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Afghanistan Taliban: Can talks succeed?
Unless Pakistan moves more swiftly to pressure the Afghan Taliban to hold a serious and productive peace dialogue with Kabul, the worsening military situation...
Pakistan-India cooperation key to fighting terrorism: US
WASHINGTON: Terrorism is a threat to both Pakistan and India and their cooperation in fighting the menace is helpful to the region, a State...
India won’t quit Siachen, says minister
NEW DELHI: India ruled out on Friday withdrawal of army personnel from Siachen Glacier and said Pakistan might occupy the strategic area if India...
Pakistan opposes fresh regime for N-security
ISLAMABAD: The last of the Nuclear Security Summits (NSS), being held in Washington next month, will be succeeded by informal networks, while the participating...
Actors of instability
AKISTAN’S security indicators have been improving lately, mainly due to the state’s enhanced counterterrorism efforts. Government and security officials highlight gains on the counterterrorism...
US to go ahead with F-16 sale, says State Department
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Friday defended the decision to sell F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and endorsed Islamabad’s position that the planes were...
Lawmakers discuss Pak-Afghan mistrust
ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Awais Leghari, says mistrust between Pakistan and Afghanistan is serving the interest of the...
Sartaj reaffirms support to Afghan peace process
ISLAMABAD: An Afghan parliamentary delegation led by Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of the Afghan Parliament), called on Sartaj...
All resources be utilised to improve operational capability of army: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif declared on Thursday that all available resources will be utilised to improve the operational capabilities...
India’s defence build-up will disturb stability in region: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said that the defence build-up pursued by India would disturb stability in the region.
At a...