Jammu and Kashmir’s top religious scholar Moulana Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi was summoned by the National Investigation Agency in an alleged illegal funding case on Wednesday in Srinagar. Official sources said the vocal preacher, who heads one of the biggest seminaries of the Valley, Darul Uloom Rahimya, in Bandipora, was called to the NIA office in Srinagar and “questioned”. Official sources …
Rahmatullah, 29, lives in a two-room brick house on the outskirts of the capital city of this onetime Soviet republic in Central Asia. “They promised him Russian citizenship if he served six months in the army.” Rahmatullah, who like several others asked that his surname not be used due to his draft status, took a deep breath. “For the national …
Australian special forces killed up to 10 unarmed Afghan civilians during a 2012 raid in Kandahar Province, ABC Investigations can reveal. Key points: Locals described the raid as a "mass shooting" Australian sources and Afghan witnesses confirm civilians were killed in the raid The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force will soon deliver findings on an investigation into alleged war …