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NEW DELHI: Terrorists have killed 17 Army soldiers and injured 19 in a suicide attack on an Army camp in Kashmir+ . Four terrorists struck the camp close to the headquarter of the 12th Brigade at Uri in Baramulla District. This makes it one of the deadliest terrorist strikes on …

Russia and Syria say 62 Syrian soldiers killed by coalition aircraft near ISIL-held city of Deir Az Z US-led coalition air raids reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated. The …

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will be arriving in Delhi on September 14 on a two day visit to hold “close consultations” on key issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which India is likely to accede to Kabul’s demand for increased military assistance. Announcing the visit, External Affairs Ministry said …

KABUL: An Afghan newspaper has welcomed the first-ever arrival of cargo train from China to Afghanistan’s northern Hairatan border town as a vital step towards enhancing trade and economic activities as well as stabilizing security in Afghanistan and in the region. “Connecting China to Afghanistan through railway is very important …

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday (9 September) warned Islamabad that he would close the Afghan transit route for Pakistani exports to Central Asia if his country’s traders were not allowed to use Lahore’s Wagah border for trade with India. Speaking during a conference with the UK’s special envoy for …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan has negotiated the successful release of ex-army chief Gen Pervez Kayani’s kidnapped son in exchange for al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s two daughters and another woman, according to the Long War Journal. According to the report of the Long War Journal, the exchange took place a few …

Under a tripartite agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan and UNHCR, Afghan refugees are now allowed to stay in Pakistan till Dec 31 PESHAWAR: With the Afghan carpet weavers leaving as Pakistan pushes for repatriation of Afghans, local and Afghan carpet traders and manufacturers are concerned that the carpet industry here would …

If New Delhi chooses not to act as a bridge between Washington and Kabul, it will have to shoulder more responsibilities in Afghanistan on its own, for which it is unprepared. August has been a month of interesting developments that could help fashion a new role for India in countering …

AT News Report GENEVA: Baloch Republican Party held shutter down strikes and events all across the world including Balochistan, US, European countries and the United Kingdom on tenth martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Nawab Akbar Bugti. Activists paid tributes to their elder leader and vowed to continue their struggle following the …

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings …