Afghanistan

WHO says spread of polio remains international health emergency

LONDON: The spread of polio must still be classified as a public health emergency because,… Read More

ECC endorses gifting 40,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has endorsed to ‘gift’ 40,000 metric tons of wheat to… Read More

Afghan president names team for Taliban peace talks

GENEVA: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday announced a 12-person team for prospective peace talks… Read More

Thirty Afghan civilians killed in US air strike, officials say

LASHKAR GAH: At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed in US air strikes in the… Read More

Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO

KABUL: Three US soldiers were killed and three wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday,… Read More

Afghan presidential election may be postponed: officials

KABUL: Afghanistan's embattled election organisers are considering delaying April's presidential ballot by three months, officials… Read More

US service member killed in Afghanistan: NATO

KABUL: A US service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support… Read More

Suicide blast at Afghanistan mosque kills at least 26 gathered to pray

KABUL: A suicide blast at a mosque in an army base in eastern Afghanistan on… Read More

Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday he may visit Afghanistan, scene of one of… Read More

‘US aid was a miniscule $20 bn’: PM Imran hits back at Trump

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday hit back at President Donald Trump’s fresh tirade… Read More

SP Tahir Dawar’s old video goes viral on social media

PESHAWAR: A day after he was laid to rest in Peshawar, one of martyr SP… Read More

SP Dawar’s murder: PM summons meeting to discuss Afghanistan’s ‘distasteful’ behavior

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a meeting, in the wake of Superintendent of… Read More

SP Tahir Dawar’s murder: Army says Afghanistan’s behaviour raises questions

RAWALPINDI: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday said the slain SP Tahir Khan… Read More

Afghan officials hand over Tahir Dawar’s body to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Afghan authorities on Thursday handed over the body of slain SP Tahir Dawar to a… Read More

Body of missing SP handed over to Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad

ISLAMABAD: The body of a senior officer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Police, Tahir Dawar, who… Read More

SP who went missing in Islamabad killed in Afghanistan: family sources

ISLAMABAD: A senior police officer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), who went missing in Islamabad, has… Read More

Suicide bomber kills six near police checkpoint in Afghan capital

KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday,… Read More

Taliban attends peace talks in Moscow for first time, no progress reported

MOSCOW: Taliban officials attended a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time on Friday,… Read More

US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: study

WASHINGTON: About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan due… Read More

Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss refugees’ repatriation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday held a second meeting of the Refugee Working Group… Read More