Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The killing of an elderly Sikh couple inside a gurdwara in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sparked fears among religious minorities, who have said they have long been targeted by radical Islamist groups, a report has detailed. On June 17, Jagannath Wanti (72) and his wife, Asa Wanti (69) were inside a gurdwara in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire and fled, police said.Sahib Singh, a Sikh elder from Peshawar said, “The…
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) After nearly four months of border closures following sporadic skirmishes along the Durand Line and intermittent aerial bombardment by Islamabad inside Afghan territory, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply escalated, with the conflict now resembling an “all-out” confrontation.The British-era Durand Line, stretching roughly 2,600 km across rugged mountainous terrain, divides the two neighbours but has never been formally recognised by Kabul. Success…
Islamabad/Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Several Afghan civilians were killed and many others injured after Pakistan carried out airstrikes targeting civilian areas along the volatile border between the two countries.Kabul alleged that residential locations were hit in the operation.Islamabad maintained that the strikes were aimed at Afghan-based “terrorist groups” that it holds responsible for a string of recent suicide attacks inside Pakistan.According to the Afghan government, “dozens of people” were k…