A suicide attack on a police van has killed eight people in Pakistan and injured at least 30. The explosion happened in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Violence has steadily increased across the country in the build up to Pakistan’s national elections on May the 11. ...
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An insurgent rocket attack on a US air base in Afghanistan has damaged the plane of America’s top military officer while he was on a visit there. Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was not near the plane at the time but two US maintenance crew were slightly injured. The attack happened late on Monday night at the US air base in Bagram. He...
Afghanistan’s parliament voted to sack its two top security ministers on Saturday for failing to respond to rocket shelling from Pakistan. The voting to dismiss Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Gen. Besmillah Mohammadi was aired on national TV. The men will stay in their posts until replacements are announced. Afghan President Hamid...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accepted a decision by parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers but asked them to continue in a temporary capacity until they can be replaced, AFP reports. Parliament’s vote of no confidence in Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak and Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi on Saturday came amid tension with Pakistan and...
