UN ready to withdraw from Afghanistan in May

The UN is negotiating with the Taliban in hopes that it will make exceptions to a decree prohibiting local women...

Landslide near Torkham border kills two, buries vehicles

A huge landslide in northwestern Pakistan killed at least two people, wounded several others and buried over 20...

Storming Nepal aim for Premier Cup supremacy on home soil

The ten teams are split into two groups for the tournament starting on Tuesday. They will battle it out in Kathmandu...

Afghanistan Freedom Front confirms death of its Senior Commander

Akmal Ameer, a former commander of the Afghan Special Forces, and his seven companions were killed during a clash...

Kazakhstan to reopen Afghan Embassy, Consulate, claims Taliban

Baradar noted, "They indicated this ... yesterday, that we will reopen our embassy or consulate in Afghanistan and...

Zalmay Khalilzad calls Zardari "Pakistan's Mr 10 Percent"

Khalilzad said the PPP co-chairman should "put the country first and honour the legacy of BB [Benazir Bhutto]."

Panic grips security forces in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

To date, more than 125 police personnel have fallen to terrorist attacks this year and over 200 of them have been...

'Int'l community should address challenges in Afghanistan'

US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas West has called on the International community to address the ongoing...

Afghanistan: One child killed, another injured in mine blast

An unexploded device, a war remnant of years of conflict in Afghanistan's southern region went off in Kandahar...

Afghan journalists criticise lack of access to information

Journalists in Afghanistan have once again denounced the lack of access of information under the Taliban regime in...

China offers to invest USD 10 bn in Afghanistan's lithium reserve

Since the Taliban takeover of the country, China has increased its influence via economic ties with the current regime.

Childrens face brunt of deadly landmines scattered in Af-Pak

Activists claim that the regions were not cleared of the land mines after these operations. But the government is...