TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to jointly fight militancy as they attended a counter-terrorism summit overshadowed by an Afghan hospital bombing that killed at least 20 people.
The statement by the three neighbouring presidents followed an announcement by US President Barack Obama that Washington will withdraw 33,000 of its 99,000 troops fro [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai held a three-way summit with Iran on Friday ahead of attending an anti-terrorism conference, state news agency IRNA reported.
Zardari, Karzai and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed "ways of battling terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking," IRNA said.
A statement poste [...]
KARACHI (AFP) - A Saudi diplomat was killed in a hail of bullets on his way to the country's consulate in Karachi on Monday, the second attack on Saudi interests in Pakistan's biggest city in less than a week.
The Pakistani Taliban denied carrying out the assassination and authorities said they were investigating possible links to sectarian groups or the death of Saudi-born Osama bi [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's first mother-in-law died of a stroke after hearing the news that US forces killed him in Pakistan, a London-based Arabic newspaper reported Sunday.
Nabih al-Ghanem, the mother of bin Laden's first wife, Najwa, was taken to a hospital in Latakia in northern Syria where she died after suffering the stroke, the Asharq Al-Awsat daily said.
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ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - Three women, 12 children, cows, rabbits and chickens all hid behind the high wall where Osama bin Laden carved out a family life, set to the gentle rhythm of changing seasonal crops outside his gate.
Mobile phone video footage taken Tuesday by a Pakistani soldier offered a final glimpse into a life of rustic simplicity -- a dozen eggs sitting in the kitc [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - Around 300 Islamists rallied in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday in anger over the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan, an AFP correspondent reported.
The crowd then headed for the US Embassy, but were blocked by soldiers before they could reach it.
They shouted at diplomats inside the embassy saying, "leave, leave" and "lower the (A [...]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - With one spectacular attack on September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden put Islamist "holy war" on the global agenda of the 21st century -- and became a household name around the world.
As the world watched live on television, his Al-Qaeda militants flattened New York's World Trade Center -- a devastating blow to the United States he loathed, and one that would have rep [...]
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead deep inside Pakistan in a night-time helicopter raid by US covert forces, ending a decade-long manhunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama declared in a dramatic televised address late Sunday, sparking raucous celebrations across the United States, a [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - Dubai carried out a death sentence for the first time in 10 years on Thursday, executing an Emirati man found guilty of raping and murdering a Pakistani child, official media reported.
Rashid Rabia al-Rashidi, who had been found guilty of the rape and pre-meditated murder of a four-year-old Pakistani boy in a Dubai mosque, had exhausted all legal avenues, the official WAM ne [...]
A make-or-break anti-corruption tribunal against Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer opens in Doha Thursday, with the players facing lengthy bans if found guilty.
The hearing will be held behind closed doors at the Qatar Financial Centre from 0630 GMT and is scheduled to run until January 11, although lawyers have indicated a verdict may come earlier.
The th [...]
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