India has sought a cautious approach on the US-backed peace talks with the Taliban, warning against a victory for the 'dark forces of terrorism' if such negotiations are put on a fast track.

"While

Twenty-seven Taliban militants surrendered before government authorities in Afghanistan on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

According to a top provincial official, a seven-member group of Taliban militants s

Afghan officials are concerned that the Taliban may make a possible 'secret deal' with the US as they expressed worries on not being kept in the loop fully about the direction of the peace talks, incl

Gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a Pakistani journalist working for the Voice of America's Pashto-language radio service as he prayed at a mosque in the northwest of the country, police said.

Mukarram Kha

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence off

Texas Governor Rick Perry, scrambling to keep his U.S. presidential bid alive, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of over-reacting to a videotape that shows four Marines appearing to urinate o

A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation on Thursday but the insurgent group said it wou

A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a US investigation on Thursday but the insurgent group said it would

The Marine Corps said on Wednesday it is investigating a video depicting what appears to be four Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.

In a statement, the Marine Corps said it has not

US efforts to seek an end to the war in Afghanistan has reached a 'critical juncture', American officials have said indicating that Obama's pointman Marc Grossman is rushing to the region to resume pr