By Rida Zaheer PESHAWAR: TTP launched suicide bomber exploded himself near the Frontier Corps (FC) check post that is close to Iranian Consulate, killing at least two FC personnel and injuring nine others, hospital sources said. According to IG police Nasir Khan Durrani, there was one attacker who managed to reach near the FC check post. The Security personnel deployed at the check post stopped the attacke ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While disagreeing with the past thinkers who say that human nature is aggressive, which radicalizes the youngsters, modern sociologists and psychologists agree that a number of factors such as historical background, cultural setup, education etc. play a key in putting the youth on right direction by deradicalizing them. They opine that these factors including some other ones are essential ...

By Edward Wong and Andrew Jacobsfeb A top American military commander said Saturday that the United States Army was working to start a formal dialogue and exchange program with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army before the end of the year. The commander, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the Army chief of staff, told reporters at a news conference in Beijing that the program was aimed at expanding cooperation and ...

By Gill Plimmer in London and Victor Mallet in New Delhi India imported $1.9bn of military kit from the US last year, making it the biggest foreign buyer of US weapons, according to research from IHS Jane’s. The US, which remained the largest exporter of military equipment, displaced Russia as India’s biggest arms supplier. In total, the US exported $25.2bn of military equipment in 2013, compared with $24.9 ...

By Kathy Gannon The Afghan organization was in talks to exchange senior prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for for a captured US soldier. Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday they had suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, halting — at least temporarily — what was considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-ye ...

By Karen DeYoung One of the four options President Obama is considering for a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond this year would leave behind 3,000 troops, based in Kabul and at the American installation at Bagram, U.S. officials said. Military commanders have recommended 10,000 troops, with more installations across the country. But the military has spent the past several months studying what kin ...

ایس اکبر نئی حکومت نے بر سر ِ اقتدار آتے ہی شدت پسند تنظیم تحریکِ طالبان سے امن مذاکرات کی نہ صرف حامی بھری بلکہ ملک میں امن و امان قائم کرنے کے لیے ان مذاکرات میں خاصی پیش رفت بھی دکھائی۔ جب حکومت کی نامزد کردہ مذاکراتی ٹیم تحریکِ طالبان  کی قیادت سے ملاقات کر کے واپس آئی تو بہت سی توقعات پوری ہوتی محسوس ہوئیں۔ ایسا محسوس ہوا کہ 10 سال کے بعد اب پاکستانی سکھ اور چین کا سانس لیں گے۔ اب کسی صوبے یا کسی شہر م ...

By Niamatullah Karyab and Rod Nordlandfeb Taliban insurgents overran an Afghan National Army base near here on Sunday morning, killing 21 soldiers in their bunks in what appeared to be the worst single blow to government forces since 2010, according to both government and insurgent officials. President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation and canceled a planned state visit to Sri Lanka in response to the a ...