Pentagon Blocks Some Pakistan Military Payments
The US Defense Department has withheld $50 million in Pakistan military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis determined Islamabad is ...
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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’
The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its designation ...
Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited ...
Afghan Forces Retake District In Helmand From Taliban
Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in ...
Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High
The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their worst ...
Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High In 2017
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than ...
‘Taliban’ Suicide Bomber Kills Two In NW Pakistan
A suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in Pakistan's northwest on Monday, killing ...
Dizzying Rise of Afghan Cricket
The manicured emerald pitch at Lord's in London, where Afghanistan played for the first time ever Tuesday, is a world ...
Leader of Afghan IS Branch Killed In US Raid
US forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch in a raid earlier this week in the ...
Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing At Least Seven
Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the western province of Farah ...
Activists Criticise Senegal’s Slow Progress On Child Begging
Human rights groups in Senegal on Tuesday criticised what it said is an ineffectual crackdown on child begging driven by ...
Afghanistan Enacts Law To Control Cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by groups such as ...
Bomb Kills Police Chief, Guard In Southwest Pakistan
A bomb Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering ...
Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan
The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for them. ...
Afghan Cycling Sisters Take Refuge In Home of ‘Grand Boucle’
With discreet black scarves tucked beneath their helmets, Afghan refugees Zahra and Masomah Alizada hurtle down Brittany's rural and winding ...
Shot For Supporting Education, Malala Finishes School
In 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan. On ...
Top US Justice Officials To Visit Guantanamo
The top US justice officials are to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday amid signs ...
US Soldier Killed In Afghanistan’s Helmand
A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province, US military officials ...
Kabul Rocket Kills Woman and Child
A woman and child were killed Wednesday when a rocket struck their house in Kabul, already traumatised by a series ...
McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists
US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its support to eliminate ...