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Afghan, Pakistani forces battle along their border
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» KABUL - Afghan and Pakistani troops battled along their border, Afghan residents and officials told AFP on Sunday, with the fighting coming alongside multiple strikes including the former US air base at Bagram.
Search continues after Pakistan building collapse kills 16
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» KARACHI - Rescue teams in Pakistan worked in searing heat and humidity on Saturday to recover residents trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed, killing 16 people.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in graft case
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» RAWALPINDI — A Pakistan court on Friday convicted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a landmark graft case, sentencing Khan to 14 years in prison.
'Faceless killer': Syria landmines keep sowing death
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» DAMASCUS - Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride through the Syrian countryside for Abdulaziz al-Oqab and his relatives.
'In the mouth of dragons': Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan's north
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» HASSANABAD (PAKISTAN) - As dawn broke over Javed Rahi's Pakistani mountain village, a loud boom shattered the silence and a torrent of water came cascading down from the melting glacier nearby, followed by a thick cloud of smoke.
England's smoking age limit should be raised every year: study
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2022
» The age at which people can buy tobacco in England should rise by one each year until it becomes a "smoke-free" society, a government-commissioned review recommended Thursday.
Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2022
» KABUL: The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer.
Pakistani PM accuses US of regime change push
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 02/04/2022
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said a move to oust him from office was an attempt at regime change backed by the United States.
Pakistan mob kills Sri Lankan factory manager
AFP, Published on 04/12/2021
» SIALKOT, Pakistan: Up to 120 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said on Saturday.
Indian Kashmir separatist leader buried in night-time funeral
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was buried in a tightly controlled pre-dawn ceremony Thursday as Indian authorities imposed a lockdown across the disputed Himalayan region.