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KABUL—The Taliban’s deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul, which killed 13 troops and civilian employees this weekend, showcased the insurgency’s increasing ability to strike the Afghan capital, challenging military gains made over the …

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BERLIN: Pakistan’s secret service spied on German security forces in Afghanistan, raising fears that sensitive information could end up in the hands of the Taliban, a German paper reported on Sunday.
Without citing its …

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Press TV – Interview with Dr. Shahid Qureshi, Political Analyst
The United States has blamed Pakistan that it has sheltered and supported militant groups like the Haqqani network, a charge that Pakistan denies.
Press TV has interviewed …

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“Puppets do not have a brain of their own but tapes installed with a recorded message that comes on every time one touches it; Karzai is a living puppet.” Raja Mujtaba.
Afghan President presented the best …

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PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s top military commander fighting militants in the northwest Saturday said Pakistan will act against terrorist safe havens and urged Nato and Afghanistan to do the same.
Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik, who is supervising …

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“We can confirm that 13 International Security Assistance Force members have died,” said a spokesman for ISAF.- Reuters
KABUL: A suicide car bomber killed 13 American troops in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, the deadliest …

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Readers must have heard about the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen by CIA drones. Although his preaching was oriented towards extremism which can be evidenced from the fact that he was a major contributor …

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Pakistan Friday conducted a successful test fire of the multi tube, indigenously developed Cruise Missile Hatf – VII (Babur) having a range of 700 kms. The missile test was conducted to validate the design parameters …

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Pakistan? What is Pakistan? It is a question I asked and I still ask.
Pakistan is a phenomenon which only a person who is Pakistani at heart can understand! A few years back I was also …

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What happens when you get stunned after realizing you were slowly and gradually burying yourself underground to the point that you choke yourself to death? Naturally you would start exasperating with full force to prevent …

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I wish she (Hillary) had also commented over General Kayani’s other statement that the US would think ten times before attacking Pakistan. In this game of brinksmanship between two so called ‘allies’ and nuclear armed …

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ISLAMABAD – The fate of the US-sponsored November 2 Istanbul Conference on Afghanistan would not be more than an agenda setting exercise for Bonn Conference, scheduled for December 5 as none of major Afghan resistance …

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The United States now believes that for the last 10 years Pakistan has been playing a double game, publicly acting as America’s ally, while secretly training and arming the Taliban in its war against the …

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By Zaki Khalid
On September 17, a new activist website in America dedicated to exposing the abuse and corruption of high-ranking corporations and banks based in New York was propped up, aptly titled ‘Occupy Wall Street’ …

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Three aspects in US-Pakistan relations have escaped attention in the broad discourse: areas of convergence in US-Pakistan policies;underlying reasons for strategic dissonance in approaches by both partners; and how those variations in approach can be …

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MULTAN: The head of Jamatud Dawa Hafiz Muhammad Saeed blamed journalists of supporting anti-jihad spirit in Pakistan.
Talking to local officials of Vehari and Multan, he blamed journalists of being a part of foreign intelligence agencies …

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“Pitty those who can not differentiate friend from a foe and take the foes to be their well wishers.”
Whereas, according to Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan “has decided in principle to grant the …

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A grim new milestone was reached in the US occupation of Afghanistan this week, as the death toll in less than three years under President Obama has now more than doubled the number of US …

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” If anyone convinces me that everything will be sorted out if we act in North Waziristan, I will take immediate action,” Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
ISLAMABAD: The army chief did not rule out …

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The capacity of Pakistan to sustain some fifteen major disarticulations in polity, power, and structure and still preserve a national identity is a phenomenon one is tempted to explain by recourse to the supernatural.
RALPH BRAIBANTI …

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan repeatedly urged Afghanistan and US-led forces there to go after notorious Taliban cleric Maulvi Fazlullah, whose fighters took part in cross-border raids that killed about 100 members of Pakistan’s security forces in recent …

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Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said the international community‘s urgency to see the Kashmir resolved had reached an all-time high, leaving India with no choice but to take immediate …

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The Obama administration has launched the opening salvos of a new, more aggressive approach towards an Afghan insurgent group it asserts is supported by Pakistan’s government, The Washington Post reported quoting senior …

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Late last month, the Hindu newspaper published an interview with Parveena Ahangar, the chairperson of an organization with one of the strangest and saddest names: the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons in Kashmir. The persons who …