Afghanistan

Pakistani solciers in Swat, Photo Credit:  Al Jazeera English via Wikimedia Commons An infamous Tehreek-e-Taliban spokesman, who has surrendered himself toPakistani security forces, has detailed in a confessional statement how India backed the TTP terror attacks...

With South Asian political temperature soaring, a top Pakistani diplomat has said the United States is in a unique position to defuse Pakistan-India tensions over hot button Jammu and Kashmir dispute, as Washington has close relations...

The United States has dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb on a tunnel complex in Afghanistan, targeting the ISIS Khorasan group, the U.S. military said. The use of the GBU-43/B, known as the “mother of all bombs”...

As President Donald Trump prepares to deal with South Asia, a new study on Thursday underscored Thursday that Pakistan would remain vital to the United States’ interests in the important region. “First, the United States has to...

US Soldiers  watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Nov. 4, 2008.  Photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, CJTF-101 Public Affairs via Wikimedia The United States’ participation...

Amid ongoing border tensions, Pakistan has underlined that a close cooperation and meaningful engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan in areas of security, counter-terrorism and border management is necessary to preventing cross-border movement of terrorist groups and...

Emphasizing that peace in Afghanistan is an “absolute imperative” for Pakistan, Islamabad’s ambassador to the United States has listed five areas of cooperative progress towards the goal for stability in the landlocked western neighboring country.  Ambassador...

A U.S. airstrike this month in southeast Afghanistan killed the militant behind the Marriott hotel attack in Islamabad and an assault on Sri Lankan cricket team, the Pentagon said Saturday. The killing of al-Qaeda operative Qari...

Pakistan has started erecting a fence along its border with Afghanistan, a decision it says has been prompted by a spate of bombings last month which were traced back to militants hiding inside the Afghan territory....

A view into Pakistan from the Afghan border at Torkham Gate. Photo Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson (U.S. Armed Forces) via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan reopened border crossings with Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds, more than a month after they...