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Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a speech on...
Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. It's yet another blow for the former...
Pakistan and India conduct annual exchange of lists of nuclear assets under bilateral pact
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged lists of their nuclear assets as part of a bilateral pact that bars them from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities. The two sides exchange such lists on the first day of January every year. In a...
Pakistani security forces suffer deadliest year for a decade while fighting insurgency, report finds
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces in 2024 suffered the highest casualties in nearly a decade while battling insurgency, an Islamabad-based research group said. The Center for Research and Security Studies said in its report Tuesday that this year was the deadliest...
18 passengers killed in 2 separate road accidents in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A speeding passenger bus overturned on a highway in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 10 people, police said. Eight other people died when a passenger van collided with a truck on a highway in Naushahro Feroze district in southern Sindh province,...
Pakistani court indicts former Premier Imran Khan over May 2023 attacks on military posts
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his associates on charges of inciting people to attack military and government installations last year, officials and his party said. Khan pleaded not guilty when...
Pakistan's state-run airline to resume flights to Europe in January after EU agency lifted ban
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run airline is preparing to resume direct flights to European countries early next month, officials said Thursday, days after the European Union’s aviation safety agency lifted a ban on Pakistan International Airlines flying to Europe over compliance with its...
Pakistani police issues charges against Imran Khan and his wife for inciting violence
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have levelled multiple charges against imprisoned former premier Imran Khan, his wife and others for inciting people to violence, officials said Thursday, following days of protests and clashes in which at least six people were killed and scores more were...
Pakistan ends lockdown of its capital after Imran Khan supporters are dispersed by police
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities reopened roads linking Pakistan's capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, on Wednesday after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who marched to Islamabad to demand his...
Pakistani authorities start clearing Imran Khan supporters from the capital after deadly clashes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces launched an operation Tuesday night to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had gathered in the capital to demand his release from prison. The latest development came hours after thousands of Khan...
