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The arrival of a contingent of Russian troops  led by Chief of General Staff ,in Islamabad this week for joint military exercises in highlands of northern Pakistan has much significance for the both the countries and...

Islamabad has refuted media reports that Afghan American Ahmad Khan Rahami, accused of carrying out terror bombings in New York and New Jersey, is married to a Pakistani woman. “As per preliminary investigation, the wife of...

Fifteen years ago when al-Qaeda terrorists flew two passenger planes into the twin towers of World Trade Center, Pakistanis shared the grief with Americans as they watched destruction on TV screens, some 12,000 kilometers away from...

The latest bout of words between interior ministers of Pakistan and India at the SAARC Internal Affairs Ministers’ moot in Islamabad have further stoked tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian rivals. In the backdrop of...

The United States has asked Islamabad to act against terrorist groups targeting its neighbors and not just the ones that pose a threat to Pakistan. “We have been very clear with the highest levels of the...

The United States has condemned in the strongest terms the vicious attack Saturday in Kabul that killed 80 Afghans and wounded more than 250 people. “We send our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed...

FEATURED IMAGE above shows historic Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan Photo Credit: By James Mollison via Wikimedia Commons Once again – after Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s assassination by the drone in Baluchistan — the question has resurfaced as...

Secretary of State John Kerry has said Mullah Mansour, the Afghan Taliban leader – who was targeted in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region with a precision US airstrike on Saturday – directly opposed reconciliation efforts, and that the action demonstrates...

As Kabul prepares for direct talks with Taliban to establish legitimacy in the face of insurgency, rampant corruption is fast eroding average Afghanis’ trust in the state and threatening to undermine efforts for sustainable peace. Rated...

Afghan violence in 2015 claimed the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in the war-torn country, laying bare inability of the Afghan forces to stem the Taliban-led insurgency after they were handed over the combat role...