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She said Pakistan has invited the speakers of the other state assemblies for the nine-day conference but not the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker.

India’s official broadcaster – All India Radio (AIR) Friday said Indian troops guarding the LoC retaliated to firing from Pakistan.

In the fall of 2014 and winter of 2015, Afghan officials said, they intercepted two letters written by disaffected Taliban commanders who both referred to the possible death of Mullah Omar.

Pakistan’s GEO TV, citing unnamed “well-informed” people, reported that the Taliban’s supreme council, made up of the most powerful members, “unanimously” chose Mullah Mansour, when it met in the Pakistani city Quetta this week, to replace...

Though no one has come forward to take responsibility for the attack, it appears to be another aggressive act by Taliban which has been stepping up attacks in last few days after there were reports of rift within the group.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack at the main gate of worldwide Hamed Karzai Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 10, 2015.

Damascus could agree to join the worldwide coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) should it be requested, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Rossiya-1 television channel on Sunday, TASS reported.

Kabul-The new Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor called for unity in the ranks of the movement through his first audio message released Saturday amid reports that deceased former Chief Mullah Omar’s family members “opposed” his selection.

Ahead of the first-ever NSA-level talks, Pakistan on Monday asked India to end the blame game and come forward with a fresh mind for the dialogue.

However, the statement did not reveal when and where the meeting was held. This may put him in a position to revive the peace talks.

Heyatullah Amiri, district administrative chief of Khan Abad district, said a suicide bomber on foot targeted a meeting of criminal groups late on Saturday.

The longtime trusted deputy of former leader Mullah Omar is facing staunch internal resistance from some members of the Taliban’s ruling council, the Quetta Shura, who accuse Pakistan of hijacking the movement.

Triggering a fresh controversy, Pakistan again raised the Kashmir issue by refusing to invite the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference it is hoisting on the ground that the state is disputed territory, leading to India...

Amid deepening rift among the Taliban leadership following Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death confirmation, the Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISSI) terrorist group has claimed breakthrough in its efforts to gain a foothold in the country.

With Islamic State and other jihadist groups competing for the loyalty of young Taliban fighters, it is unclear whether any leader except Omar can hold the Taliban movement together and then get its members to accept a peace settlement.