WASHINGTON: A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the Pentagon sees no need to change the broad congressional authorization under which the military conducts lethal drone strikes against terrorist targets and estimated that the w...
KARACHI: The Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and Karachi police have recovered a Pakistani-American, who was kidnapped on May 14, in a joint operation carried out late night in Defence Phase-II area of the metropolis, media reported on Fr...
PESHAWAR: Taliban militants ambushed a military convoy late Thursday in Peshawar, killing two soldiers, security officials said. The incident took place as the convoy passed through Matani village on the outskirts of Peshawar, the main town of K...
KARACHI: Unknown assailants shot dead two people including a woman in Manghopir area of the metropolis Thursday late night. According to police, armed men entered a house located in Minawali Colony area and shot dead Bakhti Karam,50 and Muhammad...
KARACHI: Abid Ilyas, a former UC Nazim of Jamaat-e-Islami, was shot dead by unknown armed men in Nazimabad area of the city late night. Police said that former UC Nazim of Liaquatabad was gunned down in Nazimanad-2 area of the city. His body...
NOWSHERA: The gang chief of the kidnappers of Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been arrested, media reported Friday. Police said that an operation was launched in Charsadda for the recovery of Ali Haide...
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Thursday opened fire on Nato supply trucks passing through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing two drivers, local officials said. The first driver was killed in the Jamrud area of Khyber. “Two gunmen on a mot...
BAGHDAD: Attacks in Iraq killed 12 people and wounded more than 30 on Thursday, officials said, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed violence plaguing the country on "sectarian hatred." In the deadliest attack, a car bomb in Sadr City area o...
KABUL: A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a NATO military convoy in Kabul killed eight Afghan civilians including two children on Thursday in the first major attack in the capital for more than two months. Government officials said eight pas...
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Thursday opened fire on NATO supply trucks passing through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing two drivers, local officials said. The first driver was killed in the Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven distric...
KARACHI: Geo News has received CCTV video of suicide attack on Rangers vehicle in Karachi on election day. Four Rangers personnel were killed and five others injured in the attack at para-military van in the Manghopir area of Karachi. In the ...
NEW DELHI: A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi last December is critically ill after being attacked in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, weeks after the main accused died in the same jail. Vinay Sharma was rushed to the s...
WASHINGTON: The White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of emails designed to quell a furor about disputed talking points framed for top officials following the attack on the US mission in Benghazi. The release of the documents was an appar...
KIRKUK: Explosions in Iraq, including two car bombs and a roadside blast in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed 12 people and wounded 23 others on Wednesday, officials said. The first bombing in Kirkuk was the deadliest of the attacks, killing ...
MUMBAI: Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was set to return to jail Thursday to serve the remaining three-and-a-half years of his sentence for possessing illegal weapons, in a case linked to deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai 20 years ago. The popular 53-y...
NOWSHERA: In an attempt to recover Ali Haider Gilani, son of former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from Multan on May 9, Nowshera police conducted an operation in Misri Banda area of Akora Khatak and resc...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Dutt will surrender on Thursday before a special TADA court here to undergo his remaining jail term in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, according to his lawyer. The TADA court on Wednesday allowed the actor to withdraw his applicatio...
KARACHI: Sindh government Wednesday allowed, under Anti-Terrorism Act, extension in additional powers to Rangers for three more months, media reported. The Provincial government has issued the notification under Section-5 of the Anti-Terrorism...
LONDON: The Metropolitan Police said Wednesday that they were aware of complaints made about MQM chief Altaf Hussain, but currently there was no investigation. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said complaints were still being made. E...
LONDON: British High Commissioner (HC), Adam Thomson has said that UK police have received countless complaints against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain for his remarks about detaching Karachi from Pakistan, media reported. I...
Afghanistan needs India's military help: Shaida Mohammad Abdali
PUNE : Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, Shaida Mohammad Abdali, sai...
Afghanistan to begin first commercial oil production
Afghanistan expects to begin the first commercial oil production in it...
Effort to Strengthen an Afghan Law on Women May Backfire
KABUL, Afghanistan: Even with some legal protections in place, Afghan ...
Afghans With Disabilities Fight For The Right To Rights
Climbing the rickety metal staircase is precarious enough if you aren'...
Younger Generation Poised To Lead Afghanistan's Future
Afghans under 35 make up about 75 percent of the country's population....
Did U.S. Assist In Nawaz Sharif Re-election By Pausing Drone Attacks On Pakistan?
Last publicly reported drone strike was one month ago -"USA Today...
Did 9/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?
Using the McChrystal Moment to Raise a Forbidden Question -"GR" ...
Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms ...
