Taliban set 'guidelines' for election candidates in SWA

The US State Department has designated the Commander Nazir Group and its leader Malang Wazir as 'Specially Designated Global Terrorists'. In a statement, the State Department said the Nazir Group has run training camps for terrorists, dispatched suicide ...

Font size: KABUL (WNA): The Wolesi Jerga, lower house of parliament in Afghanistan on Monday rejected unanimously the presidential office proposed anti-women violence law as against the Islamic teachings and should be returned to the 18 commissions ...

Peter Chamberlin Once again (just as in the recent US Embassy bombing in Ankara) a spectacular terrorist attack takes place in Turkey and the government immediately blames another obscure Marxist terrorist group, that they have conveniently ...

KABUL: US President Barack Obama is expected to set nominate Chuck Hagel -- a Vietnam War veteran -- as his next defense secretary, replacing Leon Panetta, media reports said on Monday. The White House informed the Hagel camp over the weekend that ...

ISLAMABAD: Seven suspected militants were killed in fresh US drone attacks in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, an official said on Tuesday. The first air strike took place at around 12 noon when a ...

Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): The chief commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a mandate to Taliban commanders to carry out widespread attacks in the country on May 11. TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud, in a letter issued on May 1, ...

Political parties at election time are a package deal - take it or leave it. There is no prospect of taking various aspects of one party ...read more Clientele Politics dominates suburbs in NA-49 constituency Hamzah Rifaat (Islamabad, May, 7th, ...

Islamabad: The Pakistani Taliban has threatened widespread attacks, including suicide bombings, during the landmark general election tomorrow, saying it is opposed to the "infidel system" of democracy.In a letter addressed to militant commanders, ...

Spectators watch the traditional famous Pashtun Khatak Dance. PHOTO: ZULFIQAR ALI DERA ISMAIL KHAN: No matter who waltzes into the prime minister's house at the end of this election, South Waziristan is already swinging away to the rhythms of the ...