55 Killed, Over 100 Injured In Blast At Hospital In Pakistan

At least 55 people were killed and 100 injured, mostly lawyers, injured on Monday when a bomb ripped through a hospital in Quetta in Pakistan’s restive south-western Balochistan province followed by gunfire. The loud explosion was heard as lawyers brought the body of president of Balochistan Bar Association (BA) advocate Bilal Anwar Kasi, who was gunned down by unidentified assailants earlier […]

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Pakistani helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

A Pakistani government helicopter crash-landed in Taliban-held territory in Afghanistan on Thursday and all passengers and crew are feared captured by the insurgents, officials said. The helicopter went down in Logar province, near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan’s lawless and mountainous tribal areas. “Those detained by the Taliban are Pakistanis,” Sameem Saleh, spokesman for Logar’s governor, said. “The chopper was not […]

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U.S. blocks $300 million military aid to Pakistan

The Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided not to tell Congress that Pakistan was taking adequate action against the Haqqani network, an official said. Relations between the two countries have been frayed over the past decade, with U.S. officials frustrated by what they term Islamabad’s unwillingness to act […]

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