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Toll In Last Week’s Kabul Truck Bomb Now Over 150

The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150,...

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Lynched Pakistani Student Did Not Commit Blasphemy

An outspoken Pakistani student killed by a lynch mob was falsely accused of blasphemy, according to an official report...

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Ex-Stars Urge Pakistan Overhaul After ‘shameful’ Champions Trophy Loss

Pakistan faced calls for a total overhaul on Monday after slumping to a "shameful defeat" against arch-rivals India at...

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Calls To Release US, Australian Hostages After Taliban Threat

A university in Afghanistan appealed to the Taliban Friday to release an American and an Australian abducted last year,...

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Four Killed As Kabul Protesters Clash With Police Over Truck Bomb

At least four Afghans were killed Friday when police fired live rounds to disperse stone-throwing protesters seeking to...

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Angry Kabul Protest Over Deadly Truck Bombing

Afghan police fired aerial gunshots and water cannon Friday to stop dozens of protesters from marching on the...

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New Pakistan Skipper Faces Trophy Acid Test

New captain Sarfraz Ahmed will face his stiffest test yet when he leads unfancied Pakistan in the Champion's Trophy --...

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Afghan Women Shelters Bring Succour To Abuse Victims

Heavily pregnant at 16 after being raped by an insurgent commander, Malala was on the brink of committing suicide when...

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Windies Hit Back After Abbas Five-Wicket Haul

Pakistan's Mohammad Abbas claimed his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket to trigger a West Indies first-innings...

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Ali Lumbers To 100 For Prudent Pakistan

Azhar Ali crawled to a second hundred in as many matches as Pakistan reached 227 for three at lunch on the second day...

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Pakistan Frustrate Windies In Opening Session

Pakistan negotiated a potentially tricky first session, reaching 70 for one on the first day of the third and final...

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Blank Space Replaces NY Times Article Criticising Pakistani Army

An International New York Times opinion piece criticising the powerful Pakistani army was censored by its local...

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Pakistan Flounder Against Gabriel-Inspired Windies

Shannon Gabriel led a West Indies fast bowling assault that decimated Pakistan's top-order batting and reduced them to...

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Kabul Uneasy As Former Warlord Hekmatyar Returns After 20 Years

A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" made a triumphant return to the Afghan capital Thursday, met by uneasy...

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Afghan Ex-PM and ‘butcher of Kabul’

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who returned to Kabul Thursday after more than 20 years, is one of Afghanistan's most notorious...

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Former Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Returns To Kabul After 20 Years

A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" returned to the Afghan capital on Thursday morning, two decades after...

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Misbah Warns Against Pakistan’s Old Failings

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq is expecting his team not fall prey to over-confidence as they seek an historic...

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Death Toll In Pakistan Roadside Bomb Rises To 13

The death toll from a roadside bomb targeting a passenger vehicle in Pakistan's northwest rose to 13 on Wednesday after...

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Shah Leads Pakistan Charge As West Indies Wilt

Yasir Shah completed a six-wicket haul to spearhead a second innings rout of the West Indies and put Pakistan on the...