Afghan police rush to the site of a Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul on Wednesday.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon calls for more security for U.N. staff in AfghanistanBan cited an escalated threat due to the U.N.'s support for Afghanistan's electoral processHe said U.N. won't be deterred by attacks, considering consolidating staff in countryStatement comes after Taliban gunmen killed five U.N....
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored Wednesday’’s bombing of a crowded marketplace in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that has killed more than 106 people and injured at least 160 others, Geo news reported.“I want to express my outrage at the loss of so many innocent lives,” Ban told a press conference at UN Headquarters, describing the bomb attack as “appalling.”Also, in a statement...
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As civil unrest grips Nepal, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the slow progress by the country in moving ahead with the peace process.Hoping that the process would be completed early, Ban pledged to continue the UN's support on the issue.According to the Nepalese Foreign Ministry, Ban expressed his concern during the farewell call from Permanent Representative of Nepal to...
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after Taliban militants' deadly attack on a U.N. guesthouse earlier this week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.He however declined to say how many more security officers would be needed, though he said it was likely that both U.N. and private security would be sent to protect staff in, where five U.N. workers were killed on Wednesday when Taliban militants attacked a U.N. guesthouse into meet the...
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Inspector General of Sindh police have issued orders of transfers of at least six SSPs in province while the notification of their transfers has been issued late on Wednesday, Geo news reported.According to sources, those transferred included SSP Tariq Dharejo appointed in Clifton, Ashfaq Ahmed Khan appointed as DPO Sanghar, Zulfiqar Junejo as SSP foreign security cell Hyderabad, Altaf Hussain Laghari...
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said intensified international action to tackle ship seizures off the Somali coast is forcing pirates further afield into the Indian Ocean and more recently closer to the Seychelles.In a report to the UN Security Council, Ban said the expanding international maritime presence is playing a critical role in stabilising the situation at sea.He said...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said intensified international action to tackle ship seizures off the Somali coast is forcing pirates further afield into the Indian Ocean and more recently closer to the Seychelles.In a report to the UN Security Council, Ban said the expanding international maritime presence is playing a critical role in stabilising the situation at sea.He said in the report circulated...
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says hundreds of its stafferswill be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake ofan October 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it'sstill determining exactly how many.UN spokesman Adrian Edwards in Kabul emphasises theworld body is not "withdrawing, not pulling out" fromAfghanistan and will continue its work.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at theUN yesterday that about...
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Security Council has backed a call by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for more protection for UN staff and facilities in Afghanistan.The move followed Wednesday's attack by militants on a guesthouse in Kabul, in which five UN employees were killed.Mr Ban said the mission in Afghanistan would continue, but that UN staff were widely regarded as being a soft target.The Taliban has vowed to disrupt next...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said intensified international action to tackle ship seizures off the Somali coast is forcing pirates further afield into the Indian Ocean and more recently closer to the Seychelles.In a report to the UN Security Council, Ban said the expanding international maritime presence is playing a critical role in stabilising the situation at sea.He said in the report circulated...
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