PAKISTAN

The cause of the Thursday morning crash is not yet known, but Air Force officials are investigating.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban denied responsibility, contradicting earlier claims for the attack on Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan.

Authorities reportedly said policemen, civilians and at least one child were among the dead.

Access to the site was restored Monday after Google executives arrived at an arrangement with Pakistani officials.

The celebration commemorates the day in 1950 when India's own constitution came into force.

Representatives of four countries will meet in Kabul Monday as they attempt to reboot a peace process that collapsed last summer.

The restive city, which is the capital of the border province of Nangarhar, has been frequently targeted by militants in the past.

Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari says the rise of extremism and general turmoil in the region are signs the Mahdi is on the way.

Haier, which has plants across the world, sees the acquisition as a chance to expand its business and capture U.S. market share.

Pro-Indian lobbyists on Capitol Hill are thought to have asked Congress to stop the sale of eight F-16 Fighting Falcons to Pakistan.

A suspected suicide bomb blast near a polio eradication center in western Pakistan killed at least 14 people. Yiming Woo reports.

The Islamist militants have stepped up their violent campaign in the last year to oust the government in Kabul.

Planned diplomatic talks have been jeopardized after an Indian air force base near the Pakistan border was attacked last week.

The three single-engine multirole fighters, jointly developed by Pakistani and Chinese engineers, may help in the battle against Boko Haram.

FBI officials have reportedly apprehended several suspects with alleged ties to the Islamic State group.

If the area, which has seen heavy fighting, falls to the Taliban, the impact would affect the Kabul government and its global partners.

Regional brands have clawed back a 13 percent share of the $44 billion Indian packaged goods market, up from 12 percent two years ago.

The Taliban has reportedly taken two districts in eastern Afghanistan from the Islamic State group, which has recently seen gains in the country.

Tuesday's explosion follows a standoff between police officials and gunmen holed up inside the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.

A militant group based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir claimed responsibility for the attack on the Pathankot air base in India.

The country’s elite National Security Guard said Monday that the situation at Pathankot Air Force Station was “under control,” as the siege entered its third day.