A CIA drone strike may have killed the leader of a powerful insurgent group responsible for some of the deadliest attacks on U.S. troops and Afghan government targets, multiple outlets are reporting.
The Committee to Protect Journalists' latest report reveals that speaking truth to power, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, still costs hundreds of journalists their lives.
Fifteen people are dead in a U.S. drone strike in an area of Pakistan known to be active with terrorist groups.
Tourists are banned entry at shrines and temples if they are not dressed conservatively.
Pakistani authorities feared that militants would use mobile service to coordinate attacks or detonate a remote-controlled bomb.
Details of the incident are murky, but one thing is clear -- had it not been for the girl's arrest, she might not be alive Monday.
India will present Pakistan with the proof of the involvement of Pakistani-based groups in fueling communal sentiments in India using social media and cellphone networks.
The grisly scenes unfolding in the far-flung northeast may fan communal politics in a country where simmering tensions between Hindus and Muslims have often been exploited for electoral gain.
The Kamra base is believed to store some of Pakistan’s estimated 100 nuclear warheads.
The gunmen checked the passengers’ travel documents, separated the Shias from the others, marched them outside and executed them at point-blank range.
Heavily armed suspected Islamist militants Thursday attacked one of Pakistan's largest air bases, resulting in an intense firefight for several hours that left seven gunmen and two security personnel dead.
The Iranian Interior Minister rejected a US offer of aid to earthquake victims, despite statements to the contrary the day before from the Iranian Vice President and Speaker of Parliament.
"I hope this movement can grow because it offers a good alternative and solution for providing stability in Afghanistan."
Unless India's Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been hiding all the ground-breaking policy decisions for next year, the 2014 general elections aren't likely to go their way. However, a latest survey indicates that they won't go the other way either, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led main opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) likely to lose seats, raising the hopes for a third political front to come to power.
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The posters added: “This land belongs to Allah and we will make sure that nothing against His will happens here.”
Afghan officials traveled to Pakistan for secret talks with an imprisoned Taliban member, a move that could signal tentative progress towards the Taliban striking a deal with the Afghan government.
The Taliban's anger at Khan appears to be due to the former cricketer’s lack of religious conviction and left-wing, secular ideas.
Pakistanis consume heroin valued at $1.2 billion every year.
Militant spokesman said leaders are meeting to decide whether the man they consider a kafir (infidel) would be allowed to lead an anti-drone-attack march of thousands in Waziristan unmolested in September.
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, the interior minister who led the Afghan police force, was also fired.
The success of Pizza Hut and other foreign food companies suggest that Pakistanis are moving away from traditional meals, even during the holidays.
