NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has backed a statement regarding Hindu terrorism made by the country’s Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. On Sunday, the Indian Home Minister had accused the BJP and its ideological mentor R...
PESHAWAR: Information Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that negotiations would be held with extremists before elections, media reported. Talking to media here Tuesday, Mian Iftikhar said they were making efforts to bring pe...
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Dost Muhammad Khan has summoned Home Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on 14 February, media reported. Chief Justice PHC was hearing missing persons’ case here on Tuesday. During the hear...
KARACHI: At least one person was killed and two others sustained injuries in a blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, media reported. Police said a gas cylinder exploded in a dental laboratory in Gulshan-e-Iqbal 13-D area....
NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Tuesday that the Line of Control (LoC) issue will be tackled bilaterally with Islamabad. During a news conference here, Khurshid said India would analyse the situation and take steps fo...
KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Abdul Rehman Malik Tuesday called on Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah at CM House. Both the leaders discussed matters of mutual interest and reviewed the law and order situation of the province, particularly ...
KARACHI: Five people were killed in firing incidents, while two bodies of men and strangled body of a woman were found different areas of the city on Tuesday. Thirty-five-years-old Shahzed S/o Ghulam Hussain, resident of Golimar was gunned down by un...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar said on Tuesday that Pakistan would take up drone attacks issue with US officials and its Ambassador to Islamabad, media reported on Tuesday. The statement came amidst the criticism in Pakist...
BAGHDAD: A series of car bombs in and around Baghdad killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens of others on Tuesday, security and medical officials said. The blasts struck an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Baghdad, a military base north of the cap...
BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomb killed at least five people south of Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said, breaking a relative calm that followed a spate of deadly attacks last week. The 10:30 am (0730 GMT) blast near an Iraqi army checkpoint in Mahmudiyah...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has set a Wednesday deadline for the Karachi police to arrest the assassins of MPA Manzar Imam. The apex court said it was a challenge for the police to arrest the killers and if it failed to do so then it cou...
SWABI: Explosions were reported on Tuesday in two school buses, parked outside Quaid-e-Azam International Public School, near Chota Lahore area, however, no loss of life took place, media reported. According to police, the incident created panic amon...
KARACHI: Three dead bodies have been found from different areas of the metropolis early Tuesday morning, media reported. According to rescue sources, two bodies were found from Baldia Town no.2 while another was found from Haji Camp area. Also, unkno...
KARACHI: Three persons including a woman were injured when some miscreants attacked a residential building in North Karachi area early Tuesday morning, media reported. According to SSP North Karachi, unknown miscreants attacked a flat situated on the...
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Chairman Admiral (retd) Fashi Bukhari has said that the probe in rental power projects case would remain pending until the inquiry in Faisal Kamran’s death concludes, media reported. In a statement, he said that NAB...
KARACHI: Karachi police raided Mehmoodabad area of the metropolis and arrested two accused while arms were also recovered from their possession, media reported Tuesday. According to police, security forces conducted a targeted search operation in Cha...
KARACHI: The medical tests to verify the age of Shahrukh Jatoi, who is the key accused in Shahzeb Khan murder case, have declared him to be aged between 17-18 years, media reported Tuesday. The medical report of Shahrukh Jatoi stated that he is an ad...
QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) has rejected to extend interim bail of three accused, including former chief minister Balochistan, in Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case, media reported on Tuesday. The BHC bench, headed by Justice Jamaal Mandokhel, re...
KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested four suspects belonging to the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), media reported. Addressing a press conference, SSP Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the police Chaudhry Aslam said th...
ALGIERS: Thirty-seven foreigners of eight nationalities were killed by militants in a well-planned attack on a remote gas plant, some of them executed with a bullet to the head, Algeria's premier said. The grim body count was issued late Monday as th...
Afghan Official Challenges U.S. Tax Audit
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Embassy Row: After Afghanistan for NATO
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Afghan Star Khaled Hosseini's New Book
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Airing Of Dirty Laundry Raises Afghan Hopes That Corruption Will Be Tackled
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Violence against women act modification sparks furor in Afghanistan
A number of civil society organizations including independent human r...
Afghan treasures display in Melbourne tells a different Afghanistan story
MELBOURNE: Several hundred priceless antiques from ancient Afghanistan...
Afghan soldiers' incompetence raises concerns about U.S. withdrawal plans
Mansurabad, Afghanistan A suicide bomber drove his car into a U.S....
Afghanistan wants lethal weapons from India; Karzai visit from Monday
New Delhi: Ahead of its President Hamid Karzai’s visit next week, Afg...
