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‘Secret diplomacy’ on the cards for Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are likely to rely on ‘secret diplomacy’ to broker an elusive deal on the longstanding Kashmir dispute in a move...
Congress plans to attack government over Pakistan policy in Parliament
Amid Parliament stand-off over the National Herald case, the Congress is planning to open a new front against the government over its Pakistan policy...
Trump ban on Muslims ‘endangers national security’: Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Donald Trump Sunday, saying the Republican frontrunner’s calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States...
Japan, India agree on nuclear pact, Shinkansen
NEW DELHI - Japan and India vowed to deepen their economic and security relations in an agreement that commits the countries to bilateral nuclear...
Transplant at the heart of Asia
Much like a patient suffering through serious heart pain feels very comfortable after a successful transplant, something similar occurred at the Heart of Asia...
How Taliban surged in Afghanistan
Amid all the chaos in West Asia, the breakdown of borders and states, a new threat is fast emerging. The key strategic bulwark to...
Analysis: Ghani playing it safe
WITH his experience as a banker, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani would have done risk assessment of his rapprochement with Pakistan.
His first overture to...
INDIA-PAKISTAN DIALOGUE
Monday, December 14, 2015 - A momentary encounter between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the World Climate Conference...
Pakistan bears the worst of climate change effects
KARACHI: Massive flooding displacing millions, prolonged heat waves with temperatures averaging above 38 degrees centigrade, ravaging hurricanes and deluges caused by excessive rainfall.
I...
Turkmenistan Breaks Ground on Gas Pipeline to Afghanistan
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Leaders from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan have joined the president of Turkmenistan in breaking ground on a new pipeline intended to...