Eight militants had been killed across Afghanistan since early Monday, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “Afghan army personnel eliminated five armed militants during military operations in Nimroz and Uruzgan provinces. And three militants become the victim of their own bombs as their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) went off prematurely in Helmand and Nangarhar provinces over the past 24 […]

The United Nations has thanked Pakistan for extending by further six months the stay of registered Afghan refugees residing in the country. The United Nations spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said this at a regular briefing in New York, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. On Wednesday Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif granted extension in the stay of POR card holders Afghan refugees for […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday backed call by Turkish President Teyyep Erdogan for international efforts to fight against terrorism after deadliest suicide bombings at the Istanbul airport killed dozens. Sharif telephones Turkish President Teyyep Erdogan and reiterated his condemnation of the suicide blasts at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, the PM office said.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has extended Afghan refugees’ stay in the country for six months, the PM office said on Wednesday. The period of the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards that allow Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan was scheduled to be expired on June 30. Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal and spokesperson for the UN refugee agency […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed Friday to meet with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain in Tashkent. The meeting was confirmed by the deputy spokesman to the president of Afghanistan, Shah Hussain Murtazawi. The two presidents were to meet after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent.

On her first trip to Egypt, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said West Asia and North Africa are growing in significance for India’s national interests and the country will pay greater attention to the region by seeking closer cooperation and stronger partnership. “This region in the Gulf and in the West Asia and North Africa is growing in significance […]

India strongly supports Iraq’s territorial integrity and its government’s efforts to “overcome the current crisis”, President Pranab Mukherjee said amid a war that country is engaged in against ISIS terror group.

Militants have shot dead a retired police officer in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said Wednesday. The retired Superintendent of police was shot late last night near his residence in Ashmuji. “At about 11.30 pm, some unknown militants fired upon a retired SP Bashir Ahmad Dar near his residence at Ashmuji in Kulgam,” a police official said. He said […]

On the last leg of his eight-day six-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a strong pitch for taking India’s ties with Tajikistan to newer heights in diverse areas. Modi, who flew into the Tajik capital from Kyrgyzstan last night, was accorded a ceremonial reception before getting into talks on a wide range of issues with the Tajik […]

Pakistan hosted a meeting between the Afghan government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan representatives in eastern Murree city near federal capital as part of the commitment to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, said Foreign Office on Wednesday. According to Pakistan Foreign Office, representatives from China and the United States also participated in the meeting, held on July 7.