At least six afghan civilians have been killed during an attack of US-led forces in northeastern Afghanistan, say local media.Another civilian was also injured during the NATO air strike in the town of Asmar at Kunar province on Monday, the media said.

TUNIS – Following a day of looting and complete chaos in the North African country, a fragile calm prevailed in Tunisia on Sunday, January 16, two days after the ouster of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Taliban militants claim they have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northeastern Afghanistan.The Taliban said that they successfully targeted the aircraft in the Nejrab district of Kapisa province on Saturday, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.

Saudi Arabia has welcomed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family a day after they fled an mass uprising in their country.A statement released by the country’s monarchy said the decision to welcome Ben Ali was based on appreciation of the “exceptional circumstances” in Tunisia.

Thousands of demonstrators in Pakistan have gathered in major cities to protest Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks about the country’s blasphemy law.The demonstrators in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi chanted slogans against the recent statements made by the Pope in which he asked the death penalty to be scraped for those who insult Islamic sanctities.

A group of unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have set ablaze 20 NATO tankers carrying oil to US-led soldiers stationed in war-hit Afghanistan.According to some witnesses, unidentified armed men on Friday night opened live ammunition on tankers at a time when the drivers were inside a roadside restaurant near Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan province […]

The top US military official has cast doubts about the time of a withdrawal from Afghanistan and the number of American forces to leave the violence-wracked nation.The head of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen reiterated that the Pentagon does not know how many soldiers will be pulled out in July and predicted […]

At least eight Afghan security officers have lost their lives while twenty-nine others have been wounded after a massive explosion rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul.The attack took place during the morning rush hour on Wednesday as a motorcycle bomb targeted a minibus carrying Afghan security personnel near the parliament building in western Kabul, a Press […]

KURDISTAN: The Iranian authorities last week detained two members of “Maktab-e-Quran Movement of Kurdistan” from Baneh city of Kurdistan, western Iran.“Sunnionline” quoted from a Kurdish web wire that last week on Tuesday, 4th January, after 1:00 A.M the policemen and security officials of “Baneh” searched out homes of Usman Abdi and Yassen Qaderi, the members […]

KABUL: A Nato airstrike in central Afghanistan killed three Afghan police officers who were mistaken for insurgents, the coalition said Monday, in an operation that could cause new friction between the international force and a government struggling to find stability.