By Pamela Constable January 28 KABUL — An ominous week-long standoff between the government and its rogue first vice president is choking traffic and dominating talk in the edgy Afghan capital. Police units have …
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The only insurgent leader to sign a peace pact with Afghanistan’s government will return to the country within weeks, his chief negotiator says, in a move that could shake up …
U.S. President Donald Trump invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States later this year, during a phone call on Tuesday in which the leaders discussed economic and defense cooperations and …
NEW DELHI — Two people were trampled to death and dozens wounded in southern India during the controversial bull-taming sport that resumed Sunday after tens of thousands of demonstrators mounted unprecedented pressure this week …
By Jibran Ahmad | PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN The Afghan Taliban has sought to reassure the United Arab Emirates that it was not behind an attack in the southern city of Kandahar that killed five UAE …
By JESSICA DONATI in Kabul and ASA FITCH in Dubai Updated Jan. 11, 2017 3:07 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Afghan authorities investigated the attack on a heavily fortified government compound in the city of …
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s recently retired army chief Raheel Sharif has been appointed to lead a new Saudi-military alliance to fight terrorism, Pakistani media have reported. Government officials in Saudi Arabia could …
The Afghan Taliban released a video on Wednesday showing an Australian and an American hostage pleading with the U.S. government to negotiate with their captors and saying that unless a prisoner exchange was agreed …
Home Minister Rajnath claims Pakistan ought to revise policies to escape division; accuses Pakistan of making attempts to destabilise India NEW DELHI: Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh has warned Pakistan in a direct …
By Shakeel Anjum December 14, 2016 Says BJP govt’s hands stained with blood of Kashmiris; state oppression its policy; India turned into a battlefield; Dalits, Christians and other minorities being denied rights; Zardari, Rehman …