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When countries with relations marred by hostility and distrust agree to talk, they must make an effort to create a conducive atmosphere beforehand, as otherwise talks will not only fail but the mistrust will deepen.

Last week, three Pakistani civilians were martyred and 11 injured due to a similar incident of unprovoked firing and shelling by Indian forces across the Sialkot Working Boundary. The continued firing has led to panic among villagers in border areas, but there are no reports of...

“It was a bloody attack by a female suicide bomber and apart from the over 40 people who were killed, many sustained injuries”, he said.

He confirmed that Pakistan has not invited the speaker of Indian-held Kashmir assembly to participate in Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to be held in Islamabad.

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

After the two back-to-back attacks in Gurdaspur and Udhampur, choices before India are stark: Carry on as before, launch tit-for-tat strikes, or turn our backs on Pakistan.

Since their independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.

Pakistan’s stout denial on Thursday of Naved’s claim that he hails from Faisalabad and his father’s name is Mohammed Yaqub is very much the set pattern.

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly shooting attacks, bombings, and kidnappings in Nigeria since the beginning of its militancy in 2009.

Jammu: Pakistan troops overnight violated the ceasefire agreement on the line of control (LoC) and global border in four sectors of the Jammu region.

A BSF (Border Security Force) spokesman said, “Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of small arms and mortar shells on BoPs along IB in Kanachak and Pargwal sectors of Jammu district from 0540 hours (IST)”.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, an army statement said Sunday.

India’s Border Security Forces (BSF) on Saturday resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on border villages in Bajwat sector of Sialkot Working Boundary, damaging many houses.

“It seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason”, said General Abdul Razaq, a senior commander in Logar.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan military official says an airstrike by the global coalition has killed eight Afghan soldiers in a province east of the capital, Kabul.