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Students of Bacha Khan University stage protest demo against terrorist attack on their almamater, demand security from the Islamic Republic Of Pakistan! Will they have a chance to persue their academic careers without fear and insecurity? Photo via Palwasha Abbas.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military’s public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms. General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan’s most powerful man. Since he took office in 2013, the army has launched ...

Taliban militants have set a pre-condition for restarting peace talks with Afghan government. A senior member the group has told Reuters news agency that Taliban want to be removed from a U.N. blacklist before considering rejoining peace talks aimed at ending a 15-year civil war. The unnamed Taliban member has further said that the group could participate if the U.N. ...

AFGHANISTAN: 17 loyalists of the terrorist group the Islamic State (IS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed in newest drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. A statement released by the ministry states that the air strikes were carried out on positions of Daesh in Deh Bala and Achin districts ...

The grisly and dastardly terrorist attack on a university in Charsadda named after the apostle of non-violence—Bacha Khan—is a shocking reminder that the states of the region have to re-visit their narratives and policies. The ideological networking, strategic re-adjustment and tactical amorphous techniques of the violent extremist organizations in Pakistan and other states of the region have mostly fed on ...

KABUL: Today Kabul University student and civil society member come out and show solidarity with the Bacha Khan University victims. They were protesting the massacre and condemn the attack with strong words. Today evening, the students, teachers, journalists and civil society members gathered in front of Kabul University gate and hold the candlelight vigil in the memory of BKU victims. ...

WASHINGTON: In a strong message, US president Barack Obama told Pakistan on Sunday that it “can and must” take more effective action against terrorist groups operating from its soil by “delegitimising, disrupting and dismantling” terror networks there. Describing the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot as “another example of the inexcusable terrorism that India has endured for too ...

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Decapitation of Sheikh Al Nimr along with others 45 colleagues in Saudi is a melancholy not lonely for Shiite Muslims but also for Sunni. Iran tempestuous hordes showed severe reaction; scorched Riyadh embassy in Tehran and its consulate in northern city of Mashad. Saudi also gave like a bet-out-of-hell (quickly) namby-pamby response in form of severing diplomatic ties and repatriating ...