Gunmen storm a house and kill 7 workers in Pakistan’s southwest

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a house and killed seven laborers and wounded an eighth in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, a police official said Saturday. The workers were all from the same town in Punjab, which is in Pakistan’s east. There...

Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...

Bomb targeting foreign diplomats’ convoy kills policeman in Pakistan’s restive northwest

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats, killed a policeman and injured four others, an official said Sunday. The diplomats were traveling to a tourist area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which...

Moscow will support Islamabad's bid to join BRICS, says Russian deputy prime minister

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Moscow will support Islamabad's bid to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the Russian deputy prime minister said on Wednesday while visiting the Pakistani capital. Pakistan applied last year for membership in the alliance that has a stated aim to amplify...

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The militant group claimed responsibility for the shooting, which took place on Thursday and targeted a group of...

Gunmen kill 14 Shiite people in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year

Pakistani police free the leader of former premier Khan’s opposition party

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police on Tuesday freed the president of the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a day after he was detained outside parliament on a charge of allegedly inciting violence, his party said. Islamabad police in a statement confirmed the...

Top leaders of Imran Khan's party arrested in Pakistan after being accused of inciting violence

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police arrested Monday several top leaders from former imprisoned Prime Minister Imran Khan's opposition party, a day after some people clashed with the police a mile from a protest calling for his release. Among the detainees, accused of inciting...

Supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned ex-PM Imran Khan rally to demand his release

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad on Sunday, demanding his release. He has been in prison for more than a year in connection with more than 150 police cases. Khan,...

Islamic State group claims Kabul suicide attack that killed at least 6

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for this week's suicide bombing at a prosecutor's office in Kabul that killed at least six people and injured 13. The group said in a statement on its news outlet Amaq that the assailant detonated his...