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Man injures 8 with axe in Sweden before being shot, arrested
Stockholm (TIP): A man armed with an axe attacked and injured eight people in a southern Swedish town Wednesday before being shot and arrested, police said. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said a possible terrorist motive […]
Asia
Afghan women judges killed
Kabul (TIP): Unidentified gunmen killed two women judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been […]
Misc
World
Bolsonaro warns US-like political crisis could happen in Brazil
Brasilia (TIP): Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday the lack of trust in the vote count in the US election led to Wednesday’s mob attack on Congress and warned that the same could happen […]
World
Asia
China holds COVID-19 vice-ministerial meeting with Pakistan, Bangla, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Beijing (TIP): China has hosted a vice-ministerial-level meeting with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on controlling the COVID-19, expanding its first such meeting held in July involving Islamabad, Kathmandu and Kabul. Chinese Vice Foreign […]
Opinions
Asia
Pakistani army: Militant fire from Afghanistan kills soldier
Peshawar (TIP): Militant gunfire from across the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday killed a Pakistani soldier and wounded two others, Pakistan’s military said, the latest in militant attacks on troops in the region. The attack […]
Other News
Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution there, a little past midnight […]
India
United States
Afghani Sikh and Hindu Community pay tribute to their brethren slain in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Consul General in New York Abdul Satar Haqbin mourns with community HICKSVILLE, NY(TIP): The gory incident of the slaying of 19 Sikh and Hindu community leaders in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on July 1 came alive […]
Featured
Stay, Afghanistan needs you…
Filled with remorse, an anguished Afghan hopes Sikhs, Hindus won’t flee what’s their home too “I am not certain if the community can tolerate more pain, but we don’t want them to forget that they […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
ISIS claims suicide bomb attack on Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan
KABUL(TIP): ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan on July 1 that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus. The bomber targeted a delegation from the minority communities as […]
Featured
India
Joint Secretary Vinay Kumar appointed India’s Ambassador to Afghanistan
NEW DELHI(TIP) : Senior diplomat Vinay Kumar has been appointed as India‘s ambassador to strategically key Afghanistan. He will replace Manpreet Vohra in Kabul. Kumar, a 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as Joint Secretary […]
Pakistan
Pakistan says ready for mediation between Afghanistan govt and Taliban
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on March 1 said it was ready for mediation between the Afghan government and the Taliban as it extended support to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s political process in the war-torn country. Speaking at the second Kabul Process conference, […]
United States
Trump unveils Afghanistan and South Asia policy, calls for deeper strategic partnership with India
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): US President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive review of the US South Asia policy in Afghanistan and the region. Calling out Pakistan’s duplicitous role in harboring agents of terror and violence on […]
World
Suicide bomber strikes near Shiite mosque in Kabul, 4 dead
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): A suicide bomber struck outside a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul late Thursday night, killing four people, including a leader of Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazaras, Hajji Ramazan Hussainzada. Another five people were wounded, said Interior […]
World
Retrieving ground in Afghanistan
The legitimacy of its institutions, including the unity government and the security forces, must be enhanced First week of June provided a grim reminder of the worsening security situation in Afghanistan. A suicide attack on May 31 in the heart of […]
World
US might take the hard option in Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): The US official policy on supporting a “peace process” in Afghanistan may change. In remarks at Canberra, US defence secretary James Mattis gave clear indication that the US may not give Taliban the space for a political “solution” in Afghanistan. The […]
Asia
Asia
Afghanistan blames Haqqani network, ISI for Kabul blast
KABUL/ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), said on Thursday that early findings showed the Haqqani network with the assistance of Pakistan’s ISI carried out the attack in Kabul that killed at least 90 people. “These terrorists […]
Asia
Militant attack on Afghanistan army base kills 10 soldiers: Officials
KANDAHAR (TIP): At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, the defence ministry said Tuesday, in the latest attack on Western-backed forces. “Last night the enemies of […]
Pakistan