hmm.ndc and lies?lord have mercy.they lie as if there's no tomorrow. How can you congratulate your dead goat president for a successful hajj,wen u knew a lot of them are still stranded at de hajj village.Lord have mercy on us ... read full comment
hmm.ndc and lies?lord have mercy.they lie as if there's no tomorrow. How can you congratulate your dead goat president for a successful hajj,wen u knew a lot of them are still stranded at de hajj village.Lord have mercy on us.ndc are liers.ndc are thieves.they create,loot and share.2016 is still far.
Mawusi Dake 8 years ago
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Are muslim votes more important than Christian/traditional religion/animist votes? Why this naked discrimination against other religions by the ndc government? Why must Gha ... read full comment
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Are muslim votes more important than Christian/traditional religion/animist votes? Why this naked discrimination against other religions by the ndc government? Why must Ghanaian taxpayers be called upon every year to pay for these jihadists to go to Saudi Arabia? Mahama and the NDC must stop this obnoxious practice immediately! If you insist on paying for muslims, then you must also pay for the other religions! After all, which religious groups contribute more to our national coffers?
efo 8 years ago
fellow moslems,please turn away from islam and join christianity,please im appealing to moslems, turn away from islam please. TB Joshua is ready to accept you. pleaseeeee
fellow moslems,please turn away from islam and join christianity,please im appealing to moslems, turn away from islam please. TB Joshua is ready to accept you. pleaseeeee
musah 8 years ago
FIRE BURN YOU.
FIRE BURN YOU.
JRD 8 years ago
Baba Musah, you are already in fire. Don't you see and understand what is happening in Islamic world and their barbaric religion. Don't you want to escape the fire?
Baba Musah, you are already in fire. Don't you see and understand what is happening in Islamic world and their barbaric religion. Don't you want to escape the fire?
JJ 8 years ago
Pakistan Air Force: At Least 13 Militants Dead After Attacking Base Near Peshawar, Authorities Say
The militants attacked the base Friday and killed at least 16 worshippers at a mosque, Gen. Asim Bajwa said. The group Tehree ... read full comment
Pakistan Air Force: At Least 13 Militants Dead After Attacking Base Near Peshawar, Authorities Say
The militants attacked the base Friday and killed at least 16 worshippers at a mosque, Gen. Asim Bajwa said. The group Tehreek-e-Taliban said in an email it was responsible for the attack.
ABIBA 8 years ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A brazen Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 29 people on Friday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militan ... read full comment
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A brazen Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 29 people on Friday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militants stormed a mosque inside the compound during prayers.
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The attack triggered an hours-long firefight at the base and the Pakistani forces said they killed 13 of the attackers, though it was unclear how many were involved in the assault.
Apart from the 16 slain inside the mosque, 13 air force and army employees at the base were also killed by the militants, said army spokesman Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa.
The attack was a major blow to Pakistan's military, which had stepped up operations against militants following a horrific Taliban attack last December at a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, mostly children. It also underscored the ability of the militants to stage spectacular attacks on targets linked to the country's military and government.
In Friday's assault, the attackers first stormed the guard room of the Badaber base, according to air force officials. The base was established in 1960s as an air force facility but has in recent years mostly been used as a residential place for air force employees and officers from Peshawar.
Bajwa said the militants entered the base from different directions in a two-pronged assault — apparently one push targeted the mosque — but that security forces quickly responded. He also said at least 29 people were wounded in the firefight.
View galleryPakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in …
Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Milit …
He insisted the assault was quickly repulsed because of the timely and coordinated action by the security forces. Later, he told reporters at a news conference in Peshawar "the attackers came from Afghanistan," though he stressed he did not mean that the government in Kabul was behind the assault. He declined to provide more details on that claim. There was no immediate response from Afghanistan.
One of the wounded security officials, Mohammad Rizwan, said he was coming out of the mosque when he was hit by a bullet.
"I fell down and I saw some of the attackers, but I don't know what happened later, I fell unconscious," he said.
A wounded soldier, Akram Ullah, said from his hospital bed that he was inside the mosque and that he remembers seeing a gunman with a grenade come in.
Fayaz Hussain Chaudhry, father of slain army Capt. Asfand Yar, told the Dunya news TV station that his son gave his life for his country. "He fought at the front of the battle today and he killed terrorists," he said.
