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Pakistan reaffirms support to peace, reconciliation in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed its continuing support to peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan. A meeting was held in Islamabad on Tuesday between the prime...

US ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigns

NEW DELHI: The United States ambassador to India Nancy Powell has resigned and will return to the US, an embassy statement said. "US Ambassador to...

US reviewing Pakistan’s request for excess military hardware

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is eligible to buy excess US military hardware in Afghanistan and the United States is currently reviewing Islamabad’s request for the same. In...

Iran tightens security along border with Pakistan

TEHRAN: Iran has begun constructing 120 watch posts along its eastern border areas in a bid to tighten security along Pakistan border, a security...

Taliban kidnap election candidate in northern Afghanistan

KABUL: The Taliban militants have kidnapped a candidate running for a seat in the provincial council and seven other persons last night in the...

Karzai blames Pakistan for recent attacks

KABUL: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of being behind a recent series of attacks and of blocking his government from striking...

Taliban attack Afghan election headquarters ahead of polls

KABUL: As only a few days left for Afghanistan to hold its third presidential elections since the fall of the Taliban, militants attacked the...

UN Human Rights Council adopts Pakistan-sponsored resolution on armed drones

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system, on Friday overwhelmingly adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution on the use...

Indian air force plane crashes, five killed

NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force C-130J Hercules cargo plane crashed in Karauli district in Rajasthan on Friday, killing all five crew members, Indian...

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...

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