Pakistan in talks with Khan’s party as protests loom
AFP, Islamabad
3 October 2026 • South Asia
Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead
AFP, Nuwakot
2 October 2026 • South Asia
Pak airstrikes kill 10 in Afghanistan
AFP, Kabul
2 October 2026 • South Asia
Japan tightens rules for foreigners wanting permanent residency
AFP, Tokyo, Japan
1 October 2026 • South Asia
Taliban govt says Pakistan strikes kill 4 civilians in Afghanistan
AFP, Afghanistan
25 September 2026 • South Asia
Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit
AFP, Afghanistan
24 September 2026 • South Asia
2 more sisters of Imran Khan held
AFP, Islamabad
22 September 2026 • South Asia
Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan
AFP, Kunar
22 September 2026 • South Asia

Pak troops kill 54 militants who tried to infiltrate from Afghanistan

Pakistan’s army said Sunday its soldiers killed 54 militants who had tried to enter the country by crossing its northwestern border with Afghanistan.
27 April 2025

Indo-Pak tensions: Rivals exchange gunfire for 2nd day

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire along the disputed Kashmir region for a second straight day yesterday as Islamabad called for a “neutral” investigation into the killings of tourists in Indian occupied Kashmir.
26 April 2025

Pakistan PM says 'prepared to defend sovereignty'

"Our valiant armed forces remain fully capable and prepared to defend the country's sovereignty," Sharif said while addressing a military ceremony
26 April 2025

India-Pakistan tensions: Troops exchange fire along Kashmir border

Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said yesterday, after the nuclear-armed nations unleashed a raft of measures against each other.
25 April 2025

India-Pakistan tensions soar

India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures yesterday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
24 April 2025

'Islamabad will reciprocate Indian threats'

Says Pakistan PMO after Shehbaz meets top military officials
24 April 2025

Pakistan closes air space for Indian airlines, warns against water treaty violation

The announcement from the Pakistan Prime Minister's Office followed a meeting of the National Security Committee, a day after India said there were cross-border elements to Tuesday's attack
24 April 2025

Kashmiri students say they have been threatened in India after attack

Gunmen killed 26 men -- all Indian except one Nepali -- in the tourist hotpot of Pahalgam on Tuesday
24 April 2025

India and Pakistan: A history of division and war

Here are key events in their troubled relationship
24 April 2025

India blames Pakistan, downgrades ties

India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan yesterday, a day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades..Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a media brie
23 April 2025

Tourists flee India’s J&K after deadly attack

Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were conducting a major manhunt yesterday, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists and killed 26 people in the region’s worst attack on civilians in a quarter of a century.
23 April 2025

Pak gunmen kill two cops guarding polio vaccinators

Gunmen killed two Pakistani police officers guarding polio vaccinators in the turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said yesterday, the second attack since the launch of a nationwide inoculation drive this week.
23 April 2025

Karachi mob kills member of Ahmadi minority

A mob attacked a place of worship of Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority community in Karachi yesterday, killing one man, police said.
18 April 2025

IS claims Pakistan bomb blast killing three policemen

The Islamic State group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Pakistan’s turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded more than a dozen.
16 April 2025

Man held for allegedly stabbing wife to death over ‘honour’ in Karachi

The murder took place on the roof of a private school
15 April 2025

‘High time’ for refugees to return, Pakistan envoy tells Afghan Foreign Minister

Over 860,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since September 2023
15 April 2025

Bomb blast kills three police officers in southwest Pakistan: officials

An explosion targeting a police bus in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province killed at least three officers and wounded 16 others on Tuesday, authorities said
15 April 2025

Over 100 killed after heavy rain hits India, Nepal

More than 100 people have died since Wednesday after unseasonably heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal, officials said yesterday, as the weather department predicted more rain for the region.
11 April 2025

Kathmandu Valley toxic air is choking street dogs, too

'With hazardous pollution, there’s even the danger of new or unidentified diseases.'
10 April 2025

Sri Lanka's crackdown on dogs for India PM's visit sparks protest

Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs a day ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
3 April 2025