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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...

Afghan forces foil attack on Indian consulate in Kandahar

KABUL: The Afghan forces shot dead two suicide bombers while they were trying to assault Indian consulate in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, officials...

US drone strikes in FATA reduced significantly: UN

GENEVA: The United Nations has said that a significant reduction has been witnessed in the US drone strikes in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas...

Afghan presidential election: Taliban order fighters to disrupt polls

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said on Monday that they have ordered their fighters to attack anyone helping organizing the upcoming presidential election in the...

25 mortars fired into Pakistani territory by Afghan border police

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Border Police fired 25 mortars into Pakistani territory on Saturday, but the firing did not cause any casualty or damage, military...

Blast kills district governor in eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD: A district governor was killed along with his bodyguard when a bomb hidden in his vehicle exploded in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar...

Pakistan to face repercussions if civil war occurs in Afghanistan: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan hopes there will be no civil war after the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan...

Karzai condemns NATO strike, orders investigation

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned the airstrike by NATO in the country’s eastern province of Logar, and ordered an investigation into...

Five Afghan soldiers killed in NATO airstrike

KABUL: An airstrike was carried out by NATO in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar on Thursday, killing at least five National Army soldiers and...

Karzai’s brother not to take part in Afghan presidential race

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s elder brother Qayum Karzai has decided not to take part in the country's election race, and he endorsed former...

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