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Kerry arrives in Afghanistan for talks on resolving disputed election

Last Updated: Friday, July 11, 2014, 02:17

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for talks with the country`s two presidential candidates on resolving a disputed election.

Madhesi parties and the Maoist form alliance

Last Updated: Friday, July 11, 2014, 01:23

Nepal`s main opposition party UCPN (Maoist) and six Madhesi parties on Thursdaty formed an alliance to push for their demand of identity-based federalism.

Sri Lanka to continue curbing illegal migration to Australia: Navy Chief

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 17:32

Sri Lanka is determined to curb illegal migration to Australia, Navy Chief Jayantha Perera said.

Kerry faces uphill battle to defuse Afghan election standoff

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 16:22

US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive to a sceptical audience in Afghanistan this week to try to resolve a deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election which has stirred ethnic tensions in the fragile country.

Drone kills six in NW Pakistan, Army seizes most of key city from Taliban

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 15:05

Drone strikes in Pakistan resumed after a six-month hiatus, days before the military launched an air campaign on June 15 to drive Pakistani Taliban militants out of the remote border region of North Waziristan.

Five injured in Pak bomb attack

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 15:00

At least five persons were injured today in a bomb attack in northwest Pakistan`s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistan Taliban offshoot terror group joins Iraq`s ISIS; threat to India?

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 13:32

In what might spell trouble for India, a lesser-known Pakistani terror group named Tehreek-e-Khilafat has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (earlier ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).

Nawaz Sharif says North Waziristan operation will bring peace

Last Updated: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 01:26

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that military operation against militants in the restive North Waziristan tribal region will usher in peace in the country.

Pakistan for peaceful democratic transition in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 19:57

Pakistan today said it supported peaceful democratic transition in neighbouring Afghanistan as threats of instability loom large over the outcome of the disputed preliminary election results.

Australia denies "offensive" accusations Sri Lanka asylum seekers ill-treated

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 19:27

Australia on Wednesday rejected accusations of mistreatment by Sri Lankan asylum seekers returned to the island nation, saying the move sent a strong message to those thinking of following in their footsteps.