FATA
LANDIKOTAL: Pakistan reopened its border with Afghanistan at Torkham after six days of closure during which the security forces of the two countries clashed over the reinstallation of a gate on the Pakistani side of the border.The News, Dawn
PAKISTAN
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, claimed to have detained seven suspects belonging to political parties and seized arms and ammunition from their possession. Dawn
FAISA L A BAD: In an unusual incident, police allegedly shot at and injured two suspects and left them crying with pain on road near Koh-iNoor flats for at least one hour. Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The InterServices Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) are the only two departments that are still using secret service funds, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly.Dawn
KARACHI: The airing of three leaked interrogation videos of two high-profile suspects by TV channels in as many days finally caught the attention of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan who on Saturday termed the act `illegal and unethical` and asl.Dawn
GHALANAI: A landmine went off in Baizai tehsil here on Saturday, injuring three young boys, securitysourcessaid.The landmine was planted by unknown persons at a place used by the people for takingrestunderneathtrees in AtmarKhel area.Dawn
LAKKI MARWAT: The power loadshedding-hit people of Lakki have refused to let their children immunised against the crippling polio disease.Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly approved on Saturday the budgets of several sectors as well as charged expenditures that include Rs10.33 trillion for debt servicing, which is the country`s main annual expenditure.Dawn
WASHINGTON: The continued existence of terrorists’ safe havens in Pakistan and its inability to take action against them affect the US-Pakistan bilateral ties, including security assistance, the Pentagon has said.The News
BANNU: The police arrested two persons, including a woman allegedly involved in human trafficking in Haveed area, official sources said.The News
ISLAMABAD: Terming the recent release of ‘confessional videos’ of under-custody suspects by local TV channels illegal and unethical, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said cases are decided in the courts and not through media trials, reports Geo News.The News
DERA MURAD JAMALI: One personnel of Frontier Corps Balochistan embraced martyrdom in a gun battle with armed men while seven suspects were arrested in Mir Pur area lying on border of Nasirabad and JhalMagsi district.The News,Dawn, The Daily Times
BANNU: The security forces and police during a joint search operation arrested at least 24 persons including wanted criminals and drug peddlers in the limits of Mandan Police Station .The News
PESHAWAR: After six days of closure, the administration reopened Torkham border and also lifted curfew from Torkham bazaar.The Daily Times
SIALKOT: As many as two most wanted criminals have been electrocuted to death, here in Sialkot. According to details, the two absconding robbers named AsgharHussain alias Kakri and Imran alias Hirni made contact with 11,000-megawatt power transmission line passing through the roof of their hideout in a village in Muradpur police station jurisdiction, leaving both of them dead by electrocution.Police said that the deceased robbers were involved in several crimes including robbery, dacoity and extortion. The Daily Times
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL: The First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum granted $15,000 to the family of each soldier martyred during the recent clash with the Pakistani forces in Torkham. Khaama
KUNDUZ: During an air strike in Taraki village, DashtArchi district of northern Kunduz, eight armed Taliban were killed including Qari Ali a key leader of armed Taliban,” according to a statement by Ministry of Interior (MoI). Khaama , Pajhwok , Afghanistan News , Kolkata 24×7 News
GHOR: Unknown gunmen have abducted at least 4 people including two education officials in central city of Ghor in Ghor province of Afghanistan.Khaama
BAGHLAN: The Taliban leader identified as QariZahir, the spy chief of the Taliban group, was arrested along with two police officials suspected of helping him, as he was found wounded in a police vehicle in a check post in Khenjan district of Baghlan. Khaama , Pajhwok , Tolo News , Afghanistan News
HERAT: The Taliban militants shot at least 6 civilians after accusing them of breaking Ramadan fast in Obe district in western Herat province, after the Taliban militants initially opened fire on residents of TagabYari area. Khaama
NANGARHAR: At least 23 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Khaama , Pajhwok , Tolo News , Afghanistan News
URUZGAN: According to MoD, operation conducted by Special Forces of the Afghan National Army in Charchino district of Uruzgan, resulted in 47 Taliban militants dead while 41 others wounded. Khaama , Afghanistan News
HERAT: A senior Taliban leader, MawlaviAlam, the group’s military commission chief for Badghis province was killed in an ambush of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Keshk-e-Rabat district of western Herat province. Khaama , Afghanistan News
KANDAHAR: 13 Taliban militants have been killed during a clash with security forces in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province.Pajhwok
HELMAND: Taliban uses civilians as human shields in Marjah district in Helmand as they hide inside residents’ houses during clash with Afghan security forces in the province, said security officials. Tolo News
GHAZNI: The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces shot dead a would-be suicide bomber before he manage to carry out an attack in Shahkhook village of Andar district in southeastern Ghazni province. Khaama , Afghanistan News
