Indian police said Monday they have taken a pigeon into custody after it was found carrying a warning note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi near the nation’s heavily militarized border with Pakistan. Border Security Force (BSF) officers found the bird at Pathankot in the northern state of Punjab, where Pakistan-based ...
Taliban insurgents launched an assault on Kunduz on Monday, triggering intense fighting and forcing residents to hide in their homes, one year after the militants briefly took control of the strategic Afghan city. Government helicopters were targeting gunmen from the air in a bid to repel the attack, a day ...