Taliban kill six Afghan cops with insiders help

The Hamid Karzai Government in Afghanistan has an image problem. Neither the West which backs it nor the Taliban which despises it, has faith in the regime's ability to do much good. The wait is for the inevitable As the US-led forces prepare to ...

India, China find common ground in Kabul Amid heightened fears of a Taliban resurgence in post-2014 Afghanistan, it seems the war-torn country's neighbours are now forming loose alliances with one another to secure their interests there. Earlier ...

A NATO helicopter supporting Afghan security forces killed two children and nine suspected Taliban fighters on Saturday, officials said. The deaths reopen an often heated debate between those who blame NATO air strikes for civilian deaths and others ...

Alsumaria acquired a photo broadcasted on Kurdsat channel affiliated with the Patriotic

Pakistan elections were held but unlike expectation, elections failed to free Islam Abad from dictatorial and undemocratic government. According to Pakistan elections result, the new government is not expected to seek peace especially in ...

PAKISTAN: Tribal Elders Pressurised to Sign Peace Deals with the Taliban Yet another policy change by the army indicates that the Taliban are now an asset in the new develop of the region As the time of the withdrawal of the USA and the allied ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress has trashed, debunked and termed the statement of SS Brar State Election Commissioner, a cock and bull story, issued 'to please his political masters' and to seek yet another govt. office, once he retires from here. If ...

Iraqi judiciary asks Parliament to choose a new president Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The post of president of Iraq has sparked a new crisis in country, with elements within the government calling for the need to name a replacement for President Jalal ...

Campaigning ahead of the elections, Nawaz Sharif spoke reassuringly of his earnestness about building relations with India, even going so far as to suggest that he would hold an inquiry into the Kargil war that led up to his ejection from power by ...