WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — President Obama phoned the president of Pakistan on Sunday to offer “condolences” for the deaths of two dozen soldiers killed in NATO airstrikes along the Afghan border, the White House said.
The conversation, eight days after the …

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 …

London: A Taliban leader tipped-off the U.S. about where Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan, a media report here said. The Mirror cited secret papers found at Osama’s high-walled compound in Pakistan’s Abbottabad …

ISLAMABAD: Former US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson had believed that the solution of Kashmir issue was essential to isolate Taliban. Referring to the revelation of the Wikileaks, a private TV channel quoted …

Friday prayers hold a special place in the culture and tradition of every Muslim country, including Pakistan. While many Muslims try to pray five times a day, it is indeed Friday when mosques are filled …

BRUSSELS: Pakistan said on Friday it was willing to assist talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban because stability and peace in Afghanistan were in its own interests, foreign news agency reported. NATO and …

KABUL: Aid workers should seek permission from the Taliban to operate in areas they control, said a leading NGO the other day. In a gloomy assessment of the current security situation, the Afghanistan NGO Safety …

KABUL: Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani claimed Thursday that he convinced the Taliban to negotiate peace after nine years of war in Afghanistan. Talking to media here, Rabbani, who heads the new peace council, said …

BRUSSELS: NATO sometimes allows Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul to allow them to hold tentative peace talks with the Afghan government, an alliance official said. As part of efforts to support Afghan President Hamid …

WASHINGTON: US military officials racing to make progress in Afghanistan are pressing new tactics to cut off the flow of Taliban fighters and bomb-making materials from Pakistan into key battlefields of the south, with some …