View galleryCommandos stand on alert outside an air force base …
Commandos stand on alert outside an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Mi …
Shortly after the attack, a suspected U.S. drone strike hit a home in the South Waziristan tribal region, south of Peshawar, killing at least three militants and wounding five, according to two Pakistani security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the country's powerful army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, rushed to Peshawar and attended some of the funerals of the victims. According to Muslim tradition, the deceased are buried as soon as possible.
Earlier, the army chief met with the security forces taking part in the clearing operation at the base and also visited a military hospital where doctors were treating soldiers wounded in the attack.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Mohamad Khurasani, claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement to the media, he said 14 Taliban fighters were involved in the assault. They offered "safe passage" to women and children after attacking the base, Khurasani said. He added that the Taliban "targeted" 50 security forces, without explaining what that meant.
Pakistani TV footage showed army helicopters hovering near the base, as police and troops surrounded the area.
View galleryPakistani security officials rush their colleague to …
Pakistani security officials rush their colleague to a local hospital, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 in Pes …
Local police officer Shahid Khan Bangash said a large explosion was heard as the militants first tried to storm the base. "We are hearing that the attackers were armed with guns and rockets," he said. Bangash said the attackers threw grenades at the guard room but were unable to enter the main area of the base.
Later in the morning, he said the firing had stopped and a search operation for the militants who might still be hiding in the area was under way.
Friday's attack came a day after Pakistan reported the arrest a militant figure behind a recent failed attempt to target an air force facility in Kamra, also in the northwest of the country. Counter-terrorism officer Junaid Khan in the southern port city of Karachi, where the raid took place, identified the suspect as Umar Hayat and said he was being questioned.
On Thursday, the Pakistani police in Karachi also reported the arrest of another prominent suspect, Syed Sheaba Ahmad, a former air force pilot who allegedly helped finance al-Qaida's newly formed South Asian affiliate.
The Pakistan air force has been playing an important role in the fight against militants since June 2014, when the army launched the much-awaited operation in North Waziristan, a restive tribal area along the Afghanistan border. Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders the tribal area. The air force frequently target militant hideouts in the tribal area and elsewhere.
The army says it has killed more than 3,000 militants so far in the North Waziristan offensive. The region was once considered to be the headquarters of the Pakistani Taliban who have been targeting security forces and public places in an effort to topple the elected government to enforce harsher version of Islam.
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Dan 8 years ago
For the life of me why do you troop to Accra ready to travel when you don't have a visa! This annual nonsense must stop.
For the life of me why do you troop to Accra ready to travel when you don't have a visa! This annual nonsense must stop.
Fred Owosu UK 8 years ago
why is this a government problem . Africans just like to beg for aid . You want yo government to find your pilgrimage with tax payers money cocoa from Ashanti region and gold from obuasi ? Mr IMF I hope you are reading this a ... read full comment
why is this a government problem . Africans just like to beg for aid . You want yo government to find your pilgrimage with tax payers money cocoa from Ashanti region and gold from obuasi ? Mr IMF I hope you are reading this articles ?
STONER KOBYLYNTON 8 years ago
Why should governments involve itself in individual religious pilgrimage? This useless socialist propaganda initiated by late Kwame Nkrumah to appease Moslems for their votes should come to an end. It is a known fact that Mo ... read full comment
Why should governments involve itself in individual religious pilgrimage? This useless socialist propaganda initiated by late Kwame Nkrumah to appease Moslems for their votes should come to an end. It is a known fact that Moslems in Brong Ahafo Region were receiving free tickets to embark on this pilgrimage in Nkrumah's era just to buy their votes. Successive governments after him also continued this nonsense by funding a program which is of no national interest but rather a drain in the economy.
Government should abstain itself from certain religious groups of its activities. No where in the world with exception of third world countries where irresponsible governments would appease weaker minds with such religious freebees with the main intention of winning their votes.
