The mother endured sexual assault while her husband would come up with games that could make beheading seem less scary for their child.
21 Nov 2017 10:43 AM
Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician Ashraf Ghani.
11 Nov 2017 12:58 AM
Top on the list is the Haqqani network which, the US says has safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
02 Nov 2017 6:38 PM
During a short part of the meet available to media, Tillerson told the Pak delegation, the nuclear-armed nation was an important US ally.
24 Oct 2017 9:05 PM
Pakistan’s “all-weather friendship” with China is relatively recent but its deep-going relationship with America goes back six decades.
16 Oct 2017 4:15 AM
Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid rejected the accusation as propaganda by the Western governments that helped rescue the family.
15 Oct 2017 3:54 PM
The couple was kidnapped in 2012, in Afghanistan, while on a backpacking trip. Their 3 children were born while the pair was in captivity.
13 Oct 2017 2:07 PM
The Pakistani military confirmed the release and said the family was 'being repatriated to the country of their origin.'
13 Oct 2017 9:27 AM
'We have offered American authorities to visit Pakistan with evidence of Haqqani networks safe havens in the country', Asif said.
10 Oct 2017 2:08 PM
Trump raised alarms in Pakistan when he raised the prospect of recruiting archrival India into the US strategy in Afghanistan.
08 Sep 2017 4:04 PM
There have been long standing relationships between the Pakistani intelligence officials and these terrorist groups, White House said.
27 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
Pakistan denies it harbours militants fighting US and Afghan government forces in Afghanistan.
23 Aug 2017 9:07 AM
Some in Washington believe Islamabad has not done enough to persuade the Afghan Taliban to renounce violence.
22 Aug 2017 8:55 AM
This marks the first time that the allegation of Pak supporting terrorism has been attributed to President Trump.
06 Aug 2017 2:29 PM
John McCain called for authorisation of US forces to target the Haqqani network, Taliban and other terrorist groups.
29 Jul 2017 4:34 PM
Pakistan-based Haqqani network is blamed for a number of high-profile attacks on US and Western interests in war-torn Afghanistan.
22 Jul 2017 12:35 PM
The Pentagon's decision came ahead of the Trump administration's review of US policy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
21 Jul 2017 9:15 PM
The US National Defence Authorisation Act for fiscal year 2017 was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday.
04 Dec 2016 6:34 AM