PESHAWAR: The Media Committee of Nifaz-e-Shariat Council (NSC) has asked the NWFP government to impose ban on cinema houses, audio, video centres and put some restrictions on cable transmission. According to a report published in Urdu daily Express, Peshawar on Saturday, the committee also recomme...

PESHAWAR: Six Afghan soldiers were killed and five others injured in a landmine explosion in Namroz province on Friday (January 31, 2003). Reports reaching here said that six soldiers were killed and five others wounded when a vehicle carrying Afghan military men hit a landmine placed at Qilla Fate...

PESHAWAR: The US and Afghan forces have foiled a bid of conducting blasts and arrested three Afghan soldiers on Wednesday in Jalalabad, Ningarhar province. The Afghan military sources said that the US and Afghan troops in a joint operation arrested three persons of Afghan army battalion who had all...

PESHAWAR: Six persons got injuries when mad dogs bit them in Gardez, Paktia province in the last few days. Reports reaching here said that six persons sustained injuries when mad dogs bit them. Later, the affected persons were referred to Kabul hospital because of non-availability of anti-rabies...

PESHAWAR: The south eastern provinces of Afghanistan have received rains and snowfall, ending long dry spell besides increasing the intensity of cold on Wednesday. Reports said that the south east provinces including Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Ningarhar, Laghman and Kunor provinces received rains and...

PESHAWAR: Afghan president has appointed Ali Ahmed Jalali as new Interior Minister of Afghanistan, Radio Kabul reported on Tuesday. The former Interior Minister Taj Muhammad Wardag was appointed as member National Security Council and cabinet member of Tribal Affairs, a post considered as equal to...

PESHAWAR: Another Afghan group Jamiaat Al-Jaish-ul-Muslimeen has issued a pamphlet asking the Afghan people to get united against Jewish forces. The leaflet issued here on Monday addressed Afghan nation. It says that US forces attacked Afghanistan aimed at destroying our Islamic, Afghan culture and...

PESHAWAR: Taliban commander Hafiz Abdul Raheem Mashingazay commanded his group in fighting against the US forces in north east of Speen Buldak on Tuesday. The AIP sources said that the clashes started in morning at Ada, situated about 60 km away at North-East of Speen Buldak. The place also remain...

PESHAWAR: Four persons including two security guards of UNCHR were killed in a firing incident in Gra Bawa, Jalalabad, Ningarhar Province on Sunday. Reports reaching here said that the Afghan security persons were checking vehicles in Gra Bawa, some 40 kilometers west of Jalalabad and signaled a...

PESHAWAR: The kidnapped Chinese engineer who had been abducted on Thursday from Tank, a southern district of NWFP, has been recovered along with his Pakistani driver last night, says a press note issued by a spokesman of NWFP government on Thursday night. Ends...