KABUL: Afghan security forces, backed by US airstrikes, killed two of the "shadow provincial governors" of the Taliban movement on Sunday as fighting intensified following the collapse of talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, authorities said. The operations, which began on Saturday night, were intended to thwart the Taliban planned attacks on Afghan […]

WASHINGTON: "The reports we are receiving (from Kashmir) are heartbreaking with accusations that include enforced disappearances, mass detentions, rapes and sexual assaults, and the selective detention of political, economic and social leaders," says a letter signed by seven US lawmakers . This is the third letter in less than a week that US congressmen and

SRINAGAR: Occupied Kashmir has seen an average of 20 protests per day against the Indian government in the last six weeks despite a security blockade to calm the riots, according to a high-level government source. Tensions remain high in the disputed Himalayan region after the controversial decision of New Delhi last month to revoke the

ISLAMABAD: The advisor to the Prime Minister of Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, has expressed the wish that the accountability process will progress in such a way that it does not adversely affect the business climate, since the country is going from an economic crisis of stability due to "difficult decisions" made by