31 US Special Forces killed as ‘Taliban down helicopter’

AGENCIES

Puli Alam, Afghanistan, Aug 6: Thirty-one US Special Forces and seven local troops were killed when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said Saturday, and in what was the deadliest single incident for foreign soldiers since the war began in 2001.The Chinook helicopter was downed More
NATO helicopter crashes
Kabul, Aug 6: A military helicopter with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, Xinhua reported. "An International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan today and recovery operations are under way," said More
No witnesses appear before Abbotabad panel
Islamabad, Aug 6: A high level commission, set up by the Pakistan government to probe the presence of Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad and the American raid in which he was killed May 2, has not seen a single witness come forward, a media report said. As soon as the panel, headed More
  • Kashmir

Water scarcity hits Kupwara villages; authorities indifferent

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Aug 6: Acute water scarcity has gripped Sohipora, Hayhama and Chowkibal areas of Kupwara district causing huge inconvenience to the people in the holy month of Ramadhan. The aggrieved residents More


  • Srinagar City

Masjids go cool

Like the hot Middle East, worship places in Srinagar have started making use of air conditioners

M HYDERI

MASJIDS in this Himalayan region City are offering cool atmosphere this summer. Reasons: Much on the lines of worship places in the hot Middle-East, air-conditioners have made way into Masjids in Srinagar More



  • Jammu

US resolution vindicates KPs stand: PK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu: Expressing satisfaction over the introduction of a special resolution on Kashmiri Pandits in the US House of Representatives, Panun Kashmir today said the resolution had vindicated their stand that More


  • South Asia

31 US Special Forces killed as ‘Taliban down helicopter’

AGENCIES

Puli Alam, Afghanistan, Aug 6: Thirty-one US Special Forces and seven local troops were killed when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said Saturday, and in what was the deadliest single More


  • World

It's Dates way in Muslim houses during Ramadan

ROGER HARRISON

Jeddah, Aug 6: The date palm, originating, as best we know, in the Middle East, has proved such a successful plant and source of nourishment that it has spread across the planet.Domesticated and bred to More


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