At least seven large explosions and automatic gunfire have rocked the central diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul, Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying on Sunday. Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the heavily barricaded diplomatic area of central Kabul close to both the US and British embassies. The US embassy sounded ...
Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, with blasts and gunfire erupting in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the Afghan parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said. Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the barricaded diplomatic area of the city, close to both the US ...
Kabul: A series of explosions followed by sustained gunfire shook the Afghan capital on Sunday in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by militants on three neighborhoods frequented by Afghan government officials and their international allies. There were attacks about the same time in two other eastern cities - Jalalabad and Gardez. There were no ...
Several large explosions and bursts of gunfire were heard on Sunday near the United States embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul, although the target was not immediately clear. The US embassy sounded alarms and warned staff to take cover, AFP reporters heard from their office near the embassy in the Wazir Akbar Khan area, which houses ...
Pakistani politicians have rejected U.S. allegations the military was supporting the Haqqani militant network and have thrown their support behind the country's most powerful institution in its destabilizing standoff with Washington. The claims by Adm. Mike Mullen led to a crisis-like atmosphere in Islamabad, with fears of U.S. military action uppermost in many minds. Prime Minister ...
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have thrown tomatoes and eggs at US ambassador Robert Ford as he met an opposition figure in Damascus. Veteran politician Hassan Abdul Azim said about 100 protesters tried to get into his office as Mr Ford arrived and then surrounded it. Mr Ford, who has been accused of inciting protests, was ...
The Afghan Taliban has rejected U.S. allegations that the Haqqani terrorist network is supported by Pakistan, in an email CNN obtained Wednesday. "Our bases are not in Pakistan nor do we reside outside of our country in insecure conditions," the email sent to Afghan and Pakistani journalists said. "All military and civilian activities in (Afghanistan) are ...
Typhoon Nesat hit Hainan island in south China on Thursday after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and most businesses in one of Asia's most biggest financial centers. China recalled ships, suspended flights and ferry services in preparation for the typhoon, the official Xinhua news agency said, after it passed through the Philippines ...
A rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, has launched from the north of the country. The Long March vehicle lifted clear from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert at 21:16 local time (13:16 GMT). It will be a few hours before controllers can confirm that the lab has been put in its correct orbit. The 10.5m-long, ...
A top Pakistani official has warned that public anger toward the US is getting beyond the government's control, and blamed the recent spike in tensions on a US administration increasingly anxious to fulfill its mission in Afghanistan ahead of a planned 2014 withdrawal. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani told Reuters yesterday that a top US military ...
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