South East Asia

The first round of discussions under Pakistan-United States Strategic Dialogue was held on Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the federal capital Islamabad, said Foreign Office. A press release by Pakistan Foreign Office said that Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz …

Seven soldiers of paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) were killed today in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan, a security official said. More than three dozen militants armed with automatic weapons attacked a security check post in Mekhtar area of Loralai district, killing seven soldiers, the official said.

Pakistan’s spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and discussed ways to increase anti-terror cooperation. It was second visit of the ISI chief in less than a month to Afghanistan and third since November 2014. Lt Gen Akhtar visited Kabul soon after the Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar last …

Pakistan military on Friday announced initiation of a process of establishing nine Military courts across the country following the passage of the 21st Constitutional Amendment. A press release by Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that process of establishing Military courts has been initiated.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the terror attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and conveyed condolences on behalf of the people of India in a telephone conversation with French President Francois Hollande on Friday. Expressing solidarity with the people of France, Mr. Modi …

The Government of India on Thursday condemned the attack on French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office, adding that the nation will stand by France and its people in their fight against terrorism. “Our leadership has condemned this incident in no uncertain terms. The Prime Minister immediately condemned it as dastardly …

Pakistan’s parliament today overwhelmingly passed two key bills aimed at setting up military courts for the speedy trial of “hardcore terrorists” in the aftermath of the Peshawar school massacre by Taliban. The National Assembly passed unopposed two key amendment bills to set up military courts in the country.

Pakistan army retaliated to the the deadly Taliban attack at Peshawar school by killing 57 militants in massive airstrikes in the Khyber tribal region where the suicide bombers were reportedly trained. The army launched 20 airstrikes yesterday on several Taliban hideouts in Tirah valley area of Khyber tribal region which …

With the death toll in the Peshawar army school massacre rising to 148 overnight, Pakistan yesterday turned over a new leaf in its approach to terrorism. Mr. Sharif swore that politicians would bury their differences and unite to defeat terrorism. Their meeting came as a photograph of the men who …

The United States will keep about 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than planned early next year to fill a temporary Nato troop gap in the new mission to train and advice Afghan security forces, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday on his final visit to this war-weary country as …