At least two people were killed and scores wounded in a bombing at a mosque in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, according to medical sources. The casualties were caused by two suspected improvised explosive devices which went off at the Saad Ben Obadah mosque during Friday prayers. Mutaz al-Mu'tri, Benghazi's security directorate spokesperson, said two bomb bags had been used in the attack, according to...
A dominant display with the bat led by a century from Rahmat Shah saw Afghanistan annihilate Zimbabwe by 154 runs in the first ODI of the five-match series in Sharjah last night. In pursuit of 334 to win, Zimbabwe’s chase never really got going. Solomon Mire top-scored with a brisk 34 off 26 balls and later Craig Ervine (33) and Skinadar Raza (25) put...
Forty-five billion dollars is how much the Pentagon says the Afghan war is costing American taxpayers, and with no end in sight they may have to keep footing that bill for years to come. Lawmakers, skeptical about the prospects of victory, grilled the Trump administration Tuesday on the direction of the nation’s longest-running war, now in its 17th year. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing...
A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan left two dead and 219 injured, the government said, after buildings crumbled and trapped people inside. About 150 people are missing, according to the government, with many believed to be still trapped inside buildings. A hotel and a residential block were the worst hit by the quake in the port city of Hualien, said the national...
Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 11 runs in second T20I in Sharjah last night. Afghanistan chose to bat first and posted 159-9 after 20 overs. Zimbabwe could not chase down the target and lost five wickets in 141 runs. Earlier Afghanistan had defeated Zimbabwe in 1st T20 by five wickets. The two teams will lock horns again in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series from February 9. ...
A Senate panel expressed frustration Tuesday over whether the latest strategy in Afghanistan will finally find an end to America’s longest war. In a series of sharp questions and comments, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took top state and defense officials to task over past missteps and future plans to resolve the war in Afghanistan. Among those concerns: Annual US costs to run the war...
Intelligence officials on Tuesday confiscated 25 tonnes of chicken meat after being smuggled into Herat province from Iran. The driver of the vehicle carrying the meat worth about 2.3 million Afs has been arrested in Herat City, the provincial capital, the governor’s spokesman said. Jilani Farhad said the meat had been brought from Iran in defiance of a government ban on chicken meat from the...
Security officials in Faryab said that 95 Taliban insurgents along with 11 prominent commanders were killed in Afghan security forces’ operation codenamed ‘Nawed 8’ in Khoja Sabzposh district. Thirty six Taliban insurgents including three prominent commanders were injured. The operation was launched a week ago and ended on Sunday. Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for Shaheen 209 Military Corps, told Killid that 28 villages in Khoja Sabzposh...
According to Mikrofon news Agency (MHA), a person who was trying to cross security checkpoints close to the Iran’s presidential palace has been wounded after security troops have fired at him. According to some reports he ignored warnings of security forces at the first gate. There is no more information regarding the issue so far. ...
Security officials in Nangarhar said that 24 Daesh militants were killed in Afghan security forces’ airstrikes in Achin district. Brigadier Sheren Aqa Faqiri, spokesman for Selab 201 Military Corps, told Killid that the operations were conducted over the past 24 hours. He added that in a separate incident three Lashkar-e-Islam militants were killed and three injured in clash with Daesh militants in the province. Faqiri further...