At least three children have been killed and four others wounded in shootings by US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, a local commander says. The children were family members of a local police officer in Kunar province, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

The United States has reportedly put pressure on Pakistani authorities to allow Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to expand its non-UN-sanctioned drone attacks inside Pakistan.

Delivering Eid sermon to more than 200,000 worshipers in the central Musalla (place for Eid prayers) of Zahedan in Eid-ul-Adha day, khateeb of Sunnis in Zahedan stated that the only demands of the Sunni community of Iran is to have “maintenance of religious freedom of the Sunni community in Iran” and “implement of equality between […]

Eid of sacrifice, altruism, honesty, love and obedience of Allah Almighty has arrived.

KURDISTAN: The Iranian authorities have confiscated an other passport of a prominent Kurd Sunni scholar, Kak Hasan Amini, his personal tools and hand drafts were taken in the government control.

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by the Taliban, a report submitted in a court has said and added that there was no evidence of the involvement of the Musharraf govt inthe killing.

The leader of the Afghan Taliban has said the group remains opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation. In a statement issued on Monday,  Mullah Mohammad Omar reiterated that negotiations would not be possible until all foreign troops – now at about 150,000 – leave Afghanistan, labeling talk of negotiations “mere propaganda.”

KHASH: the preacher of Sunnis in Azadshahr, Mawlana Muhammad Hussein Gurgij has condemned the confiscation of some Sunni scholars’ passports and said that Sunni ulema never purloin inside or outside of Iran to the country.

Taliban militants claim they have shot down a chopper belonging to the US-led military forces in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the helicopter went down in Kunar on Sunday. He added that the chopper was hit during an anti-militant offensive in the volatile region.

KHASH: A person who betrays his or her religion and beliefs would sellout to the country, Shaikh Abdul Hameed has said in a religious ceremony in the northern city of Balochistan, Khash.