Former lawmaker Mohsin Dawar has survived an armed attack in North Waziristan’s Miran Shah area, a media report said on Thursday. Political parties and candidates have kicked off their election campaigns amid mounting security concerns ahead of the February 8 polls in the neighbouring country. “Mohsin Dawar’s vehicle was targeted while his convoy travelled between More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed former South African batter Andrew George Puttick as the national team’s new batting coach and Gordon James Parsons as the U-19 side’s mentor. Andrew Puttick, South Africa’s left-handed opening batsman from made his FC debut in the 2000-01 season, scoring his maiden first-class century in his third game, More
Iran deported about 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees from northeastern Razavi Khorasan province via Dogharon border terminal during the past nine months, Iranian police confirmed on Wednesday. Razavi Khorasan border police chief Sardar Majeed Shah told IRNA news agency that 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees were identified and deported via Dogharon. He said illegally residing foreigners had created problems More
Japanese authorities say the death toll from the Ishikawa prefecture earthquake has risen to 62. The Associated Press quoted officials of Ishikawa province as saying on Wednesday that most of the casualties were reported from the cities of Wajima and Suzu. Over 300 more people were wounded in the quake, officials said, adding the search More
Saudi Arabia has formally joined the BRICS bloc of countries, a media report said on Wednesday. The Saudi foreign minister had said in August the kingdom would study the details before the proposed Jan. 1 joining date and take “the appropriate decision”, according to Reuters. The BRICs bloc previously included Brazil, Russia, India, China and More
Afghanistan have edged thrashed the UAE by four wickets in the third match to clinch the T20I series 2-1 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Restricting the UAE to 126, Afghanistan chased down the target for the loss of six wickets with nine balls to spare. Naveen-Ul Haq wreaked havoc with four scalps to help Afghanistan More
The number of people killed in the earthquakes that rocked Japan has risen to 30, media reports said on Tuesday. According to emergency services, at least 50 people suffered injuries. Over 200 buildings are on fire in the Ishikawa Prefecture. More than 100 buildings collapsed and many people trapped under the rubble. Rescuers and firefighters More
Three people have been killed and seven others injured in two separate shootings in American’s Los Angeles, reports said on Tuesday. Global News reported that American officials confirmed about three people had been killed and seven others injured in two separate shootings in Los Angeles city. A woman was killed and four people were wounded in a More
Unidentified gunmen shot dead six barbers in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Mir Ali area. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings in Mir Ali, a town in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Jamal Khan, local police chief, according to AP. The slain individuals belonged to Punjab province and they worked as barbers in More
The Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry in northern Jawzjan province says the number of women applying for business licenses has increased compared to the past. Fatima Nik Rasouli, director the chamber, told Pajhwok that currently 2,433 businesswomen were registered with their department. She said there was no accurate number of businesswomen from previous years, More
