ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani army in its recent Operation Clean-up achieved progress in battling against the Taliban militants in the country’s northwestern tribal region of Kurram where life had been paralyzed by the militants since 2007.

NEW DELHI: Secretary of the Afghan Peace Council Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai said Afghanistan wants India’s support in the Taliban peace process. “Immediately when the transition starts you can’t expect Taliban to give up violence- that …

Kabul/ Rawalpindi: The Tripartite Commission comprising senior military representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, held a meeting in Kabul on Monday. According to ISPR. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff …

WASHINGTON: With America expected to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, Washington has stepped up the pace of talks with Taliban leaders. During a visit to Islamabad last month, Marc Grossman, Washington’s special envoy …

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has decided to launch a search operation with the help of rangers in all Afghan slums located within Islamabad and surroundings of Rawalpindi. Local police would help rangers in this operation. The …

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar based newly appointed Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E Sayed Muhammad Ebrahim and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar discussed matters pertaining to further facilitating land route trade and …

General David Petraeus has ordered a reform of security contracting in Afghanistan and warned that spending large amount of money without enough oversight could unintentionally feed corruption and insurgency. Pakistani government 10 days ago suspended …

CHAMAN/ RAWALPINDI: The NATO helicopters again violated Pakistan Air space near Pak-Afghan border, Chaman here on Tuesday while Frontier Corps and Pak Army has denied the incursion of Pakistan air domain by NATO helicopters and …

ISLAMABAD: After assessing the security situation in all its aspects, the Government of Pakistan has decided to reopen the NATO/ISAF supply from the Pakistan–Afghanistan border at Torkham with immediate effect. According to the Foreign Ministry, …

ISLAMABAD: The government says it has not decided when to reopen a key border crossing used to ship NATO supplies to Afghanistan despite a US apology for a helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers. …