Zeezee 8 years ago
Stoner, please let us understand their frustrations; we have a government that is specialized in corruption and lies. I can tell you with authority that I know people who paid for this journey from their pockets within the st ... read full comment
Stoner, please let us understand their frustrations; we have a government that is specialized in corruption and lies. I can tell you with authority that I know people who paid for this journey from their pockets within the stipulated time but still could not get visas due to the incompetence of those managing the program. Lord save Ghana. We are in big, big, big trouble and need God's intervention.
ooooooooo !!!!!! 8 years ago
NDC and it whole baunch of thieves and looters are not in governement for the betterment of Ghanaian citizens. They are in to steal and destroy Ghana. That is their purpose. NDC and its thieves don't care. Ghanaians mus use t ... read full comment
NDC and it whole baunch of thieves and looters are not in governement for the betterment of Ghanaian citizens. They are in to steal and destroy Ghana. That is their purpose. NDC and its thieves don't care. Ghanaians mus use their brains to vote these evils out.
Mohammed Abubakr. 8 years ago
Why are they not intrested in making pilgrimage to the cape coast castle and the elmina castle. Know your history and stop glorifying your slave masters . Why must give up your history. .culture ...language and spirituality ... read full comment
Why are they not intrested in making pilgrimage to the cape coast castle and the elmina castle. Know your history and stop glorifying your slave masters . Why must give up your history. .culture ...language and spirituality and hold tight your slave masters way of life. Any sense in this ???? Wake up people and seek to know your history. That's vwhere the answer lies.....
siba 8 years ago
Nonsense
Nonsense
yussmont 8 years ago
comparing hajj to a castle in the coast buildt by satans brothers is illogic.
comparing hajj to a castle in the coast buildt by satans brothers is illogic.
AJARA 8 years ago
Muslims go to Mecca to throw stone at Satan. Satan revenge and kill hundreds of them every year. Muslims are funy people . Their minds are seered with lies. Why are Muslims migrant not going to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Quatar an ... read full comment
Muslims go to Mecca to throw stone at Satan. Satan revenge and kill hundreds of them every year. Muslims are funy people . Their minds are seered with lies. Why are Muslims migrant not going to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Quatar and other muslims countries?
Their own Muslims won't treat them good. They all want to live in a Christian culture, but they do not want to give up their satanic and deadly religion.
Islam is false religion. Why would these people go to Mecca to pay homage to peodphile Mohammed, who cut a pregnant woman into two pieces and had sex with his own daughter-in-law. Mohammed later married to Kadija, his own son's wife.
Is this a religion that some black Africans should follow? No !. Some black Africans are following these wicked Arabs, who hate blacks to hell. Run away from Islam, for it is taking you to hell.
Deep Thought 8 years ago
I wonder why Africans are still foolish themselves with these scam religions that has fooled,enslaved and blocked our gumptions to reason and think to better our lives . What is the difference between this black box or whatev ... read full comment
I wonder why Africans are still foolish themselves with these scam religions that has fooled,enslaved and blocked our gumptions to reason and think to better our lives . What is the difference between this black box or whatever and Bongo shrine(for example) which these scammers have accused to be FETISH.We are in the 21st century so please open your eyes and stop the NONSENSE! Both moslems and Christians.
yussmont 8 years ago
sakawa sakawa
sakawa sakawa
MANSUR 8 years ago
TO DEEP THOUGHT .... I THINK YOU ARE VERY IGNORANT TO THE ISSUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND IF SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, YOU BETTER DO YOUR RESEARCH ON IT BEFORE YOU UTTER ANYTHING REGARDING THAT OK
TO DEEP THOUGHT .... I THINK YOU ARE VERY IGNORANT TO THE ISSUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND IF SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, YOU BETTER DO YOUR RESEARCH ON IT BEFORE YOU UTTER ANYTHING REGARDING THAT OK
Dada 8 years ago
What do you intend to achieve with this bogus reportage?
What do you intend to achieve with this bogus reportage?
Mawunyegah 8 years ago
They're off to Saudi Arabia to learn how to make bombs and IEDs. And they want the long suffering Ghanaian taxpayers to fund such useless voyages of indoctrination! It beats my mind why any government would be involved in thi ... read full comment
They're off to Saudi Arabia to learn how to make bombs and IEDs. And they want the long suffering Ghanaian taxpayers to fund such useless voyages of indoctrination! It beats my mind why any government would be involved in this whole hajj shit!
