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China, Pakistan sign financing agreement on coal power project

BEIJING - China and Pakistan on Monday signed a financing agreement on a coal power project located in the Thar Coalfield in Pakistan's Sindh...

Yearender: China’s economy in “new normal” continues to power global growth

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Against the backdrop of the global struggling for economic recovery and the worsening situation in some emerging markets in...

Recognition growing in Pakistan to fight Afghan Taliban in order to defeat Pakistani Taliban

A senior American official has said that there is increasing recognition in Pakistan to fight Afghan Taliban in order to defeat Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...

Gen Sharif discusses regional security with Gen Campbell

RAWALPINDI: General John F. Campbell, Commander Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces - Afghanistan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif...

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...

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...

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