Suicide bomber attacked the funeral of Karzai's brother

Kandahar :A suicide bomber hits funeral of Karzai's brother killing three people along with the cleric Hikmatullah, head of the Kandahar provincial religious council, and wounded 15 others, the governor of Kandahar Toryali Wesa told the media.

The bomber appears to have hid his explosives in his turban when he arrived at the funeral in the city's Red Mosque.

South Sudan becomes 193rd UN member

Juba : people dance to celebrate independence

 UNITED NATIONS : United Nations General Assembly admitted South Sudan 193rd member of the United Nations, sealing the new African country's independence after decades of conflict.

The assembly vote, by acclamation, followed South Sudan's independence ceremony in the capital Juba on Saturday, after its people voted in a January referendum to break away from Sudan -- a decision accepted by Khartoum.

Pakistan will continue busting underground CIA Networks, ISI chief to tell US

Islamabad : Chief of the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha is going to give the following message to his American counterpart in Washington: Yes to formalised anti-terror cooperation, No to private CIA network, as he is to meet acting CIA Director Michael Morell on Wednesday.

According to senior intelligence officials here, Pasha would tell the American spy chief that the ISI has no objection to anti-terror cooperation between the two agencies but would never tolerate a private ‘network’ the CIA is secretly maintaining in Pakistan.