18 Feb 2019; DW: A gunbattle with militants in disputed Kashmir has left four Indian troops dead. It comes just days after the worst attack on government forces in the region's history, to which India promised a "jaw-dropping" response.
At least four Indian soldiers were killed in a shootout with rebels in India-administered Kashmir on Monday.
MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 17 militants including a Taliban key commander were confirmed dead and eight others injured, as government forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province on Monday, army spokesman Mohammad Hanif Rezai said.
RIYADH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Sunday signed with Pakistan eight agreements worth 20 billion U.S. dollars, Al Arabiya TV reported.
One of the agreements is about Saudi Arabia's Aramco-run refinery in the Pakistani port of Gwadar, one of the world's largest refineries, at a value of 10 billion U.S. dollars.
"Pakistan is a dear country to the Saudi people and we will be partners as we have always been," Al Arabiya quoted the Saudi crown prince as saying.
KANPUR: It was certainly an eye-opener for the Chief Superintendent Prof R K Maurya of Hallet Hospital who inspected the intensive care unit on Saturday morning. How have the poor patients been weeping blood in anguish at the prescription of the costly antibiotics injections? In rather factual findings he learnt of the exact fleecing of the poor money and fooling them in the name of treatment at the government hospital. It was also learnt that it costs from rupees ten to fifteen thousand per day at the expense of the hospital’s ICU.
National Conference vice-president and former Chief Minister of J&K Omar Abdullah questioned attacks on innocent Kashmiris studying and living outside Kashmir valley. His remarks came following reports of attacks on Kashmiris in Jammu and harassment of Kashmiri students at places outside the State.
He said that by attacking Kashmiris, they were being told that there is no place for them outside the Valley and no future in the mainland.
Official website of Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry and the Army were hacked on Saturday night and were inaccessible for users outside the country.
“The owner of this website (www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (IN) from accessing this website,” the message on the site read when trying to access the site.
The cyber attack is believed to have originated from India, Dawn quoted officials as saying.
ISLAMABAD, 17 Feb 2019; AA: Pakistani and Turkish naval forces conducted joint exercises in the Arabian Sea, officials said.
A frigate from the Turkish Navy, TCG Gokceada, and Pakistan Navy ships Alamgir and ASLAT, and a long range maritime patrol aircraft participated in the Turgutreis III exercises.
"The main objective of the exercise was to enhance inter-operability between two brotherly navies," Pakistan Navy said in a statement.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — As India considers its response to the suicide car bombing of a paramilitary convoy in the disputed region of Kashmir that killed dozens of soldiers, a retired military commander who oversaw a much-lauded military strike against neighboring Pakistan in 2016 has urged caution.
Ambala, Feb 16; PTI/GANASHAKTI: A village panchayat here has asked villagers to evict Kashmiri students living in rented accommodation within 24 hours in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, according to a video that has surfaced on social media.
Half a dozen Kashmiri students have been shifted to the hostel of the MM University after the purported video appeared.
In the video, Mulana village sarpanch Naresh Rana could be heard asking villagers to evict Kashmiri tenants.
Srinagar, Feb 16; PTI/GANASHAKTI: CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Saturday called for a meaningful and credible dialogue process for addressing the "legitimate concerns" of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tarigami, a former MLA from Kulgam constituency of south Kashmir, said the attack on a CRPF convoy at Lethpora in Pulwama on Thursday has shaken all those who are concerned about human lives and peace in the region.
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