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The Barbara massacre occurred on 12 August 1948 in the Charsadda District of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) of Pakistan when unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement were peaceful protesting.It is reported that more than 600 protesters were massacred and more…

16 Aug 2022Podcast Episode

The US president has met grieving families and survivors of the mass shooting in Florida as he urged congress to act against high-powered assault guns.

17 Jun 2016

4 min read

On the 12th of August 1948, thousands of Pashtuns participated in a peaceful demonstration in Charsadda District of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pukhtunkhwa). They were demonstrating against the arrest of Pashtun leaders by the government of Pakistan. The nonviolent demonstrators…

15 Aug 2022Podcast Episode

FBI agents had Omar Mateen on their radar for years, and long suspected him of jihadist sympathies. But they could never build a case against the man who would go on to conduct the worst mass shooting in US history.

13 Jun 2016

5 min read

Children, parents, grandparents. The identities of some of those killed in the shootings at two New Zealand mosques have emerged. According to reports, many died as heroes.

18 Mar 2019

13 min read

Babarra massacre is considered a black day in the history of Pushtuns, which is marked every year by Pashtuns around the world on the 12th of August.

15 Aug 2022Podcast Episode

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday prompted a fresh outcry in the Netherlands with a jibe about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, warning of new retaliation in a spiralling diplomatic crisis.

Afghan officials investigating the shooting of 17 civilians by US solder Robert Bales have told SBS Afghan guards alerted US forces about the unusual behaviour of a US soldier that night.

26 Aug 2013

4 min read

Air strikes and a ground operation in the Khyber tribal region of Pakistan have come just days after Taliban militants attacked an army-run school.

19 Dec 2014

2 min read

US President Barack Obama, Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth II have led global condemnation after a gunman went on the rampage at a gay nightclub in Florida leaving at least 50 people dead.

13 Jun 2016

4 min read