Twelve schools were attacked overnight by unknown assailants in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit Baltistan region, raising fears of increasing extremism in a relatively peaceful area, officials said Friday. Officials said no one was hurt in the incidents, in which attackers mainly targeted girls’ schools in a tourist region on the Chinese ...
At least 20 people were martyred and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan Friday, officials said, warning that the toll could rise. Officials have said they fear the death toll could rise after the assault, the latest targeting civilians who have borne ...
