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KABUL: Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency. Talks between the two sides were to begin shortly after a US-Taliban agreement in February, but began ...

Author: AParticle author: APID: 1599986409275257400Sun, 2020-09-13 08:35 ISLAMABAD: An 11-year-old girl was killed and four other villagers critically wounded by Indian troops firing into the Pakistani-administered side of the Kashmir region, Pakistan’s military said on Sunday. The military said the “unprovoked firing” by India troops using long-range guns and artillery targeted the ...

ISLAMABAD: A draft bill to criminalize enforced disappearances, which has been with the law ministry for “vetting” for more than 18 months, is now being reviewed by the Interior Ministry with no deadline on when it will be finalized, officials have said. The comments follow last week’s mysterious disappearance ...

LONDON: The rise in COVID-19 infections in Britain is “concerning,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, but he added that the government was still in control of the pandemic.The daily number of cases of COVID-19 jumped on Sunday to 2,988, the highest daily rise since May.“The rise in ...

KABUL: A Pakistani diplomatic delegation on Monday arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan officials over bilateral ties and security issues between the two historically uneasy neighbors. The day-long meeting followed a similar one held in Islamabad in June last year, under the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity ...

Author: By Associated Pressarticle author: APID: 1598183365347911900Sun, 2020-08-23 10:49 ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Sunday reported only four new COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the fewest deaths since March. The announcement raises hopes that Pakistan is on the right path to fully containing the coronavirus despite having a fragile health system. ...

No elk or trout, but Fed’s virtual retreat may stoke market’s ‘animal spirits’ NEW YORK: Investors could get a hint from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell this week about how aggressively the US central bank will try to manage the long-term recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Powell will discuss the ...

MUMBAI: India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 2.5 million with another biggest single-day spike of 65,002 in the past 24 hours.India is behind the United States and Brazil in the number of cases.The Health Ministry on Saturday also reported another 996 deaths for a total of 49,036. The average ...