Suicide attack on Kabul classroom kills 19, mostly young womenThe bombing happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara c...
30 Sep, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
Taliban say suicide blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19The explosion inside the center in the Dashti Barchi neighborhood of Kabul took place in the morning hours, said the spokesman, Khalid Zadr...
30 Sep, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Six killed in blasts at Shiite school in Afghan capitalThe school is located in the capital's western neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, an area mainly inhabited by the Hazara community and previo...
19 Apr, 2022, 02.36 PM IST
Despite mistrust, Afghan Shiites seek Taliban protectionIt was a sign of the strange, new relationship brought by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August. The Taliban, Sunni hard-liners w...
16 Nov, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
At least three killed, 15 injured in blast at Afghan mosqueThe Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, which first emerged in Nangarhar in 2015, has claimed responsibility for a series of bloody a...
12 Nov, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Hazaras fear for the future as foreign troops exit AfghanistanAfghan security forces are struggling to hold off an increasingly powerful Taliban as international troops withdraw from the county, with p...
03 Feb, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Pakistan's Balochistan saw 2,886 terror attacks, 3,184 related deaths in last decade: ReportThe numbers come in the backdrop of last week's brutal killing of 11 Shia Hazara coal miners by Islamic State terrorists in the province's ...
13 Jan, 2021, 05.32 PM IST
Pakistani Shiites end protests, hold funeral for 11 minersPrime Minister Imran Khan arrived Saturday afternoon in Quetta and was expected to meet with a delegation of mourners and Shiite leaders, a...
09 Jan, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Hazara killings highlight plight of Shia community in PakistanThe United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir too condemned the terrorist attack on Hazaras people and extended condolences t...
06 Jan, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
11 coal miners from Pakistan's minority Shia Hazara community shot dead in BalochistanAccording to media reports, an initial investigation has revealed that the attackers identified the miners as being from a Shia Hazara comm...
03 Jan, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
21 killed, 50 injured in suicide attack in PakistanAt least 50 people were wounded in the blast in the southwestern city of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, officials said.
12 Apr, 2019, 04.41 PM IST
LeJ Balochistan chief, two suicide bombers killed in Pak military operationThe security forces carried out an operation on the outskirts of Quetta after receiving information that suicide bombers and terrorists wer...
17 May, 2018, 03.46 PM IST
Pakistan police say kill leader of banned sectarian groupPakistani police killed the leader of the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, his two sons and 11 others on Wednesday in a shootout.
29 Jul, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
Gunmen kill 4 in sectarian violence in Pakistan's Baluchistan provinceFour persons,including three minority Shia Muslims,were killed in a firing incident of sectarian violence that broke out in Pakistan's Balu...
26 May, 2015, 12.44 PM IST
69 killed, 200 injured in blast in southwest PakistanThe blast occurred at Kirani Road in Hazara Town, a suburb of Quetta with a large Shia population that has been targeted by terrorists in t...
17 Feb, 2013, 02.02 AM IST
Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf sacks Balochistan govt, imposes Governor's ruleThree bomb attacks in the city on Thursday turned out to be the catalyst for the imposition of Governor's rule.
14 Jan, 2013, 01.36 PM IST
- 13 killed in attack on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group on Tuesday stormed a bus carrying members from the minority community, gunning down at least 13 of them.
05 Oct, 2011, 03.58 AM IST