Latest News
Al Shabaab attack beachside hotel in Somalia, killing 11
At least 16 people were killed on Sunday after the Al Shabaab armed group attacked a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
The militants detonated a car bomb at the high-end Elite Hotel in Lido beach before opening fire with assault rifles, Reuters reported.
Ismael Mukhtar Omar, a spokesman for Somalia’s government said that 16 people – including 11 victims and five attackers – were killed in the attack.
According to Omar, a police officer was also killed in the rescue operation.
He added the hotel siege was ended on Sunday after a fierce three-hour gun battle between al-Shabab fighters and security forces.
Al Shabaab militant group had carried out a similar attack on a Somali military base on Monday.
According to the reports at least five army soldiers were killed in the assault.
Three soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed the gate to the base, Reuters reported citing Major Mohamed Aden a Somalia military officer.
Soldiers abandoned the base and al Shabaab fighters entered it, planting a booby-trap bomb on one of the dead men which killed two more soldiers when it exploded, he said.
Meanwhile, Abdiasis Abu Musab, the Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesperson has told Reuters that the assailants had killed eight soldiers, including the base commander.
Somalia has been embroiled in civil war since 1991 when clan warlords overthrew leader Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other.
Latest News
More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
Latest News
Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
Latest News
Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
-
Sport5 days ago
ACL fever grows as fixtures finalized
-
Latest News5 days ago
US identifies Kabul airport suicide bomber
-
World4 days ago
Israeli military vows response to Iran attack as calls for restraint mount
-
Sport3 days ago
ATN secures exclusive rights to broadcast Paris 2024 Olympics
-
Latest News4 days ago
Pakistani police give Afghans in Balochistan one day to leave
-
Latest News4 days ago
Hekmatyar slams US for ‘occupying’ Afghanistan’s airspace
-
Latest News4 days ago
Media Violation Commission bans two TV channels
-
Business3 days ago
Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402