AFP via Getty Images Prince Harry was deployed twice on active service in Afghanistan – including a ten-week period in Helmand province The Duke of Sussex has called for the sacrifices of Nato troops to be “spoken about truthfully and with respect”, after the US president claimed allies stayed “a little back” from the front…
Frank GardnerBBC Security Correspondent PA Media Blast walls, rocket attacks, Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)… and long queues in the canteen. Anyone who deployed to Afghanistan, in whatever role, between 2001-2021 will have their own vivid memories of that time. It started with the flight in – to Kandahar, Kabul or Camp…
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding has been arrested in Mexico and will be extradited to the US after years on the run, FBI Director Kash Patel has said. Wedding, who had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that…
New Delhi: The Indian economy has suffered a severe blow as the Indian rupee has fallen to its lowest level in history. In the currency market, one dollar is being exchanged for 91.77 Indian rupees.Economic experts say that the depreciation of the rupee will make imports expensive and further inflation is expected. There are concerns…
Sylhet: Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s senior leader Tarique Rahman launched his election campaign by addressing thousands of supporters in Sylhet. General elections will be held on February 12, in which 350 members of parliament will be elected.In his passionate speech, Tarique Rahman appealed to supporters to unite for the restoration of democracy. He said these elections…
Nawal Al-MaghafiSenior international investigations correspondent, Yemen Liam weir / BBC One of the sites had several shipping containers with little ventilation, where detainees said up to 60 men were held The BBC has been given access to detention facilities on former United Arab Emirates military bases in Yemen, confirming long-standing allegations of a network of…
The death toll in a fire which engulfed a shopping centre in Pakistan has climbed to 67, police have confirmed. Police say 77 people are currently reported as missing by their families following the fire at Gul Plaza, in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, on Saturday evening. But the scale of the damage following the blaze…
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Telangana have launched an investigation after hundreds of stray dogs were killed across at least six villages in the past month. Police say they have confirmed at least 354 killings so far and arrested nine people in connection with some of the cases. Animal welfare activists have told…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha were arrested by police in Islamabad despite a High Court order granting them protection from arrest in an ongoing case.The arrests occurred near Serena Chowk underpass when police stopped their vehicle. The couple was traveling from the Islamabad High Court Bar…
