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Obama dismantles Muslim registry program
Statue of Liberty Photo : I, Laslovarga via Wikimedia Commons The Obama administration moved Thursday to dismantle a 9/11 era registry program known as National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, which required visitors mostly from Muslim countries...December 22, 2016 1227 0 -
Heart of Asia calls for combined effort to curb terrorism
Composite satellite image of South Asia Photo : Public Domain via Wikimedia The Heart of Asia Conference concluded in Amritsar, the town on the India-Pakistan border on Sunday, calling for increased cooperation among member countries to cope...December 4, 2016 873 0 -
US-Pakistan cooperative ties will be key to South Asian peace
South Asia is likely to remain a key area of focus for the United States as it has wide-ranging economic and security interests in the region. Recent skirmishes along the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir region...November 27, 2016 1670 2 -
Terrorists target shrine in Balochistan with explosion claiming 30 lives
At least 30 persons were killed and over 100 injured when terrorists targeted the shrine of Sufi saint, Shah Noorani near Hub in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The blast struck at a time when people including...November 12, 2016 1328 0 -
Pakistani politicians demand probe into security lapse after terror attack kills 60 policemen
In one of the deadliest attacks of the year, militants killed 60 under training police officers and over 100 others in Police Training College near Quetta in Southwestern province of Pakistan on Monday night. Prime Minister...October 25, 2016 776 0 -
Three Kansas men face terror charges for plotting to kill Somali Muslim immigrants
Three men face terrorism charges after authorities unearthed that they were plotting to bomb an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas where Somali immigrants live and worship. According to the Department of Justice Curtis Allen and...October 16, 2016 869 0 -
US rejects notion of declaring Pakistan a ‘terrorist state’
The United States has made it clear that there is no question of declaring Pakistan as a ‘terrorist state’, and that Washington would continue to work with regional capitals as part of efforts to address the...October 8, 2016 1094 0 -
NY bombing accused Rahami’s wife is Afghani, not Pakistani : Islamabad
Islamabad has refuted media reports that Afghan American Ahmad Khan Rahami, accused of carrying out terror bombings in New York and New Jersey, is married to a Pakistani woman. “As per preliminary investigation, the wife of...September 22, 2016 793 0 -
Afghan American suspect in NY bombing arrested after shootout
An intense manhunt and a bloody shootout on a New Jersey street ended Monday with the arrest of a suspect, an Afghan American, in the bomb blast that wounded 29 people Saturday in New York City’s...September 19, 2016 834 0
