The Pentagon has admitted in a report that the US has failed to establish security in Afghanistan nine years after the US-led invasion of the country. The tone of the new report issued to Congress is in contrast to more upbeat public declarations from top US officials and military leaders.

KABUL: The Taliban on Sunday vowed to keep fighting the U.S.-led coalition and force them to abandon Afghanistan ahead of a 2014 date set by the alliance for the transition of security to Afghan control.

ISLAMABAD: The United States has one again exerted pressure on Pakistan to expand the areas where CIA drones can operate inside the country, reflecting concern that the US war efforts in Afghanistan are being undermined by insurgents’ continued ability to take sanctuary across the border, US and Pakistani officials said.

At least three children have been killed and four others wounded in shootings by US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, a local commander says. The children were family members of a local police officer in Kunar province, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday.

The United States has reportedly put pressure on Pakistani authorities to allow Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to expand its non-UN-sanctioned drone attacks inside Pakistan.

Delivering Eid sermon to more than 200,000 worshipers in the central Musalla (place for Eid prayers) of Zahedan in Eid-ul-Adha day, khateeb of Sunnis in Zahedan stated that the only demands of the Sunni community of Iran is to have “maintenance of religious freedom of the Sunni community in Iran” and “implement of equality between […]

Eid of sacrifice, altruism, honesty, love and obedience of Allah Almighty has arrived.

KURDISTAN: The Iranian authorities have confiscated an other passport of a prominent Kurd Sunni scholar, Kak Hasan Amini, his personal tools and hand drafts were taken in the government control.

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by the Taliban, a report submitted in a court has said and added that there was no evidence of the involvement of the Musharraf govt inthe killing.

The leader of the Afghan Taliban has said the group remains opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation. In a statement issued on Monday,  Mullah Mohammad Omar reiterated that negotiations would not be possible until all foreign troops – now at about 150,000 – leave Afghanistan, labeling talk of negotiations “mere propaganda.”