PAKISTAN
KARACHI: Renowned gawwalAmjadSabri was shot dead in a targeted attack on his car by armed motorcyclists in Liaquatabad,.The killing was carried out on a day when the law enforcement agencies had claimed to have beefed up security in the wake of the kidnapping of the Sindh High Court chief justice`s son, Advocate Awais Ali Shah. Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune , The Fronter Post, The Daily Times, The Nation, The Daily Aaj, The Daily Mashriq
ISLAMABAD: President MamnoonHussain stressed the need for early repatriation of Afghan refugees and urged the international community to work together to achieve this objective. Dawn
LAHORE:An anti-terrorism court indicted six members of a banned outfit in a case of an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Unknown assailants shot dead a government officer in the limits of Yakatoot police station here.Police identified the slain as Nawab Safi, a section officer at the Civil Secretariat. Mr Safi had previously served as assistant political agent of South Waziristan. Dawn
NEW YORK: Pakistan raised the issue of the US drone strike in Balochistan at the United Nations Security Council , describing it as an unacceptable and blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and of the UN charter and international law, says a press release.The News,The Daily Times
PESHAWAR: As many as 1,200 Afghan nationals living illegally in the provincial capital were arrested in the last 14 days.The News
PESHAWAR: With tension escalating at the Western border with Afghanistan, law-enforcement agencies intensified their crackdown against illegal refugees from the neighbouring country.The Express Tribune
KANDAHAR – The Taliban have released more than two dozen hostages pulled from their vehicles on a highway in southern Afghanistan.The passengers were kidnapped in Washer district of volatile Helmand province as they were travelling on a bus and two trucks from southern Kandahar to western Herat province. The Nation
AFGHANISTAN
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has sacked top officials from the Hamid Karzai International Airport over negligence in duty, the Office of the President said.Khaama
LOGAR: Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off prematurely while the militants were planting it in DawoodKhel area outside Pul-e-Alam city of Logar province, killing all seven militants, including a prominent commander of the group identified as Abdul Rauf. Khaama , Afghanistan News
LAGHMAN: Two militants were killed while two others were injured, when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) manufactured by themselves, in the vicinity of Alinagar district, went off. Khaama , Afghanistan News
NANGARHAR: Drone strike killed at least four militants fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province, the militants were targeted in Kot district. Khaama , Tolo News , Pajhwok
HELMAND: A commander of the Taliban group was killed along with 11 other militants during an airstrike by the Afghan Air Force in Marjah District in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Khaama
KABUL: The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to United Nations Mahmoud Saikal updated the UN Security Council regarding the terrorist’s safe havens in Pakistan, saying that, “The fact that terrorist leaders had been found and killed in safe havens in Pakistan was proof that it had violated the sovereignty of other nations”.Khaama
KABUL: An explosion took place in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area in Kabul but did not incur any casualties, security officials said. Khaama
BADGHIS: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier has killed at least four of his comrades in an insider attack in Jund district of northwestern Badghis province. Khaama , Pajhwok
KUNDUZ: During counterterrorism operation by the Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province, 8 militant including the group’s commander identified as Abu Bakar were killed. Khaama
PAKTIKA: In an operation conducted by Afghan security forces in Paktika province, 6 militants were killed. Khaama
NANGARHAR: 6 militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in Nangarhar province during a counterinsurgency operation by the Afghan security forces. Khaama
BADAKHSHAN: According to a statement by MoD, 6 militants were killed in an operation in Tagab district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Khaama
GHAZNI: 3 militants were killed in an operation carried out by the Afghan security forces against terrorists in Ghazni province. Khaama
HELMAND: 4 militants were injured in Helmand province in a counterterrorism operation. Khaama
LAGHMAN: At least eight civilians were wounded when a magnetic bomb went off near Sultan Ghazi Baba Mosque in Mehtarlam city. Tolo News
KUNDUZ: Four Taliban militants including a group commander Mullah Abdul Rahim alias Abbas, were killed in an ambush by security forces in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, officials said. Afghanistan News
FARYAB:At least 115 Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, security officials in neighbouringJawzjan said. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: Two Afghan Local Police (ALP) officials were sentenced to 18 yearsin jail due to misuse of authority and killing of an individual in eastern Nangarhar province. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: At least two people were killed and as many wounded in a roadside bombing in the Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar, an official said. Pajhwok
