Indian woman arrested with 43-kg hashish
Kathmandu: A 70-year-old Indian woman has been arrested in Nepal’s Chitwan district for carrying 43-kg hashish, police said on Wednesday. Nurjaha Khatun, a resident of Motihari in Bihar, has been living at his daughter’s home at Ratnanagar municipality-2 in Chitwan. She was nabbed on Monday by a police team from Tandi area, a police official said.
UN peacekeeper, five others killed in sudan
United Nations: The United Nations says one peacekeeper and five civilians have been killed in an attack on peacekeepers on a routine patrol in a market in a disputed region on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says a second peacekeeper was wounded by gunfire in Tuesday’s attack by a group of unknown men in Abyei. The slain peacekeeper was from Ethiopia.
Taliban kill more than 20 Af commandos
Herat: At least 20 Afghan commandos were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, marking yet another loss for the elite troops amid a push to end the war. Provincial governor Abdul Ghafoor Malikzai said the special forces soldiers were ambushed Monday after flying into Abkamari district in Badghis province, a known Taliban hot spot.