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Mortar shells fired from Afghanistan land into North Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: At least six mortar shells fired from Afghanistan fell into Pakistani territory on Saturday, the security sources said. The security sources said that mortar...

Pakistan, Afghanistan vow to work together to combat terrorism

KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed that terrorism and extremism posed a common threat and it was important to work together to effectively combat...

Pakistan wants qualitatively enhanced ties with neighbours: President Mamnoon

KABUL: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Thursday that Pakistan is seeking to build qualitatively enhanced relations with neighbouring countries. The president was speaking at the...

President Mamnoon arrives in Kabul to attend quadrilateral summit

KABUL: President Mamnoon Hussain arrived in Kabul on Thursday at the invitation of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai to participate in the quadrilateral summit. This...

Taliban attack election office in Kabul, two police officers killed

KABUL: Two police officers were killed in an attack launched by Afghan insurgents at an office of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in the...

Pakistan expresses concerns over attempts being made to implicate it in Kabul hotel attack

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday expressed concerns over attempts being made to implicate Pakistan in the attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul...

Afghan presidential election 2014: Foreign election observer, support missions pull staff out of Afghanistan

KABUL: As only a few days left for Afghanistan to hold its first democratic elections, two major foreign election observer and support missions have...

18 including 10 policemen killed in multiple Taliban suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD: At least 18 persons including 10 policemen were killed and 14 other policemen injured in a multiple Taliban suicide attack on a police...

4 election coordinators kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL: Unknown persons have kidnapped four election coordinators in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a commissioner with the Independent Election Commission Sareer Ahmed...

Stable Afghanistan is pre-requisite for peace in region: Aziz

LONDON: The prime minister’s advisor on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz, who is on an official visit to the United Kingdom for...

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