Edinburgh (Scotland), Nov. 18 (ANI): Taliban fighters should be persuaded to lay down their arms and take seats in the Afghan Parliament to build a lasting peace in that country, British ...

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 18 (ANI): A large number of militants are ready to enter the country from various points along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC), security ...

Islamabad, Nov 17 (DPA) The leader of the Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwestern Swat district, Maulana Fazlullah, said Tuesday that he had survived the military offensive and was now in Afghanistan. Fazlullah ...

Quetta (Balochistan), Nov.17 (ANI): At least two persons were killed and six others, including Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations (OPS) received injuries when a powerful bomb blast ripped through the Spinny road ...

Multan, Nov.15 (ANI): Pakistan has once again raked up the issue of India's alleged involvement in fanning insurgency in Balochistan, with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saying that Islamabad would provide ...

London, Nov 13 (IANS) British officials have proposed the Afghan government reconcile with senior Taliban leaders and have them removed from an international sanctions list, the BBC reported Friday. The leaked ...

Islamabad, Nov.13 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to take the issue of India's alleged involvement in fanning insurgency in Balochistan the ...

Peshawar, Nov.12 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an official of the Iranian Consulate in Peshawar on Thursday. According to sources, Abul Hasan Jaffri, director Public Relations at the Iranian Consulate, was attacked near ...

Rayagada (Orissa), Nov 12 (ANI): About fifty armed Maoists entered a village and killed four people in Orissa's Rayagada district on Wednesday. Maoists entered a house in Pandratola village, about 350 ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee Ranchi, Nov 11 (IANS) More than 10,000 students in districts ravaged by Maoist insurgency in Jharkhand can now go back to their class rooms with security forces vacating 28 of ...

Kathmandu, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 16 people - mostly students and pilgrims - were killed on the spot and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a bus plunged ...

Kathmandu, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a commuter bus met with an accident, police said. The bus was heading ...

Islamabad, Nov.8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the controversial issue of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is dead has been 'buried forever'. Interacting with media persons on ...

Quetta (Balochistan), Nov.8 (ANI): At least 17 people, including a student and security personnel were injured in two separate grenade attacks in different parts of Quetta, the capital of the insurgency hit ...

Mogadishu, Nov 7 (DPA) Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a man to death in the port town of Marka for committing adultery, officials said. "The 33-year-old man Abbas (Hussein Abdurahman) confessed his ...

Islamabad, Nov.7 (ANI): Pakistan would soon discuss the issue of India's involvement in terror activities inside its geographical boundaries with New Delhi, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit has said. Reiterating that ...

Kabul, Nov. 5 (ANI): A British war hero has warned that the Afghan national police has been "infiltrated at virtually every level" by the insurgency. Capt Doug Beattie, who left the Army ...

Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): While the Pakistan government has been claiming that is has found enough evidence regarding India's involvement in terror activities inside its territory, Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit has ...

Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Pakistan Parliament's National Security Committee has asked the government to rake up the issue of India's involvement in fanning insurgency inside the country at all national and international forums, ...

Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to spend around Rs.12 crore to improve the amenities in the 115 refugee camps that house Sri Lankan Tamils in the state. It ...

Kabul, Nov 1 (DPA) Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah Sunday announced he would boycott a planned runoff election, saying that political conditions could not guarantee a fair process. The former foreign minister's decision ...

Srinagar, Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday denied Islamabad's allegations that India was backing the insurgency in Balochistan and the Taliban to destabilise Pakistan. "What was said about the Indian ...

Giridih, Oct 27 (ANI): Maoists blew up two middle schools in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Tuesday. According to police officials, Maoists packed explosives inside Upgraded Haridih School and Upgraded Dharpahari School, damaging ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Warning that a nuclear armed Pakistan with a fragile democracy and longstanding rivalry with India could "easily become the epicentre of extremism in the world," ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 23 (IANS) Thailand is eager to learn how Sri Lanka crushed the Tamil Tigers in order to see if the same methods can be used to battle ...

New York, Oct. 20 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the South Waziristan offensive was 'very much needed' in order to flush out the Taliban. "I support what the government ...

Washington/Kabul, Oct.19 (ANI): A sophisticated financial network appears to be paying for the Taliban insurgent operations, and some of the sources include the illicit drug trade, criminal activity, kidnappings, extortion and ...

New York, Oct 19 (IANS) Efforts by the US and its allies to cripple the Taliban's sophisticated financial network in Afghanistan have barely made a dent, the New York Times reported ...

By Bilal Butt Srinagar, Oct.17 (ANI): As people across the country were overwhelmed with the celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, on Saturday, a number of Kashmiri Pandits or Hindus offered prayers ...

Washington, Oct.16 (ANI): Even as the Pakistan Army is all prepared and waits for a nod from the government to launch an all out offensive in South Waziristan, the Taliban's stronghold, ...