DAWN.COMUPDATED ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO As dozens of world leaders arrived in Beijing to attend the “Belt and Road Forum” hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, India refused to send an official delegation to …
NEW DELHI — A 10-year-old girl who was repeatedly raped by her stepfather, and who is now at least 20 weeks pregnant, may be forced to give birth because of India’s restrictive abortion law. …
China defended its military relationship with Sri Lanka as good for regional peace and stability after Sri Lanka rejected a request from China to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month. Sri …
By Sanjeev Miglani | NEW DELHI India has not sent an official delegation to attend the “Belt and Road Forum” in Beijing and instead criticized China’s global initiative, warning of an “unsustainable debt burden” …
By Ahmad Sultan | ACHIN, AFGHANISTAN Qari Mehrajuddin first saw “lightning like a thunder storm” followed by the roar of an explosion, an all-to-familiar sound for residents in Afghanistan’s war-torn Nangarhar province. “I thought …
A Pakistani military court sentenced an Indian accused of espionage to death on Monday, potentially ratcheting up tension between the two nuclear-armed states. Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav was arrested on March 3, 2016, in the …
QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN // In a land with no shortage of armed extremists, the propaganda broadcast has a familiar look. A fugitive militia leader talks to a camera from a hidden mountain location, taunting the …
Just one day after a group aligned with the so-called “Islamic State” threatened to attack the Taj Mahal in Agra, two explosions struck the popular tourist city. Two crude bombs exploded on Saturday – one …
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan The Kabul government Sunday backed U.S. calls for more foreign soldiers in Afghanistan as the armed rebels continue their strategy of waiting out foreign troops. Afghan Foreign Minister …
By ROD NORDLAND and JAWAD SUKHANYARMARCH 15, 2017 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials sharply increased the tally of dead in an attack last week on a military hospital, saying Wednesday that at least 50 …
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