LAKI MARWAT: The Ameer (chairman) Jamiat Ulama -e- Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has said that Blackwater is present in Islamabad and there were more than 9,000 Black Water personnel in the city.

Thousands of Nato and Afghan troops are gearing up to launch a massive offensive in southern Afghanistan – the largest the country has seen since the 2001 US-led invasion.

Thousands of people have gathered in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, for a mass funeral after 25 people were killed and more than 150 were wounded in bomb attacks on Friday.

Afghan border police have killed seven civilians after opening fire on a group of villagers they mistook for fighters, according to a police official in Kandahar province.

KARACHI – News that an American court has found Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui guilty of trying to kill US servicemen in Afghanistan drew rebuke from her family and lawmakers.

LOWER DIR: At least 10 people, including three US Marines, one pakistani soldier and five female students have been killed in Shahi Koto, tehsil Balam Bat, Wednesday. The blast took place near a school building and school children are among the injured. According to reports, 105 people, including five soldiers and 40 female school students, […]

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, is hoping to launch a peace initiative with the Taliban and allied groups by reaching out to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah.

Anti-government fighters have fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital, prompting return fire by troops that killed at least 16 people, medical officials and residents say.

NATO forces clashed with Afghan troops Saturday at a snow-covered highway outpost, calling in an airstrike that killed four Afghan soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said.

CAIRO – American military teams and intelligence agencies are involved in secret joint military operations with Yemeni troops that killed scores of Al-Qaeda people in recent weeks.