Two Nato troops killed in southern Afghanistan

Kandahar : The US-led coalition said Two of their troops were killed in a in separate insurgent attacks Friday in the south Afghanistan. 

The coalition did not disclose further details of the deaths or the troops’ nationalities. The statements on the latest fatalities were released late Friday and Saturday.

More than 200 Nato troops have died so far this year in Afghanistan.

India warns Pakistan over any new terror attacks

SINGAPORE: A top defence official has warned that India would likely retaliate if another terror attack on its soil is linked to members of Pakistan’s security apparatus.

Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said at a regional security conference in Singapore on Saturday that self-restraint would be hard to justify to the Indian people if there were another attack similar to the one in Mumbai in 2008.

Pakistani Taliban Attack on border check post Clues Nato Backing

Dir, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban asserted responsibility Friday for a cross-border attack on a security check post according to Reuters this appeared to signal that the group is Nurtured and Backed by some foreign hand in carrying out large-scale attacks on government and army targets from Nato controlled Afghanistan.

Egypt limits crossings at Gaza border

Palestinian Children At Gaza Border

GAZA:  Egypt government ruled by Army has reimposed restrictions Wednesday on the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah crossing, days after permanently opening the border point in a move to ease Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

Hatem Aweidah, who is in charge of border crossings for the Hamas government in Gaza, said that Egyptian officials had set a limit of 350 to 400 travelers who would be granted entry each day, on the grounds that border personnel could not handle more.

No plans for North Waziristan Operation : Pakistan Army

Islamabad : Pakistan's top military commanders had ruled out an imminent offensive in North Waziristan, contradicting a newspaper report that Pakistan had agreed to assault the militant-infested region following pressure from the United States.

Speaking at a news conference in Mohmand Agency, Lieutenant-General Asif Yasin Malik, commander of the 11th Corps based in Peshawar, said there was no change in his forces' posture in the last weeks.

Egypt Hosni Mubarak to be trialled on 3rd August

CAIRO : Egyptian ousted president Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to go on trial 3rd August 2011 on charges that he conspired in the fatal shooting of protesters and profited from corruption, state media reported.

Activists have taken to the streets in recent weeks to pressure the country’s interim rulers to prosecute Mubarak quickly and aggressively.