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President Ghani urged to save Helmand from falling to Taliban
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the...
Afghan Taliban close on new Helmand district
Kabul: Afghan police were holding out against Taliban forces who have surrounded their compound in Sangin, in the southern province of Helmand, on Monday...
Pakistan-backed Afghan peace talks may restart within weeks
Pakistan-brokered peace talks between Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents could restart in early January after weeks of pressure from partners including the United States and...
Pakistan and India’s 2015 journey: From nightmare to ‘breakthrough’
As if by magic, the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference in Islamabad earlier this month turned out to be a deux machina for Pakistan and...
India sees no role for any third party in talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India is very clear that no third party has any role in India-Pakistan parleys despite Pakistan's stand that it would continue to...
India and US to discuss giving access to each other’s military bases and ports
NEW DELHI: India has agreed to reopen talks with the US on a pact to allow each other access to their military bases and...
What TAPI mean to Afghanistan
The estimated $10 billion gas pipeline project between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, also known as TAPI gas pipeline, officially inaugurated construction on November...
The Afghanistan Land Bridge Is Finally Here
One of the world’s most quixotic energy projects finally kicked off this month, with the formal groundbreaking of the so-called TAPI pipeline meant to...
Malaysia mulls options to buy JF-17 Thunder
ISLAMABAD: A top Malaysian official in Pakistan indicated on Sunday that his country is mulling options to buy Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder multi-role fighters...
India, Pakistan have shown great maturity to re-engage: Sayeed
Lauding the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for a long-term strategic partnership between the two...