Nawaz Sharif starts talks on new govt, sets out ambitious agenda

LAHORE Pakistani election winner Nawaz Sharif was in talks to form a new government, as US President Barack Obama said ...

Four blasts hit Pakistan as people come out to vote

ISLAMABAD As Pakistanis voted in historic General Elections on Saturday, two blasts targeted the Awami National Party (ANP) election offices ...

Pakistani army vows to protect voters in landmark election

ISLAMABAD Pakistan‘s military said on Thursday it will send tens of thousands of troops to polling stations and counting centres ...

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 25 at election rally

PESHAWAR A suicide bomber targeted an election rally organised by a religious party in Pakistan on Monday, killing 25 people, ...

Nine killed in bombing of politicians’ offices by Pakistan Taliban

PARACHINAR Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the country’s northwest on Sunday killing nine ...

Taliban kill MQM leader ahead of polls

KARACHI Taliban assailants on a motorcycle gunned down a candidate running in Pakistan##Q##s forthcoming elections Thursday, an official and a ...

Taliban attack Afghan governor’s compound

KABUL A huge explosion tore through a governor##Q##s compound, followed by a gunbattle with Taliban gunmen today in western Afghanistan, ...

Gunmen attack Pakistan power station, kill 7

PESHAWAR Dozens of gunmen attacked an electricity plant in northwest Pakistan, killing seven people and disrupting power to 100,000 people ...

Pakistan: 12 killed in Peshawar as security personnel convoy attacked

ISLAMABAD At least 12 people were killed and 31 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan Friday as a convoy ...

Afghanistan says ready to work for peace without Pakistan help

KABUL Afghanistan is shocked by Pakistan##Q##s “complacency” in the nascent Afghan peace process and is ready to work without Islamabad##Q##s ...

US secretary of state John Kerry makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan

KABUL US secretary of state John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid ...

Pakistan Taliban threaten to send Pervez Musharraf to “hell” when he returns

ISLAMABAD Pakistan##Q##s Taliban have threatened, in a video released on Saturday, to use suicide bombers and snipers to kill former ...

Malala Yousufzai starts at English school

LONDON Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl who drew global attention after being shot in the head by the Taliban for ...

What will South Asia be like when the US withdraws from Afghanistan in 2014?

By Baldev Padam President Barack Obama in early 2012, the year of his re-election, described his plans to withdraw from ...

Malala’s nomination for Nobel a huge honour: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD The nomination of Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani teen activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting ...

Pak Taliban rejects declaration adopted by political parties

ISLAMABAD The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have rejected a declaration adopted by leading political parties that called for negotiations to end terrorism, ...

Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to iron out peace settlement within six months

LONDON Afghanistan and Pakistani Presidents have agreed to iron out a peace settlement for the troubled Afghan-Pak region within the ...

Afghanistan: Third bomb attack in 24 hours kills eight policemen

KABUL A roadside bomb killed eight policemen in Afghanistan‘s volatile southern province of Kandahar, police said on Sunday, the third ...

Prince Harry has ‘mental problem’,Taliban says

KABUL Britain’s Prince Harry, who compared shooting insurgents in Afghanistan to playing video games, has probably developed a mental problem, ...

Britain’s Prince Harry admits killing Afghan insurgents during Nato stint

LONDON Britain’s Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties against the Taliban while on his second tour of ...

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