South Asia

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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