Taliban leaders live in style with drug money: US general
Bus falls into river in Nepal, 8 killed
Kathmandu, Nov. 29: A bus on Wednesday collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction and fell into the Trishuli River in Chitwan district in Nepal, killing at least eight passengers and injuring 25 others.
According to the police, seven passengers died on the spot when the ill- fated bus en route to Arghakhanchi from Kathmandu fell into the river.
Also, they added that 25 others including a three- month- old infant were rescued alive from the river.
Soon after the accident, as passengers were taken to the hospital, one of them died on his way to hospital.
Five of the injured, whose condition is serious, have been brought to Kathmandu for medical treatment, the police said. Washington, Nov. 29: The top US general in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan’s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad.
He also claimed that though the Taliban’s tacticallevel commanders were in the field in Afghanistan, its senior leadership still resided in Pakistan.
Taliban leaders are living in comfort outside of the country with plenty of drug money while the rank and file fighters were dying in Afghanistan, CNN quoted him as saying. US officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pak’s reluctance to act against groups that they believe exploit safe haven on Pakistani soil to launch attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan.
In August, Trump a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants.
He accused Pakistan of harbouring “agents of chaos” and providing safe havens to militant groups waging an insurgency against a US- backed government in Kabul. Pakistan has vehemently denied all such claims.
US official expressed hope that relations between the two countries could improve after a kidnapped US- Canadian couple and their three children were freed in Pakistan in October.
The couple was abducted in neighbouring Afghanistan.