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Nawaz Sharif asks UN to take steps for peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of 69th UN General...

Pakistan test-fires Hatf-IX

Rawalpindi: Pakistan conducted successful test fire of Short Range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR). Pakistan today conducted a successful test fire of Short...

No meeting between Nawaz, Modi in New York: FO

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that no meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi has been...

Karzai criticizes US, Pakistan over war on terror in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the United States and Pakistan over war on terror in his country, and said the...

Nawaz Sharif felicitates new Afghan leaders

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with the newly elected Afghan president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and the Chief Executive Abdullah...

NATO oil tankers set ablaze in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least five NATO fuel tankers were set ablaze by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province on Monday. The incident took...

2 Afghan soldiers killed, 13 missing after Taliban attack in Herat

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least two Afghan national army soldiers were killed and 13 others went missing following an attack by the Taliban militants in the...

Khaleda Zia goes on trial on embezzlement charges

DHAKA, Bangladesh: The Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia has gone on trial over charges of embezzlement that could see her jailed for life. “After so...

Afghan presidential candidates agree on unity government

KABUL, Afghanistan: An agreement has been reached between the Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani on the formation of national unity government,...

IED blast kills eight in northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: An improvised explosive device (IED) planted along a roadside went off in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least eight persons including...

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