Sanctions and Iranian-Saudi rivalry have prevented Pakistan from expanding economic ties with Iran and setting up natural gas imports
Officials said slain members of Afghan Local police were asleep when three of their colleagues sprayed them with bullets, fled the scene along with victims' weapons and ammunition
Currently, there are only two border crossings open for trade, Torkham in northwest and Chaman in southwestern Pakistan
Army General John Nicholson meets in Kunduz with representatives of Doctors Without Borders, family members of victims to apologize for US airstrike on hospital that killed 42 people
Overnight raid in Gerishk district also killed 17 Taliban insurgents, including six suicide bombers who were guarding prison facility, defense official says
ICRC president says international humanitarian law must be respected and neutral organizations must be able to work until a political settlement is reached
Official tells VOA aircraft belonging to NATO-led forces made a 'hard' landing, with no casualties, incident is under investigation
Pakistan's former military ruler can now travel abroad for medical treatment but has to return within 4-6 months
Participation by representatives of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-e-Islami, Afghanistan’s second-largest insurgent group after Taliban, seen as major development
Initial police investigation concludes explosive material was hidden under bus seat and timer device was used to detonate it
President Ashraf Ghani says security forces have dispersed Islamic State loyalists, deterred Taliban, particularly in northern Afghanistan in spring fighting season
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar says group has accepted Kabul's offer and is 'prepared to participate in the talks to show to the [Afghan] nation it wants peace'
Officials say Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Ghafoor was returning from a mosque after Friday afternoon prayers when gunmen ambushed him in Peshawar
Detainees being questioned, more information will be shared with media, but it is not known if high-profile Taliban leaders are among them, security officials told VOA
The militant attack has left at least one police officer dead while several others wounded, according to local officials
Long-awaited internationally-backed reconciliation process was expected to start first week of March, but, in last-minute announcement Saturday, Taliban refused to attend
An army spokesman said fighter aircraft conducted the overnight raids in the Shawal valley, where ground troops 'continue to hunt for fleeing terrorists'
The Pakistani Taliban said the attack was meant to avenge the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, a police bodyguard executed for killing the governor of Punjab
Addressing lawmakers at opening of parliament in Kabul, president says Islamic State is one element in current Afghan conflict, but it is only fighting to promote own extremist ideology, interests
Taliban leaders believe peace efforts are useless until all foreign forces leave country, sanctions on leaders are removed and Taliban prisoners are released
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