Joe 8 years ago
YEARLY BLACK STONE WORSHIP IN MECCA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR CHRISTIAN GOD
MUSLEM ALLAH IS NOT GOD. ALLAH IS A STONE , A METEOLITE - A BLACK STONE
YEARLY BLACK STONE WORSHIP IN MECCA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR CHRISTIAN GOD
MUSLEM ALLAH IS NOT GOD. ALLAH IS A STONE , A METEOLITE - A BLACK STONE
MANSUR 8 years ago
TO JOE: YOU ARE JUST IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE KAABA N THE BLAK STONE AS WELL AND EVEN WHO BUILT IT AND WHY MUSLIMS VISIT THERE EVERY YEAR IF ITS FROM GOD OR NOT BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHIN ... read full comment
TO JOE: YOU ARE JUST IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE KAABA N THE BLAK STONE AS WELL AND EVEN WHO BUILT IT AND WHY MUSLIMS VISIT THERE EVERY YEAR IF ITS FROM GOD OR NOT BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING STUPID.
....DONT EVEN KNOW WHETHER U EVEN BELIEVE THAT GOD EXIST
kwame 8 years ago
please my brothers and Sister, come back home The country is in HIPC the Government need money for his promise free education this time, but not Hajj if you are in the ticket of the Government to finance you, then I am sorry ... read full comment
please my brothers and Sister, come back home The country is in HIPC the Government need money for his promise free education this time, but not Hajj if you are in the ticket of the Government to finance you, then I am sorry please pack your things and go home, Government needs money to do other commit period.
BlaGoDzi 8 years ago
Hajj is where the heart is. God knows the heart and is what he looks at. Years ago, people went on long pilgrimage to go and find God, but meantime he within. Why not effect a change to Hajj? The Arabs are stinking rich and d ... read full comment
Hajj is where the heart is. God knows the heart and is what he looks at. Years ago, people went on long pilgrimage to go and find God, but meantime he within. Why not effect a change to Hajj? The Arabs are stinking rich and don't really care or respect much for anyone. Secondly there is a crisis in Syria and I seriously think think its time for our own brothers and sisters to re-assess.
REFUGEES ARE UNDER PRESSURE 8 years ago
Is this news? A lot of groups go on faith missions, but none goes to beg for support from the president. Poor Ghanaian Muslims .
Is this news? A lot of groups go on faith missions, but none goes to beg for support from the president. Poor Ghanaian Muslims .
Gyimah 8 years ago
You this guys in the name of ALLAAH you this guys will suffer before you die. you will also die miserably. Your families will also meet there own. Keep abusing ISLAM ALLAAH KNOWS BEST but if you know you are real born of yo ... read full comment
You this guys in the name of ALLAAH you this guys will suffer before you die. you will also die miserably. Your families will also meet there own. Keep abusing ISLAM ALLAAH KNOWS BEST but if you know you are real born of your parents come out face to face and say there you will see men
Sultan 8 years ago
African Idiot with a messed up head.Have you seen the Saudis helping the Syrians in their plight? No. They do not give a shit about them.
African Idiot with a messed up head.Have you seen the Saudis helping the Syrians in their plight? No. They do not give a shit about them.
Yakubu Indrisu 8 years ago
Muslims in Ghana were lucky they did not
go to Mecca otherwise they might be dead.They should thank their God.
Muslims in Ghana were lucky they did not
go to Mecca otherwise they might be dead.They should thank their God.
Nana Yaw 8 years ago
I don't think they even know what had just happened there. The collapse of the mosque could be the reasons why the Saudi embassy is not issuing the visas anymore.
I don't think they even know what had just happened there. The collapse of the mosque could be the reasons why the Saudi embassy is not issuing the visas anymore.
hmm.ndc and lies?lord have mercy.they lie as if there's no tomorrow. How can you congratulate your dead goat president for a successful hajj,wen u knew a lot of them are still stranded at de hajj village.Lord have mercy on us ...
read full comment
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Are muslim votes more important than Christian/traditional religion/animist votes? Why this naked discrimination against other religions by the ndc government? Why must Gha ...
read full comment
fellow moslems,please turn away from islam and join christianity,please im appealing to moslems, turn away from islam please. TB Joshua is ready to accept you. pleaseeeee
FIRE BURN YOU.
