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Islamic bloc not willing to channel Afghan assistance through Taliban
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi admitted that one of the reasons the fund was set up was because some of the member countries were not willing to channel assistance through the Taliban government, the report said. The announcement of the fund was part of the measures the 57-member Islamic bloc agreed upon after the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC hosted by Pakistan.
Pakistan hosts OIC meet on Afghanistan
The session was convened at the insistence of Saudi Arabia as the OIC Summit Chair.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will deliver the keynote address at the special moot taking place at Parliament House. The chair of the OIC summit, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, will then speak to the delegates.
Saudi Arabi bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it 'one of the gates of terrorism'
With Saudi Arabia's charities being hindered due to the ban, the primary source of funds for the movement launched by the group in India has also been cut off. The Minister of Islamic Affairs also made an announcement on social media urging mosques to warn people from associating with that group and inform them about the danger that Tablighi Jamaat poses to society
Houthis claim launching 14 bomb-laden drones against Saudi airports, Aramco refineries
"We targeted the King Khalid Air Base in Riyadh city with four drones, hitting military targets at the King Abdullah International Airport and Aramco oil refineries in Jeddah city with four drones, striking a military target in Abha International Airport in Abha city with a drone, targeting other military sites in the cities of Jazan, Najran and Abha with five drones," Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia agrees to revive financial support to Pakistan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had visited the kingdom this week for agreement in this regard, as per reports and sources of Dawn. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry later confirmed Saudi's assistance to Pakistan in a midnight tweet. The tweet said that Saudi Arabia has announced support to Pakistan with 3 billion US dollars as a deposit in Pakistan central bank, in addition to financing refined petroleum products worth 1.2 billion US dollars during the year.
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's Marib kill 35 Houthis
"The airstrikes targeted four convoys of the rebel reinforcements in and around the western Sirwah district, destroying 13 pick-up vehicles and killing 35 Houthis rebels," the source told Xinhua news agency on Monday. Meanwhile, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported 23 Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Sirwah without providing further details. Sirwah is a main frontline between the rebels and the Yemeni army in Marib.
43 Houthis killed in Saudi-led airstrikes
"The airstrikes targeted the rebel positions, gatherings and reinforcements on the frontlines in Sirwah district, killing 43 and destroying nine weapons-mounted vehicles," . "The airstrikes were a response to the ground attacks launched by the rebels on the (Yemeni) army positions on the frontlines," he said, claiming that there were no casualties among the pro-government armed forces.
Saudi-led airstrikes kill 20 Houthis in Yemen's Marib
"The airstrikes targeted the reinforcements on Saturday evening at the frontline of Rahabah district, destroying four pick-up vehicles and killing more than 20 people," the source told Xinhua news agency on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Saturday reported 17 airstrikes on frontlines of Marib's western districts of Rahabah, Jabal Murad and Sirwah, without providing further details.
Saudi Arabia's 1st batch of female soldiers graduate
According to an Arab News report on Thursday, the results of graduates, as well as the names of the most outstanding students and those who had been rewarded with prizes, were announced at a recently-held ceremony, Xinhua news agency reported. The Kingdom opened military recruitment to women in February this year, as part of the efforts to empower Saudi females.
12 Houthi rebels killed in Saudi-led airstrikes
The coalition airstrikes came as the Yemeni troops were advancing from two directions towards Al-Sadara mountain, the last rebel bastion in the southwestern district, the source told Xinhua news agency on Sunday. Fighting between the Yemeni army and the Houthi rebels also raged on in the neighbouring districts of Jabal Murad and Sirwah. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported 15 coalition airstrikes against the Houthi positions in those districts in the last 24 hours, without providing more details.
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