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Sikh gurudwara attack plotter ISKP chief Aslam Farooqui admits his link with Pakistan's ISI

Kabul: Exposing a Pakistan link to the Sikh Gurudrawa attack in Afghanistan's Kabul city, arrested so-called emir of Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) Mawlawi Abdullah aka Aslam Farooqui has confessed his strong relationship with Pak spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). more

Daniel Pearl: ISI's hand in early release of convict Omar Sheikh suspected

A Pakistan court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of militant Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh- who was convicted 18 years ago for abducting and murdering the South Asia bureau chief of The ...

Twelve IS inmates escape prison in NE Syria

Damascus/Xinhua: A total of 12 inmates of the Islamic State (IS) militant group escaped a prison run by Kurdish militia in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah on Sunday, state TV ...

ISIS Khurasan claims Sikh Gurudwara in Kabul was attacked by Abu Khalild al-Hindi

Kabul: An offshoot of the terror group Islamic State- ISIS Khurasan- has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Sikh gurudwara in Afghanistan's Kabul city which left 25 pe ...

Kabul Sikh Gurudwara attack: Hand of Pakistani spy agency ISI suspected

Kabul: Even as Islamic State terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack in a Sikh Gurdwara (temple) in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, which has claimed 25 lives so far, ...

25 killed in Kabul Sikh Gurudwara attack as ISIS claims responsibility

Kabul: With the world currently engaged in tackling Coronavirus outbreak, Afghanistan witnessed a tragic day as Islamic State gunmen attacked a Sikh gurudwara in capital Kabul city and ki ...

Afghanistan: Gunmen attack Sikh temple, 11 killed

Kabul: At a time when the world, including Afghanistan, is fighting against the coronavirus outbreak, gunmen stormed into a Sikh Gurudwara in Shorbazar area of Kabul city on Wednesday and ...

UN rights chief urges South Sudan authorities to address inter-communal violence

New York : Authorities in South Sudan must address intercommunal violence if the nation is to achieve lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday, in response ...

UN Population Fund sounds alarm over dire situation facing women and girls in Syria after 10 years of war

New York : The UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA, is expressing increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in Syria’s dire and escalating humanitarian crisis, ...

As Syrian conflict enters 10th year, ‘brutal truth’ is, there is little protection for families

New York/IBNS: Although a fragile ceasefire agreed in northwest Syria is still holding, UN humanitarians on Friday warned of dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of civilians displac ...