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Taliban-era radio announcer rides crest of the airwaves

Last Updated: Friday, July 25, 2014, 10:12

Once a deadpan radio announcer under the Taliban, Masood Sanjer has gained renown for being a thorn in the side of accountability-dodging Afghan officials, exemplifying hard-won media freedoms that are at stake in a pivotal year.

Two soldiers killed in bomb attack northwestern Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, July 25, 2014, 00:12

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed on Thursday in a bomb attack in troubled northwestern tribal region, bordering Afghanistan.

PM Narendra Modi to visit Nepal August 3-4

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 22:35

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal Aug 3-4, Foreign Minister Mahendra Pandey announced Thursday.

Haqqani Network being targeted in operation: Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 21:02

Pakistan Thursday said the country`s security forces are targeting all armed groups including the Haqqani Network in the ongoing major offensive in North Waziristan tribal region.

Former Pakistan CJ slaps Rs 20 billion defamation suit on Imran Khan

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 19:48

Pakistan`s former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday served a Rs 20 billion defamation notice to cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.

Gunmen kill two foreign women in western Afghanistan: Officials

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 15:49

Two foreign women were shot dead by unknown gunmen while travelling in a taxi in the western Afghan city of Herat on Thursday, officials said.

Nepal PM back from cancer treatment, promises statute in time

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 12:00

Nepal Prime Minister Sushila Koirala has returned home after undergoing treatment for first stage lung cancer in the US.

13 militants die in Pakistan airstrikes

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 11:11

At least 13 militants were killed Wednesday during air strikes carried out in Pakistan`s North Waziristan region.

Pak should be taught a lesson: Ramdev

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 21:54

Against the backdrop of killing of an army jawan in firing from across the border at the Line of Control, yoga guru Ramdev today said said Pakistan should be taught a lesson and whatever steps Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes the country will stand by him.

Sri Lanka`s militant monk rejects Dalai Lama as spiritual leader

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 16:52

A firebrand Sri Lankan monk on Tuesday criticised the Dalai Lama for urging the island`s Buddhists to halt violence against minority Muslims and rejected him as a global spiritual leader.