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The Taliban leaders insisted they could only say whether or not the group will join talks after two or three months. (Photo: AFP/Representational Image)

Taliban seeks more time to restart peace talks: media

Afghan government has been trying to woo the militant group for peace talks.

12 Nov 2016 1:35 PM IST

Convicted militants were members of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. (File Photo)

Pak hanged 465 prisoners since 2014, 5th most prolific executioner...

Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) said that the use of death penalty is used as a political tool and even as a jail...

7 July 2017 6:54 PM IST

Women holding guns in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter)

In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women take up arms to fight ISIS

Nearly all of the women have lost a husband, son or brother to the Taliban or the newly active Islamic State in the...

15 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST

The UN chief said that he supports the efforts of the Pakistan government to fight terrorism and violent extremism with full respect for international human rights norms and obligations. (Photo: File)

UN chief Guterres condemns deadly attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Guterres also condemned the terrorist attack in Lahore, calling for those responsible to be brought to justice.

25 July 2017 10:18 AM IST

The Talibans leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 U.S. invasion after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Pak terror outfits meant to check India, protect interests in...

US said that Pakistan's notorious spy agency, the ISI, continues to protect and assist these groups, according to...

21 July 2017 2:40 PM IST

A member of the Afghan security forces stands guard near the site of two blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan: At least 38 killed, 45 wounded in twin blasts near...

The target of the blasts was probably an area that includes government and lawmakers' offices, spokesman for the...

10 Jan 2017 7:17 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

Pakistan military courts wound up after 2 yrs

The courts were established through an amendment in the Constitution after the horrendous attack in Peshawar on December...

7 Jan 2017 3:16 PM IST

An underlying cause of anxiety is the growing threat of the militant Islamic State group spreading its tentacles in the war-torn country. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan peace needs Kabul, Islamabad to work in sync

Not surprisingly, the US was not invited to the Moscow initiated process.

6 Jan 2017 12:52 AM IST

The Talibans leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 U.S. invasion after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Afghan security forces checkpoint attacked, 5 killed

In a separate incident in Faryab province, a local security forces commander was killed when insurgents attacked a...

5 March 2017 4:28 PM IST

Pakistan needs to be serious about closing down 600 Deobandi madrassas in the country, an influential US lawmaker has said. (Representational Image)

Afghan children smuggled to Pak madrasas, taught ways of Taliban:...

The police called it child trafficking and threw the drivers and the only other adults, two men who organised the...

31 July 2017 2:17 PM IST

Mr McCain is chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee and legislative moves by him always get through the Congress. (Photo: AP)

Tough action must be taken against Pak for backing terror: US Senator

John McCain called for authorisation of US forces to target the Haqqani network, Taliban and other terrorist groups.

29 July 2017 4:34 PM IST

Afghan children walk past security force personnel as they leave a village during an operation against ISIS in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province. (Photo; AFP)

German among two killed, Finn kidnapped in Kabul

20 Afghan policemen killed as Taliban storms their outposts.

22 May 2017 3:06 AM IST