PAKISTAN

Kabul Fighting Ends; 32 Taliban Insurgents Killed

Kabul
The coordinated attacks launched by the Taliban over the weekend on Afghanistan's capital have ended. Security forces unleashed an attack on the Taliban militants near the diplomatic enclave and the parliament before putting an end to the fighting which lasted 18 hours, a spokesman for Kabul's police chief has said.
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Indonesia Quake

2 Quakes Hit Indonesia's Coast; Tsunami Watch Canceled

An 8.2-magnitude temblor struck 618 kilometers off the coast of Aceh province, epicenter of the December 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Asia. Two hours earlier, a magnitude-8.6 quake struck off Sumatra.
Gayari Search and Rescue, Day, April 10A

Pakistan Continues Search For Avalanche Survivors [PHOTOS]

Braving hazardous weather conditions, 383 Pakistani military personnel and 69 civilians are working day and night on rescue efforts at the location where an avalanche on Saturday buried 124 soldiers and 11 civilians at an army battalion headquarters in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Afghanistan

Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 10, Injures 20 In Western Afghanistan

Suicide bombers killed at least ten people and wounded 20 persons on Tuesday morning in Afghanistan's Herat province according to the Afghan authorities. The unidentified bombers blew up a car laden with explosives outside a district head quarters building.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bhutto Scion Steals The Show: Kashmir Indifferent To Zardari's India Visit

Apart from the hype surrounding the young Bhutto scion, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's private visit to India, designed as a religious pilgrimage, has failed to address the Kashmir question, which is the single most critical issue that shapes the diplomatic relations between both the nations.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's India Trip: Facebook Fans Welcome Bhutto Scion

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in India on Sunday with a 40 member entourage for a private visit. The entourage includes 14 of his family members and senior Pakistani diplomats.Zardari will have one-to-one meeting with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh behind closed doors, in which both the leaders are expected to discuss bilateral issues on trade and current happenings.However, all eyes are on Bilawal Bhutto- 24-year-old son of Zardari, who is accompanying his father....
Pakistani soldiers, tied to each other for safety in hostile weather conditions, carry their weapons some time in June 1999 as they cross a snowy field on the Siachen Glacier in Pakistan.

Avalanche Buries 135 Pakistani Soldiers And Civilians On Saturday

The avalanche rolling over a Pakistani army battalion headquarters in the Himalayan region of Kashmir on Saturday buried 124 soldiers and 11 civilian employees of the military -- with no sign of survivors yet -- according to the country's Inter Services Public Relations, or ISPR.
France Islamists

France: 10 More Islamists Arrested In Raids

French police arrested 10 more suspected Islamic radicals during pre-dawn raids across the country on Wednesday, marking the second such day of mass arrests in less than a week.
Manmohan Singh

India Terms Military Coup Rumors As 'Alarmist' And 'Baseless'

Responding to the bombshell of a story carried by an Indian newspaper on the suspicious military movements insinuating a military coup, Prime Minister Monmohan Singh Wednesday said that the reports were alarmist and should not be taken at face value.

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