Awaz Apni

Awaz Apni KABUL: Afghanistan, Officials say a strong earthquake has hit northeastern Afghanistan, a quake that rattled the capital Kabul for about a minute.The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and was located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan in the Hindu Kush mountains. The area is often hit by earthquakes but is sparsely populated.A Badakhshan police official, Fazel Ahmad Naderi, says the quake was strong but noted that his cell phone still worked, meaning that towers had not been toppled. The quake hit about 12:50 a.m. local time and Naderi says he won't know about damage until daylight.The quake rattled buildings in Kabul, about 160 miles southwest of the epicenter.

CNews KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday directly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of being behind a recent series of attacks by extremist Islamic militants that have killed scores of people.  Afghanistan has been hit by a wave of bloody unrest, including a militant assault on a military outpost Sunday that killed nine U.S. soldiers and a suicide attack on the Indian embassy a week ago that left 60 people dead.  "The murder, killing, destruction, dishonoring and insecurity in Afghanistan is carried out by the intelligence administration of Pakistan, its military intelligence institutions", Karzai said in a statement.  "We know who kills innocent people," the president said. "We have told the government of Pakistan and the world and from now on it will be pronounced by every member of the Afghan nation."  Afghanistan regularly accuses Pakistan of supporting militants who have been waging a deadly insurgency in the nation since the 2001...

CNews WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern over the bombings in Islamabad and Afghanistan and said that Pakistan is not involved in Kabul suicide bombing, State Department acting spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters. Gallegos said US will continue to work with the new elected government in Islamabad in fighting the common enemy of terrorism, while letting Pakistanis make their own decisions. “We’ll continue to work with the Pakistani government to fight our common enemy, which is these terrorist extremists who are willing to kill Muslims, Christians, anybody who gets in the way of the path which is what they seek, which is instability and chaos, so that they can prosper under that realm,” he said. “We believe that the Pakistani people have the right to make these decisions for themselves. We’re going to engage with them to allow them to do that and hopefully we’ll march towards peace,” he said. On Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s forthcoming visit to Washington, Ga...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik has said that security has been put on high alert across the country after the Karachi blasts.Talking to media here at Parliament Lodges, Rehman Malik said law and order situation across the country particularly in FATA will be reviewed in a couple of days.He said important evidence have been collected regarding the alleged group involved in the Karachi bombings but these cannot be disclosed to media.The Advisor said the aim of recent Islamabad blast was to target police while the blasts in Karachi were aimed at triggering ethnic violence. But the conspiracy was foiled with the stand taken by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain as well as the Chief of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali, he added.He said allegations regarding Pakistan’s involvement in Indian Embassy in Kabul are completely baseless.