MIRAN SHAH: At least 10 persons were killed and several others injured in US drone attack at a training camp in North Waziristan tribal region.
A US spy aircraft fired missiles at a training camp at Mohammedkhel mountains in North Waziristan in which at least 10 persons were killed and several injured, sources said. Most of the persons killed in the attack said to be foreign nationals.
MANSEHRA PAKISTAN: At least five people including two women were killed when some armed men attacked the office of an NGO in Mansehra,Wednesday.
According to police sources, the armed men attacked with firearms and blasted the office of a US-based NGO, killing at least five people in Mansehra tehsil of Aughi.
The exchange of fire between police and militants is currently underway at the site of NGO Vision World, which was razed to ground in the blast.
Media quoted the admin officer of the NFO as saying that at least 6 staff including two women were killed in the attack.
The attack on Sri Lankan team last year deprived Pakistan of the privilege to host the Cricket World Cup 2011, also making the local playgrounds await holding of international games.
Even after lapse of a year, police is still clueless as neither anyone convicted nor any action has been taken in this regard. In the attack on the SL team a dozen gunmen attacked the team bus with rifles, grenades and pistols, wounding six players, a British coach and a Pakistani umpire and killing seven policemen.
Since the attack, two assailants have been arrested, one was shot and killed while one of the facilitators was identified and is in prison and four others are still at large. The attackers ambushed the Sri Lankan team’s convoy on Liberty Roundabout on March 3, 2009 and fired AK-47s and rockets and hurled grenades at the team’s bus. The attackers fled after a 25-minute crossfire with police. On the day of the attack, 1,500 policemen had been deputed on The Mall in front of the Punjab Assembly, the Governor’s House and the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.
India and Saudi Arabia have signed five accords relating to security, economy, defence and energy sectors to boost cooperation.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Saudi King Abdullah inked the accords in Riyadh declaration that aims at beginning a new era of strategic partnership between the two states. The two states agreed to increase cooperation in information exchange relating to terrorist activities, money laundering, narcotics, arms and human trafficking, and further develop joint strategies to combat the said threats. The Indian Prime Minister and King Abdullah condemned terrorism and extremism and affirmed that the issue has acquired global dimensions and poses a threat to all societies.
The treaty, signed by India’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, further enhances existing security cooperation and is aimed at helping in apprehending wanted persons in the two countries. Manmohan Singh and King Abdullah also discussed the peace process in the Middle East.
Al-Qaeda has released a video showing the suicide bomber who is believed to have killed seven CIA employees and a Jordanian officer in Afghanistan.
The video has been made available by the US terrorism monitoring firm IntelCenter and shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, inside a vehicle, speaking to the camera and seemingly addressing the CIA. The video shows Al-Balawi holding a gun, saying “Inshallah, death will come to you for unexpected way”.
The Jordanian national, Al-Balawi, blew himself up in December inside Forward operating Base Chapman, a well-fortified US compound, in south-east Afghanistan. The attack is the second biggest in the agency history. Nato and Afghan forces are now in its third week of an offensive to retake control of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand province.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has survived an attack from the 21st century citizen’s weapon of choice – the shoe.
The Prime Minister had been in Seville, Spain on Monday evening when the attack happened. The shoe missed its intended target and hit a bodyguard.
The 20-year-old assailant was swiftly detained. According to reports, the man was of Syrian descent and was shouting “Viva Kurdistan” as he carried out the attack. Turkey’s state-owned Anatolian news agency reported he was heavily intoxicated.
The attack comes just days after Turkey was forced to arrest 50 military commanders in what most believe was a coup plot.
was first posted on February 24, 2010 at 11:05 am.
MANSEHRA, Pakistan News: In the early hours of the morning two terrorist have attacked on City Police station in Manshera. One of the terrorist blew himself at the main gate of the Police station in Manshera.
At least two Police officers have been killed during the attack while 10 others have been injured due to the attack. Police have killed one of the two terrorist.
A search operation is underway in Manshera to arrest the other terrorist who managed to escape. Continuous round of firing sounds heard from the area.
In a separate incident a Police station was also attacked by a suicide bomber in Balakot. The SHO was also killed during the incident.
was first posted on February 20, 2010 at 10:22 am.
A 400-year-old minaret collapsed Friday in Meknes, Morocco, killing 36 people and injuring 71, officials reported.
The collapse occurred as hundreds of worshipers were gathering in Bab Berdieyinne mosque in Meknes, a town in northern Morocco 140 km (87 miles) southeast of Rabat, for Friday prayers, they said.
King Mohammed ordered that the mosque be rebuilt as soon as possible and that its original architecture be preserved.
was first posted on February 20, 2010 at 11:46 am.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan News: At least 33 terrorist were killed in air raids that carried out against extremist in the mountainous region of Shawal, South Waziristan.
According to ISPR, the raid was conducted after receiving secret information. Several compounds used by terrorist were targeted and destroyed in the attack.
According to sources, since the compound was located on a difficult terrain thus terrorist used the compound as a training camp and hideout.
was first posted on February 20, 2010 at 12:56 pm.