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Azhar Ali unveils 2016 World T20 trophy

PESHAWAR: The trophy unveiling ceremony of 2016 World Twenty20 was held at Peshawar's Army Public… Read More

Afghan forces recapture district on Tajik border: officials

KABUL: Afghan forces on Sunday wrested control of a northern district bordering Tajikistan from the… Read More

Pakistan to present Taliban list open for peace talks

ISLAMABAD: Four-way talks aimed at reviving dialogue between Kabul and the Afghan Taliban will be… Read More

U.S. confirms participation in Afghan peace talks

WASHINGTON: Spokesman of the United States State Department John Kirby has said that the country… Read More

Some Taliban factions consider joining peace process, others opposed

KABUL/PESHAWAR: Some factions within the Afghan Taliban are considering taking part in a peace process… Read More

Youngsters from Pakistan being recruited in ISIS: report

ISLAMABAD: An Interior Ministry report stated youngsters from Pakistan are being sent to Afghanistan for… Read More

Taliban suicide attack targets French restaurant in Kabul

KABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomber hit a French restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul… Read More

Afghanistan, Pakistan seek to revive stalled Taliban talks

KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed Sunday to meet US and Chinese officials next month in… Read More

Taliban car bomber targets NATO convoy near Kabul airport

KABUL: A Taliban bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near Kabul airport Monday in an attack… Read More

COAS to visit Kabul in expected push to peace dialogue

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif will visit Kabul on Sunday to hold… Read More

Three killed in a roadside explosion in NW Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb attack on Wednesday killed at least three people including two children… Read More

Police uncover women-led Islamic State fundraising network: official

KARACHI: Police in Pakistan's port city of Karachi said they were hunting a network of… Read More

Pakistan recognizes need to fight Afghan Taliban: US AfPak representative

Pakistan recognizes the fact that to defeat the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, they also need to take… Read More

Afghanistan’s Helmand province may fall to Taliban, official says

KABUL: Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand is on the verge of falling to the Taliban,… Read More

CTD arrests suspected Taliban, LeJ activists from Karachi

KARACHI: Four suspects affiliated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were arrested from Karachi on… Read More

Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ failing in fight against extremism: activists

ISLAMABAD: Worshippers at the infamous Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital Islamabad still gather in… Read More

Vigils held countrywide to pay homage to APS martyrs

KARACHI: Remembering the martyrdom of over 140 people, mostly children, in the gruesome Army Public… Read More

Malala condemns Trump’s ‘ideology of hatred’

BIRMINGHAM: Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned Donald Trump's views on Muslims on Tuesday, at… Read More

Exclusive: Remembering the APS martyrs

The horrific day is gone, but the haunting memories still carry over. It was December… Read More

Huge car bomb, gunshots rock central Kabul

A massive car bomb struck central Kabul during rush hour on Friday evening, followed by… Read More