Taliban reject reports of secret talks with Afghanistan
- 19-Oct-2016
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban on Wednesday rejected reports of secret meetings with the Afghan government in a bid to resume long-stalled peace negotiations, insisting that their hardline policy remains unchanged. Afghan officials on Tuesday said they held two meetings since September in Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office, after the news was first […]
Pakistan was answerable at UN for issuing identity card to Mullah Mansour: Nisar
- 23-Sep-2016
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that the issuance of an identity card to former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had caused immense disrepute across the world and they were held answerable at the United Nations.
US working with Pakistan and India against terrorism, says Toner
- 30-Jun-2016
WASHINGTON: United States has been working closely with Pakistan and India in its fight against terrorism as the US government has sworn to do everything in its power to combat it, said the US State Department.
Al Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader
- 12-Jun-2016
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, who was appointed last month after his predecessor was killed in a US drone strike.
Al-Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Afghan Taliban leader
- 11-Jun-2016
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, who was appointed last month after his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, as killed in a US drone strike.
Pakistan lost 3775 lives in 423 US drone attacks in 13 years: report
- 10-Jun-2016
ISLAMABAD: More than 3,500 people, which included children, lost their lives in the drone attacks in the country but the Pakistani governments in the past and present did not give any proper response to the attacks except for passing statements and condemning the acts half-heartedly.
Slain Taliban chief also had local resident certificate
- 02-Jun-2016
QUETTA: The slain Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour also had a local resident certificate in the name of Wali Mohammad, besides obtaining a Pakistani national identity card and passport.
Chaudhry Nisar, Shahbaz Sharif meet General Raheel Sharif
- 29-May-2016
RAWALPINDI: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, ARY News reported.
Michelle Obama visits Pakistan Embassy in DC
- 28-May-2016
WASHINGTON: The United States First Lady Michelle Obama has visited Pakistan’s Embassy in Washington DC for the first time on May 27.
Govt orders Nadra to re-verify CNICs of all citizens
- 25-May-2016
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday ordered National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to re-verify the identity cards of all citizens across the country, ARY News reported.