Senior Pakistani and United States diplomats on Monday discussed progress on President Donald Trump’s Afghan strategy amid tensions over travel restrictions by both countries on diplomats, the US Embassy said. US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells met Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in Islamabad in her second visit to Pakistan in less than a […]

The United States and the United Nations Security Council have condemned the terrorist attack at a voter registration center in Kabul, with the White House insisting that it is moving forward on its South Asia strategy. “We’re continuing to move forward with the strategy that was announced. And I don’t have any other policy announcements at this time,” the White […]

One Taliban ‘commander’ Mullah Nusrat of Sheikh Karim Badghesi Group was killed after he reached to the area to support the Taliban ‘commander’ Abdul Rahman Maldar and seven other Taliban militants were injured in Zarb-e-Momin Operations conducted by Zafar Corps in Chesht-e-Sharif District of Herat Province, reports Khaama Press on April 20.

18 militants (affiliation not specified) were killed and 18 others injured by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in operations conducted with support from Afghan Air and Artillery Forces in Nangarhar, Kunar, Kapisa, Logar, Paktia, Urozgan, Zabul, Faryab, Balkh, Herat, Khost, Takhar, Kunduz and Helmand Provinces in the last 24 hours, Bakhtar News reported on April 20 quoting Ministry […]

The Supreme Court on April 18 dismissed a review petition filed by three imprisoned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists and upheld their 14-year sentence, reports The Express Tribune. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa while hearing the arguments remarked that there is irrefutable evidence connecting the convicts to TTP and that he does not see any technicalities in this case. The judge further […]

Government of India (GoI) has extended ceasefire agreement with National Socialist Council of Nagaland –Reformation (NSCN-R) for a year, with effect from April 28, 2018 till April 27, 2019, reports Nagaland Post on April 20. According to a Union Ministry of Home Affairs statement (UMHA), the agreement was signed on April 19, 2018 by Satyendra Garg, joint secretary of UMHA […]

Afghanistan officials handed over the bodies of five martyred personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) as well as an injured soldier to the elders of Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on April 16 as talks continued between the two sides to deescalate tension along the border, reports Dawn. According to reports, 10 attackers from the Afghan side […]

More Pakistanis died in what were dubbed, by law enforcers, as encounter killings than in gun violence or suicide attacks in 2017, reveals the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Daily Times reported on April 17. The 29th annual report – dedicated to the memory of veteran human rights activist Asma Jahangir – was launched at […]

37 Taliban militants and one Policeman were killed and seven militants and two Policemen were injured in joint air-strikes conducted by Afghan and United States (US) Forces in Farah District the capital of Farah Province on April 16, reports Khaama Press. The air-strikes were conducted after Taliban militants launched an attack on security posts in the outskirts of the Farah […]

Life in Kashmir valley was disrupted on April 12 due to shutdown against civilian killings in Kulgam District even as authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar and closed colleges and schools, reports Daily Excelsior. The shutdown was called by separatists to protest against the killings. Shops and business establishments remained closed in most parts of Valley while public transport […]