ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban has freed the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crash-landed in Afghanistan’s Logar province on August 4, Pakistani intelligence officials have said. Six Pakistanis and a Russian pilot, who were […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US is monitoring the movement of ISIS and its affiliated groups in Afghanistan besides helping the latter’s security forces to fight out the terrorist organization which is trying to expand its base […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Voicing support for a fallen Pakistani-origin American soldier’s parents who had come under attack from Donald Trump, the family of a slain Sikh Marine has said they were “hurt” by his remarks […]
Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad, with people of its eight-member nations none the wiser about the purpose of the get-together. The […]
The frightful and bloody hours of Friday night (July 22) and Saturday morning in Munich and Kabul – despite the 3,000 miles that separate the two cities – provided a highly instructive lesson in the semantics […]
DARRA ADAMKHEL (TIP): Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan’s biggest arms black market, where Kalashnikovs welded from scrap metal are cheaper than smartphones and sold on an industrial scale. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Islamabad on August 3 and 4 to attend the meeting of home ministers and interior ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)?nations. This will […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Iran has arrested 40 members of a “terrorist group” who plotted to attack military targets in the southeast of the country, the interior minister said on July 21. Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Five Nepalese guards, injured in a suicide attack in Kabul two days ago, are under treatment at the city-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, hospital authorities confirmed on June 23. “We have received five […]
On a bright day in downtown Kabul, Jagtar Singh Laghmani was in his traditional herb shop when a man turned up, drew a knife and told him to convert to Islam or he would cut his […]
NEW ORLEANS (TIP): 40-year-old Indian-American economic development professional has declared his candidacy for the US Senate from Louisiana. Abhay Patel, from New Orleans, is one of the six Republicans to have entered into this race […]
The US Senate has passed its draft of the National Defence Authorisation Bill, including a provision to set up a new fund to reimburse Pakistan for its efforts in the war against terrorism. The Senate […]
LAHORE (TIP): The Jaish-e-Mohammed leader who gave directions over phone to the terrorists during the attack on the Pathankot airbase has reportedly managed to flee to Afghanistan from Pakistan, an official said. “The alleged JeM […]
TARIN KOT (TIP): The Taliban are using young boys as sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of “bacha bazi” —paedophilic boy play — to infiltrate […]
The father of Omar Mateen, identified by police as the man behind the carnage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, is an Afghan man who holds strong political views, including support for the Afghan […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on June 9 accused India of using the Pathankot terror attack as an “excuse” to derail the bilateral dialogue process and said that talks are the best way forward to resolve outstanding […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After a lull of several months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be off to another whirlwind diplomatic tour starting next week. His first stop will be Afghanistan on June 4 to inaugurate […]
Modi has displayed great skill in moving ‘forwards and backwards’ In the first two years of his term Prime Minister Narendra Modi @narendramodi has devoted time, energy and attention to the conduct of foreign policy. […]
KABUL (TIP): A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle carrying court employees in Kabul during morning rush hour on May 26, killing 10 people, an Afghan official said. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Under the ornate chandeliers inside Saadabad palace’s atrium, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani by his side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23 quoted a Persian couplet by Mirza Ghalib to describe India’s ties […]
India, Iran and Afghanistan have signed a tripartite agreement to turn the Iranian port of Chabahar into a transit hub bypassing Pakistan, which has been the only route for war-stricken Afghanistan to the Indian Ocean. […]
President Barack Obama confirmed Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US air strike, hailing his death as an “important milestone” in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan — but the strike was also an illustration of […]
When a new government takes over, people have a lot of expectations. The government’s success is measured in terms of initiatives it has taken to permanently alter the fundamentals in social, political and intellectual domains. […]
BEIJING (TIP): The British media is riddled with “barbarians” who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China’s ancient civilisation, a state-run newspaper said May 12 after Queen Elizabeth II called some Chinese officials […]
KABUL (TIP): Seven Taliban militants were killed after an unmanned plane of the NATO-led coalition forces struck a vehicle in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, an official said on May 10. “Based on a tip-off, a coalition […]
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