NEW DELHI: India's foreign minister on Wednesday condemned again the "unacceptable" death of two Indian soldiers in a clash near the border with Pakistan but said the incident "should not be escalated". "Whatever has happened, should not be escalated...
LANDIKOTAL: A member of a peace committee was killed and another injured in an explosion occurred here Tuesday at Bokhar, remote area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency. According to details, unknown miscreants planted a bomb near the road that explode...
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations, Mian Iftikhar Hussain here Tuesday handed over compensation cheques amounting 1.7 million rupees to heirs of Ziarat Kaka Sahib Blast's victims. Speaking on the occasion, Prov...
PESHAWAR: President of Pakistan People Party (PPP) Kuram agency Dr. Syed Riaz Hussain Shah has been murdered in Dabgari area of Peshawar, media reported. According to details, Dr. Riaz was coming to his clinic that is located near Mission hospital Du...
KARACHI: Four persons were killed in firing while the body of a woman was found and a child knocked to death in the city on Tuesday. Imran Abbas, resident of Golimar was gunned down by unidentified armed men near a private school in Solider Bazaar, J...
KARACHI: Police have claimed to arrest five activists of Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) involved in Aisha Manzil bomb blast and the killings of polio workers. In a press conference here on Wednesday, Additional IG Ghulam Shabir Shaikh said that fiv...
RAWALPINDI: The Director General Military Operations for the Pakistan Army on Wednesday talked to his Indian counterpart via telephone and rejected New Delhi’s claim that Pakistan troops killed their two soldiers in a cross border raid, media reporte...
KARACHI: An eyewitness in the brutal killing of 20-year old Karachi youth Shahzeb Khan identified three accused in a local court on Wednesday, media reported. The accused Sajjad Talpur, Siraj Talbur and Ghulam Murtaza were produced before Judicial Ma...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan was not involved in the killings of Indian soldiers. During an interview with an Indian TV channel, the Pakistan foreign minister said that the incident took place on the other side...
WASHINGTON: The United States Monday said it is concerned about reports of violence across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region and urged Pakistan and India to end exchange of fire. The State Department also reiterated its support for P...
KARACHI: Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in the Shahzeb Khan murder case, has been arrested from Dubai, media reported. Shahrukh was arrested with the assistance of Interpol and arrangements are being made to bring him to Pakistan. Earlier, a non-ba...
KARACHI: Three persons were gunned down in different firing incidents that occurred in two different areas Monday morning, media reported. Unknown gunmen entered a house in Orangi Town and sprayed bullets on the residents, killing two persons on the ...
MIRANSHAH: At least seven people were killed in two separate drone strikes within an hour in North Waziristan on late Monday night, media reported. According to sources, unmanned aircraft fired three missiles on a house in Haider Khel area of Mir Ali...
KABUL: A soldier serving with the NATO force in Afghanistan was shot dead by a man in Afghan army uniform, the latest in a series of "insider" attacks, the alliance said Tuesday. More than 60 troops from the force were killed in 2012 in a surge of in...
PESHAWAR: An explosion was heard in Swabi Bazaar of Peshawar and reports said that many people including two policemen got injured, media reported Tuesday. According to police, a blast was reported in Swabi Bazaar where several people were wounded in...
KARACHI: Police including some lady police on a tip off launched a search operation in Baldia Town and arrested 23 suspects, who are being interrogated on Tuesday, media reported. DIG West Zone Asif Ijaz Sheikh told that police have taken 23 suspects...
KARACHI: An attack on Manghopir police station on Monday evening was repulsed after cops retaliated with full force, media reported. According to sources unknown attackers, who were armed to the teeth, opened fire on a Nato supply truck parked outsid...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator, as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, urging the U.S. Senate to confirm them quickly. Hagel, a decorat...
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting on Monday reviewed serious threats of targeting rally of Chief of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, Dr. Tahirul Qadri and formed a team to further scrutinized the matter. The meeting, chaired by Minister for Interior, Rehman M...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehrik & Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran chief, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Monday refused to guarantee peace if his “long march” was interrupted, media reported. “An attempt to cut our ‘long march’ short will be tantamount to a face-off”, he...
Afghan Commandos Step Up Their Combat Role
At a classified Commando Base, Afghanistan - One day this month, a pai...
Sharif Seen As Trying To Reorient Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Pakistan's Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif has signaled his des...
Afghans voice wariness of Pakistan’s Sharif
Kabul : Afghan President Hamid Karzai, calling to congratulate Pakist...
Afghanistan's kochis: Nomads no more
War forced many to abandon their wandering ways, but settled life is p...
Much of $1bn Afghanistan tax bill is bogus, says US
American watchdog claims Afghan government is charging US contractors ...
Afghanistan Exit: Kabul and Berlin Estranged as Withdrawal Looms
With the security situation deteriorating in Afghanistan, Chancellor ...
Should India Provide Direct Military Aid to Afghanistan?
Over the past decade, India has invested heavily in Afghanistan’s rec...
What have we learned about stabilization in Afghanistan? Not much.
As of this year, Afghanistan has experienced ten years of stabilizatio...
