The Taliban on Wednesday rejected reports of secret meetings with the Afghan government in a bid to resume long-stalled peace negotiations, insisting that their hardline policy remains unchanged. Afghan officials on Tuesday said they held two meetings since September in Doha, where the Taliban maintain a political office, after the ...
Unidentified gunmen on Friday opened fire on a paramilitary patrol in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, killing three soldiers before fleeing the scene, officials said. The soldiers from the Frontier Corps were hit in the head while patrolling on foot in Sabzal, a neighborhood in west Quetta, capital of restive ...