Pakistan protests to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lodged a protest with Afghanistan over the killing of three security personnel in Bajaur in a cross-border attack. In a statement, the Foreign Office reiterated that Afghanistan should eliminate…
Afghan rival presidential candidates clinch deal
Afghanistan’s two rival presidential candidates reached a breakthrough agreement Saturday to a complete audit of their contested presidential election and, whoever the victor, a national unity government. The compromise, brokered…
Af-Pak – What Happens Next?
So Mr. Ashraf Ghani wins the controversially rigged Afghan presidential elections (preliminarily) and Mr. Abdullah Abdullah with all his supporters has challenged this decision threatening to form a parallel government…
Three killed in militant attack on Bajaur checkpost: sources
PESHAWAR: Militants attacked a security checkpost along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur tribal agency early on Saturday, killing three security personnel including a captain, officials said. Official sources say that…
Kerry seeks to broker end to Afghan election crisis
KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry sought Friday to mediate an end to the political crisis in Afghanistan, warning that a bitter dispute over presidential polls threatened the country’s…
Expulsion of US spy chief right decision: Berlin
BERLIN: Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of US spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister…
Shun extremism, Afghan Taleban tell Muslims
WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan: The Afghan Taleban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State (IS), which recently declared a caliphate in territory…
British Imams warn against ‘cowboy’ ISIS
Leading British Muslim preachers have strongly condemned the Islamist militant group ISIS in an online video published this week aimed at deterring young British Muslims from fighting in Iraq and…
All Who Want Iraq Balkanized, Say ‘I’
March 2003 – US/NATO invade Al Qaeda Iraq (AQI) begins war against US in Iraq May 2006 – Nouri al-Maliki forms government under US auspice Dec 2011–US troops complete their…
Karachi operation: Report says over 30,000 arrested so far
KARACHI: Some 31,336 alleged criminals have so far been arrested in several targeted operations conducted by police and Rangers personnel since the Karachi operation was launched, states a report on…