KABUL/PESHAWAR: As U.S. and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether a pact will mean an end to the…
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has told his cabinet that he will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses leading to the Easter suicide bombings, official sources said on Saturday.…
MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Saturday warned that “terrorist” attacks in the region could imperil global oil supplies. “We confirm that terrorist actions not only target the kingdom and the Gulf…
KABUL: Taliban militants have attacked the offices of an international aid group in central Kabul, setting off a huge blast and battling Afghan security forces, officials said. Health officials said at least…
BAMAKO: Gunmen attacked a Malian army base in a dawn raid on Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and burning the camp in west-central Mali, a local lawmaker said. No group has yet claimed…
NEW YORK: The United States (US) military has stepped up its airstrikes and special operation raids on Taliban leaders and fighters in Afghanistan to give American negotiators leverage in peace talks with…
–At least 47 killed in three separate attacks as militant outfit promises ‘inclusive Islamic system’ at rare meeting with Afghan officials in Moscow KABUL/MOSCOW: The Taliban has killed at least 47 people…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has arrived in Pennsylvania to remember those killed 17 years ago in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Trump and his wife, Melania, arrived at the airport in Johnstown…
CHEMNITZ: German police braced for more far-right protests Thursday against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policies in the eastern city where a fatal stabbing has sparked outbreaks of racist mob violence. Saxony state…
GENEVA: US President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media violate the basic norms of press freedom and run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the UN rapporteur for freedom of…
BEIRUT: The death toll from coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful southern Syrian city and surrounding countryside has climbed to 216, a local health official said Thursday, in…
KABUL: Taliban fighters launched a wave of attacks against security outposts in the east and south of Afghanistan over the last two days, even as efforts to jump-start peace talks were renewed.…
KABUL: An Afghan official says insurgent attacks in two provinces have killed 29 people, including a bomb that targeted a meeting between the Taliban and village elders urging them to enter peace…
WASHINGTON: Weapons captured by the United States have been regularly used by the Taliban in Afghanistan to attack government outposts, the US media reported on Wednesday. According to USA Today, American warplanes destroyed…
Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry says Pakistan-US stand to lose if ties worsen WASHINGTON: Pakistan has cautioned against the tendency to externalise problems in Afghanistan, with Islamabad’s ambassador to the United States declaring that…
LAHORE: In the wake of recent terrorist attacks on its soil, Afghanistan has hurled serious allegations on its neighbour and former ally in the war of terror, Pakistan. Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to…
Afghanistan rules out talks with Taliban after deadly attacks in Kabul ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said that 27 individuals suspected of belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) and Haqqani Network (HN)…
