WASHINGTON – The annual US report on terrorism acknowledged on Thursday that Pakistan took steps in 2020 to counter terrorism financing, restrain India-focused militant groups and to meet demands of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Pakistan continued to experience terrorist attacks ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran, in an exclusive interview, mentioned US reluctance to reach out to Pakistan as he had not spoken to US President Joe Biden since the collapse of the western-backed Afghan government. In an interview with CNN program Connect the World on Wednesday, which was ...

The Taliban have the right to raise their voice for Muslims anywhere, including Kashmir, says spokesman for the group’s political office in Doha, Qatar, Suhail Shaheen. Shaheen said in a virtual interview with BBC Urdu that the Taliban do not have a policy to raise arms against any country. ...

KABUL – The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday freed two Western university lecturers held hostage by Taliban since 2016 in exchange for three imprisoned senior militants.  American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks were handed over to foreign forces in Afghanistan's Nawbahar district of ...

KABUL – In a move to engage Taliban directly in peace talks, the Afghan government on Tuesday released three key commanders of Haqqani Network in exchange for the release of two Western hostages kidnapped while working for the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in 2016. President ...