Tuesday, May 21, 2013

News and Features from Afghanistan and Pakistan

An MQ-1B Predator drone

Study: Drone Strikes Unlikely To Destroy Islamist Networks

A new study says drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are unlikely to eliminate Islamist extremist networks.
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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (left) greets his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, at the presidential palace in New Delhi.

India Offers More Aid To Afghanistan

India has offered more aid to Afghanistan after international forces withdraw next year.
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Media Watchdog Calls For Probe Into Afghan Journalist's Murder

A leading press freedom organization in Afghanistan has demanded an investigation into the killing of a journalist who was found dead after being missing for weeks.
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A prisoner looks out from a fenced window at the Female Detention Center in Kabul. (file photo)

HRW: More Afghan Women Jailed For 'Moral Crimes'

Human Rights Watch says the number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen by 50 percent in the past 18 months.
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Ahmadi community members carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony in 2010 for victims of a militant attack on one of the sect

Pakistan's Ahmadis Face Rising Persecution, Violence

One of the many religious minorities whose plight is documented in the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom is the Ahmadiyya community, or the Ahmadis.
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Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan Policemen

Afghan officials say a powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in the country's western Herat Province.
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Pakistan

Sharif Calls For Taliban Talks

Pakistan's prime minister-designate, Nawaz Sharif, has called for a dialogue with hard-line Taliban militants waging a war against the government.
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Pervez Musharraf

Musharraf Granted Bail In Bhutto Murder Case

A court in Pakistan has granted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Gunmen Attack Pakistani Polio Team

Pakistani officials say gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in the country's northwest, killing a policeman who was escorting the health workers.
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An army soldier sits by as a voter stamps his ballot papers inside a booth at a polling station during the repeat vote on May 19 in Karachi

Imran Khan's Party Wins Karachi Re-Vote

The May 19 voting took place under tight security in 43 polling stations in Karachi's NA-250 constituency, one day after the killing of a PTI provincial vice president, Zahra Shahid Hussain, outside her home.
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