Tag: Kabul
Fix Taliban or brace for ‘hot pursuit’, Kabul told
Following the deployment of additional troops along the border with Afghanistan at Chitral and Dir to stop the cross-border Taliban assaults from Afghan soil,...
US suspects Pakistan link in Kabul attack
US officials say they are looking for evidence that directly links elements of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to this week’s assault on the US...
Kabul attack pits US against Pakistan
The already strained Pakistan-US relations received yet another rude shock on Thursday from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who warned that his country would...
Kabul raid a tactical victory for Taliban: analysts
A dramatic Taliban assault on the heart of Kabul inflicted relatively little damage, but scored an important strategic victory for insurgents who showed again...
Kabul Taliban siege ends with 27 dead
A Taliban assault on the Afghan capital was quelled Wednesday after 19 hours of hailing rockets, grenades and suicide blasts that left 27 dead...
Taliban siege of Kabul ends with 14 dead
A coordinated Taliban assault on the Afghan capital was quelled Wednesday after raging for 19 hours in a hail of rockets, grenades and suicide...
Taliban target NATO, US embassy in Kabul
Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO's headquarters, the US Embassy and the...
US civilian found killed in Kabul: security sources
An American civilian engineer has been found murdered in Kabul, Afghan and Western security sources told AFP.
"An American national has been found dead in...
Father takes son to Kabul, mother files plea for custody
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the foreign office secretary, interior secretary and to a man who allegedly abducted his...
8 killed in attack on British Council in Kabul
Eight people were killed as a wave of suicide explosions rocked a British cultural centre in Kabul Friday, a public holiday marking Afghanistan's independence...
President arrives in Kabul today to take up cross-border incursions
President Asif Ali Zardari will arrive in Kabul today (Tuesday) for a daylong visit during which he will discuss the recent cross-border attacks from...
Kabul seeks release of 5,000 blocked containers
Afghanistan has sought Pakistan’s help in the release of 5,000 containers detained at the Karachi port without a valid reason, causing a loss of...
Islamabad, Kabul set up hotline to avoid border clashes
Pakistan and Afghanistan decided on Monday to take effective measures to remove irritants in bilateral relations, while decrying what they described as efforts by...
Afghans protest in Kabul over Pakistani border shelling
Around 150 Afghans took to the streets in the capital Kabul on Saturday, chanting "death to Pakistan" in protest against weeks of cross-border shelling...
Truly yours, Islamabad assures Kabul
Pakistan reassured Afghanistan of its full support on Wednesday for the success of the ongoing reconciliation process between Kabul and the Taliban, but said...
US ‘strongly condemns’ Kabul hotel attack
The United States condemned Tuesday a Taliban suicide attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, offering condolences to victims but providing no details on...
Luxury hotel in Kabul attacked
A group of fighters attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul Tuesday Chief of Criminal Investigation, Mohammed Zahir told CNN.
A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah...
