ISSI Web Administrator
Turkey seeks Pakistan’s help against PKK, IS
ISLAMABAD: Turkey seeks Pakistan’s cooperation in the former’s decisive operation against the Kurdish guerrilla group PKK and the Islamic State, in a development that...
Inquiry Into Kunduz Hospital Strike Awaits U.S. and Afghan Approval
PARIS — The aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday that an independent investigation into the American military airstrike that gutted the group’s...
Fear of Taliban Drives Women Out of Kunduz
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban occupation of Kunduz may have been temporary, but what they did to Afghan women’s rights could prove to be...
US report acknowledges Pak restrictions on extremists
WASHINGTON: The Pakistan government bans the activities of, and membership in, several religiously oriented groups it judges to be “extremist” or “terrorist”, says a...
Taliban pull back from Kunduz as fighting flares up in Ghazni
KABUL: The Taliban said they were pulling back in the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday in order to protect civilians, but fighting continued...
Taliban Targeted Activists, Media in Northern Afghan City
KABUL, Afghanistan — Within hours of seizing the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last month, Taliban fighters went door-to-door, hunting down not only those...
FO, Indian scholars, diplomats condemn Shiv Sena’s act
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed its “concern” over attempts in India where functions organised for prominent Pakistanis have been disrupted with the recent ugly...
Raheel, Turkish army chief discuss fight against terror
ANKARA: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif, who arrived in Turkey on Monday on a three-day official visit, expressed heartfelt condolence over Ankara...
Indian govt urged to help Pakistanis return home
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has expressed concern over the suspension of Samjhota Express train service...
Shiv Sena assaults Kasuri’s host in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri survived dire threats from the rightwing Shiv Sena ahead of his book launch in Mumbai on...