The government and the army have denied any involvement in the attack on the ousted prime minister, which has highlighted divisions in Pakistan. Source link
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Police in the southern city of Karachi are investigating if the attacker who opened fire at a well-known dental clinic, killing one person and injuring two others, was targeting members of the city’s Chinese community.Pakistan has seen a series of attacks on Chinese nationals in recent years as their presence grew ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The showdown between Imran Khan, who was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister in April, and the country’s government and army intensified as authorities threatened to arrest the former leader on a terrorism charge.Mr. Khan’s term ended with a vote of no-confidence in parliament after he lost the backing ...
GAYAN, Afghanistan—Emergency aid has started to arrive in eastern Afghanistan, the area hit worst by an earthquake this week that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban government raced to get the recovery effort under way.Nayib Khan lost 16 members of his family when their homes collapsed on ...
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), informs journalists about the current situation in Iran at the agency's headquarters in Vienna on June 09. Photo: joe klamar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Biden Administration finally got around this week to supporting an international censure of Iran for ...
Sri Lanka is back in the news—for all the wrong reasons. On Monday besieged Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after weeks of protests, amid a cratering economy and violent clashes between government supporters and antigovernment protesters in the capital, Colombo.At least eight people have died in the violence, and ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The Taliban’s commitment to prevent Afghan soil being used by terrorists against other countries is being tested, not by al Qaeda, but by Pakistani militants who have unleashed dozens of attacks in neighboring Pakistan in recent months.The Taliban not only sees many fellow jihadists as brothers and guests, ...
MES AYNAK, Afghanistan—Following the American exit from Afghanistan, China’s move to claim the country’s vast mineral wealth is centered on a mountain south of Kabul.The mountain and the barren surrounding valley, in Logar province, a two-hour drive from the capital, contain one of the world’s biggest untapped reserves of ...
It’s one thing to invade a country. Even decapitating a government can be relatively easy, although Vladimir Putin has so far failed in Ukraine. But it’s something else entirely to pacify a country and occupy it over time toward a favorable conclusion. The Soviet Union found that out in ...