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Khost
Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram in Pakistan. Khost is the home of Shaikh Zayed University. Khost Airport serves the city as well as the larger region surrounding the city. On 15 August 2021, Khost was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-eighth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive. Geography Khost is located about 150 kilometres south of Kabul. Khost lies on a plateau of minimally altitude that extends to the East for about until the Pakistan border. Thirty km to the North the peaks rise up to while farther South near the border, the average is around 1,800 m. Climate Khost has a semi-arid climate ( Köppen ''BSk'' though very close to qualifying as ''BSh''). Khost is located in the "Khost Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the smallest province of Pakistan by land area and the Demographics of Pakistan, third-largest province by population after Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab and Sindh. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan to the south, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab to the south-east and province of Gilgit-Baltistan to the north and north-east, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory to the east, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Autonomous Territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north-east. It shares an Durand Line, international border with Afghanistan to the west. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is known as a tourist hot spot for adventurers and explorers and has a varied landsca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pashtun nationalist political movement in Afghanistan. It ruled approximately three-quarters of the country from 1996 to 2001, before being overthrown following the United States invasion. It recaptured Kabul on 15 August 2021 after nearly 20 years of insurgency, and currently controls all of the country, although its government has not yet been recognized by any country. The Taliban government has been criticized for restricting human rights in Afghanistan, including the right of women and girls to work and to have an education. The Taliban emerged in September 1994 as one of the prominent factions in the Afghan Civil War and largely consisted of students () from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who had been educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imran Khan Administration
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidence in the National Assembly. He is the founder and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Born to a Niazi Pashtun family in Lahore, Khan graduated from Keble College, University of Oxford, England, in 1975. He began his international cricket career at age 18, in a 1971 Test series against England. Khan played until 1992, served as the team's captain intermittently between 1982 and 1992,Pakistan Test Captaincy record . '' |
2022 In Afghanistan
Events in the year 2022 in Afghanistan. According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis. After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022. The Islamic State continue their insurgency, carrying out many bombings. Afghanistan is also badly affected by earthquakes and flooding. Incumbents Events Ongoing * Afghan conflict ** Islamic State–Taliban conflict ** Republican insurgency in Afghanistan ** Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes ** Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri * COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan January * 1 January – India sends 500,000 doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as a part of a humanitarian aid program. * 9 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Pakistan
Events of the year 2022 in Pakistan. Incumbents National government Provincial governments Events January * 8 January – 2022 Murree snowstorm kills 23 domestic tourists. * 20 January – 2022 Lahore bombing near Anarkali Bazaar kills at least 3 people and injures 20+. * 20-23 January - 2022 Pakistan landslides * 25 January – 2022 Kech District attack * 26 January – 2022 Karachi protests * 27 January – 27 February: 2022 Pakistan Super League commences with Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans. February * 2 February ** Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Karachi ** 2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids * 4 February – Pakistan at the 2022 Winter Olympics * 12 February – Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed * 27 February ** Huqooq-e-Sindh March ** PPP long march March * 1 March – 2022 heat wave in India and Pakistan * 2 March ** 2021–22 Pakistan Cup ** March 2022 Quetta bombing * 3 March – 2022 Sibi suicide bombing * 4 March ** Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Afghanistan
The year 2021 in Afghanistan was marked by a major offensive from the Taliban beginning in May and the Taliban capturing Kabul in August. Incumbents Events January *1 January – Journalist and human rights activist Bismillah Aimaq is shot dead in the province of Ghor. *5 January – Afghan delegates meet with Taliban leaders in Doha, Qatar, to reopen peace talks. February March *30 March – Three polio vaccine workers are killed by gunmen in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. April *13 April – President of United States Joe Biden announces plans to withdraw U.S troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. *30 April – At least 30 are killed and more than 90 are wounded by an explosion outside a guesthouse in Puli Alam, Logar Province. May *1 May – The 2021 Taliban offensive begins. *2 May – The Taliban threatens further attacks as the deadline for withdrawal passes 1 May, when previous US President Donald Trump said US forces would withdraw from Afghanistan. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Pakistan
Events from the year 2021 in Pakistan. Incumbents National government Provincial governments Events January and February * 2 January ** 23 year-old Usama Satti was shot to death in his car by Islamabad Police. ** Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was arrested in Lahore, on terrorism-financing charges. * 3 January - Machh attack * 5 January - The Supreme Court ordered that the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi temple in Teri, Karak District, be rebuilt by the government after it was destroyed by a mob in December 2020. * 9 January – A massive blackout strikes Pakistan, leaving as much as 90 percent of the country without electricity at its height as officials rush to restore power. * 11 January - 9 countries appointed new ambassadors to Pakistan: Nepal, Tapas Adhikari; Belarus, Andrei Metdlitsa; South Korea, Sush Sangpyo; Cuba, Zener Javier; Mali, Dianguinadit Yaya Doucoure; Ireland, Ms Sonya McGuinness; Sierra Leone, Alie Kamara; Cambodia, Ung Sean; Kosovo, Ilir Dugoll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 2021 Events In Asia
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus . November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of late spring in the Southern Hemisphere and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. In Ancient Rome, Ludi Plebeii was held from November 4–17, Epulum Jovis was held on November 13 and Brumalia celebrations began on November 24. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. November was referred to as Blōtmōnaþ by the Anglo-Saxons. Brumaire and Frimaire were the months on which November fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Counter Terrorism Authority
The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) ( ur, ), commonly called Nacta, is a Pakistani internal security organization responsible for making counter terrorism and counter extremism policies and strategies. It also develops action plans against terrorism and extremism and reviews their implementation. It is mandated to devise a counter-terrorism strategy that should address short, medium and long-term goals and devise action plans for their implementation. It formulates threat assessments with periodic reviews. It advises the Federal Government on making adequate and timely efforts to counter terrorism and extremism. NACTA was initially set up in 2008, administratively, but its powers and mandate has been clearly spelled out in March 2013, under an Act of Parliament called NACTA Act 2013. ThNACTA 2013 Actsets up the framework of the organization. Board of Governors Under the NACTA Act, the National Counter Terrorism Authority is to be governed by a Board of Governors (BO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Khalid Khorasani
Omar Khalid Khorasani (real name: Abdul Wali Mohmand; died 7 August 2022) was a militant and one of the founding members of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In 2014, he formed his own splinter militant group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and was ousted by the Mullah Fazlullah-led Taliban. The same year, JuA swore allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS), however, a year later JuA rejoined TTP. On 7 March 2018, Khorasani was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list with a bounty up to $3 million. His name is also featured in the 'Red Book of Most Wanted High Profile Terrorists' published by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency. He was killed in a blast caused by a roadside mine on 7 August 2022 in Barmal District, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Personal life Omar Khalid Khorasani was born in Mohmand Agency, Pakistan. He was formerly a journalist and a poet. He studied at a number of religious schools in Karachi, Pakistan. His real name was Abdul Wali M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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