Baba Musah, you are already in fire. Don't you see and understand what is happening in Islamic world and their barbaric religion. Don't you want to escape the fire?
Pakistan Air Force: At Least 13 Militants Dead After Attacking Base Near Peshawar, Authorities Say
The militants attacked the base Friday and killed at least 16 worshippers at a mosque, Gen. Asim Bajwa said. The group Tehree ...
read full comment
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A brazen Taliban attack on a Pakistani military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 29 people on Friday, including 16 worshippers who were gunned down when the militan ...
read full comment
For the life of me why do you troop to Accra ready to travel when you don't have a visa! This annual nonsense must stop.
why is this a government problem . Africans just like to beg for aid . You want yo government to find your pilgrimage with tax payers money cocoa from Ashanti region and gold from obuasi ? Mr IMF I hope you are reading this a ...
read full comment
Why should governments involve itself in individual religious pilgrimage? This useless socialist propaganda initiated by late Kwame Nkrumah to appease Moslems for their votes should come to an end. It is a known fact that Mo ...
read full comment
Stoner, please let us understand their frustrations; we have a government that is specialized in corruption and lies. I can tell you with authority that I know people who paid for this journey from their pockets within the st ...
read full comment
NDC and it whole baunch of thieves and looters are not in governement for the betterment of Ghanaian citizens. They are in to steal and destroy Ghana. That is their purpose. NDC and its thieves don't care. Ghanaians mus use t ...
read full comment
Why are they not intrested in making pilgrimage to the cape coast castle and the elmina castle. Know your history and stop glorifying your slave masters . Why must give up your history. .culture ...language and spirituality ...
read full comment
Nonsense
comparing hajj to a castle in the coast buildt by satans brothers is illogic.
Muslims go to Mecca to throw stone at Satan. Satan revenge and kill hundreds of them every year. Muslims are funy people . Their minds are seered with lies. Why are Muslims migrant not going to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Quatar an ...
read full comment
I wonder why Africans are still foolish themselves with these scam religions that has fooled,enslaved and blocked our gumptions to reason and think to better our lives . What is the difference between this black box or whatev ...
read full comment
sakawa sakawa
TO DEEP THOUGHT .... I THINK YOU ARE VERY IGNORANT TO THE ISSUE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND IF SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, YOU BETTER DO YOUR RESEARCH ON IT BEFORE YOU UTTER ANYTHING REGARDING THAT OK
What do you intend to achieve with this bogus reportage?
They're off to Saudi Arabia to learn how to make bombs and IEDs. And they want the long suffering Ghanaian taxpayers to fund such useless voyages of indoctrination! It beats my mind why any government would be involved in thi ...
read full comment
YEARLY BLACK STONE WORSHIP IN MECCA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR CHRISTIAN GOD
MUSLEM ALLAH IS NOT GOD. ALLAH IS A STONE , A METEOLITE - A BLACK STONE
TO JOE: YOU ARE JUST IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE KAABA N THE BLAK STONE AS WELL AND EVEN WHO BUILT IT AND WHY MUSLIMS VISIT THERE EVERY YEAR IF ITS FROM GOD OR NOT BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHIN ...
read full comment
please my brothers and Sister, come back home The country is in HIPC the Government need money for his promise free education this time, but not Hajj if you are in the ticket of the Government to finance you, then I am sorry ...
read full comment
Hajj is where the heart is. God knows the heart and is what he looks at. Years ago, people went on long pilgrimage to go and find God, but meantime he within. Why not effect a change to Hajj? The Arabs are stinking rich and d ...
read full comment
Is this news? A lot of groups go on faith missions, but none goes to beg for support from the president. Poor Ghanaian Muslims .
You this guys in the name of ALLAAH you this guys will suffer before you die. you will also die miserably. Your families will also meet there own. Keep abusing ISLAM ALLAAH KNOWS BEST but if you know you are real born of yo ...
read full comment
African Idiot with a messed up head.Have you seen the Saudis helping the Syrians in their plight? No. They do not give a shit about them.
Muslims in Ghana were lucky they did not
go to Mecca otherwise they might be dead.They should thank their God.
I don't think they even know what had just happened there. The collapse of the mosque could be the reasons why the Saudi embassy is not issuing the visas anymore.