AFP quoted the local Disaster Management Minister Yashpal Arya as saying on Saturday. Arya added that rescuers pulled 17 bodies from the debris today in the affected areas of […]
Afghan soldier kills 2 US-led troops
“An individual believed to be an Afghan Local Police member turned his weapon against (NATO’s) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing two,” ISAF said in an statement on Saturday. “An ISAF service member returned fire, killing the attacker,” the statement added. ISAF, however, did not disclose the nationalities of […]
Interpol rejects red warrant on Musharraf
The Interpol issued a statement, saying that the documentation that Pakistani’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sent was insufficient as a basis for issuing a red warrant. In response, Pakistani authorities sent another request to the Interpol with further documentation. Prior to this, Pakistan had also sent London, where Musharraf is currently residing, an extradition […]
Interpol rejects red warrant on Musharraf
The Interpol issued a statement, saying that the documentation that Pakistani’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sent was insufficient as a basis for issuing a red warrant. In response, Pakistani authorities sent another request to the Interpol with further documentation. Prior to this, Pakistan had also sent London, where Musharraf is currently residing, an extradition […]
Bangladesh bans foreign aid to Rohingya
“The charities have been providing aid to tens of thousands of undocumented Rohingya refugees illegally. We asked them to stop all their projects in Cox’s Bazar following directive from the NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations Affairs Bureau,” local administrator Joynul Bari said. Bari added that the foreign aid was encouraging “an influx of Rohingya refugees” from Myanmar. […]