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Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that Afghan refugee camps within Pakistan turned into safe havens for terrorists after the country’s armed forces destroyed the militants’ infrastructure in tribal areas. In an interview with SAMAA TV, he said the issue of Afghan refugees has …

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have begun their third year in the lead for security in Afghanistan and the second year in which they have full security responsibility with limited U.S. or coalition support on the battlefield. During the December 1, 2015, to May 31, 2016, reporting …

PM Modi, who has made as many as 40 foreign trips in the two years since taking charge, may soon get a taste of flying in the advanced aircraft fitted with the latest in technology. The prime minister of India is set to get a brand new Air India One …

Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 300 million in its budget to a madrassa known as the ‘University of Jihad’ and having top Afghan Taliban leaders among its alumni, including its former chief Mullah Omar. “I am proudly announcing that Darul Uloom Haqqania Nowshera will get Rs 300 million to …

The security situation in Afghanistan continues to be dominated by a resilient insurgency, the Pentagon acknowledged on Friday but asserted local forces remained in control of major population centres and key lines of communication. Afghan security forces continued to deny the Taliban strategic ground throughout the country, the Pentagon told …

Nearly half of the Afghans captured by Canadian troops in 2010 and 2011 had no links to the Taliban and were illegally held far longer than Ottawa has publicly acknowledged, military police said Wednesday. In an open letter published by La Presse newspaper, the police officers called for accountability for …

The White House and Pentagon are re-evaluating the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, opening the door to keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond President Obama’s expressed timeline to draw down the mission. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter confirmed to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels Wednesday that Mr. …

Investigators say “several main locations” of debris identified through images by survey vessel in Mediterreanean Sea. Egypt says that it has spotted and obtained images from the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, killing all 66 people on board. The country’s investigation committee …

Florida Governor Rick Scott declares a state of emergency after the worst mass shooting in US history. Fifty people have been killed, including the assailant, and at least 53 injured in an attack inside a gay nightclub in the US state of Florida, authorities said, in the worst mass shooting …

President Barack Obama has approved a broader role for American troops to help Afghan forces effectively conduct anti-terrorism operations in the war-torn country, an official said on Friday. The new powers would allow US forces to engage in similar efforts to accompany conventional Afghan security personnel when they undertook operations, …