WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday laid out the so-called three-track strategy of fight, talk and build in dealing with issues on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Speaking at a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Clinton said the U.S. is pursuing all three tracks at once, as [...]
‘let the King come (to power), peace will follow’ Afroz Alam Sahil, BeyondHeadlines After abdication of the throne, the King and the Prince were passive. Now they are increasingly active in the political circles. They are giving interviews to the media and participating in socio-religious functions. During this Dussehera, the former king along with his [...]
Our politicians have fought amongst themselves to destroy this country. The call ‘Bring the King save the country’ is increasingly getting louder. Afroz Alam Sahil, BeyondHeadlines Many in Nepal are talking of ‘old’ days under monarchs where things were at least not as bad. Ram Babu Parshai, Convener of Nepali Congress (Nationalist) thinks that [...]
Security operation ends with all six Taliban fighters killed after 20 hours of fighting in the Afghan capital. Afghan and NATO forces have ended their assault on Taliban fighters, 20 hours after the group launched co-ordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency. At least three policemen, four [...]
KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — Six security personnel were injured in gun battle with militants as a fifth blast was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, police said. “The incident happened in Char Rahi Abdul Haq area closed to U. S. embassy and NATO-led ISAF headquarters,” police told Xinhua. Police cordoned off the [...]
BeyondHeadlines Foreign Correspondent Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan declared that major cities of the country will be inundated unless a drainage system is built to replace the existing one. A survey conducted by the NDMA revealed that the drainage systems of Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar among other cities fail to [...]
KATHMANDU, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Unified Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (UCPN-M) Vice Chairman Babu Ram Bhattarai was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Sunday. Bhattarai defeated Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel by garnering 340 votes from 575 present Constituent Assembly (CA) members. Sunday’s voting took place after the political parties [...]
Foreign Desk Beyondheadlines No clues could be gathered of the where about of Shahbaz Taseer following his kidnapping in Lahore on last Friday. Eight teams are raiding different parts of the city while the fingerprint from the scene of kidnapping were sent for verification to National Data base Registration Authority (NADRA). Shaheryar Taseer , his [...]
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — At least 50 people were killed and over 100 others were injured when a suicide bomb attack hit a mosque packed with hundreds of prayers in northwest Pakistan Friday afternoon, reported local Urdu TV channel Express. According to the TV, the blast took place at about 02:00 p.m. local time [...]
KABUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that 31 members of the U.S. special forces and seven Afghan soldiers were killed in a NATO helicopter crash in east Afghanistan. The incident happened Friday night in Wardak province, according to a statement released by the president office. The Afghan president expressed his [...]
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