Seven Pakistani soldiers have been beheaded by Taliban militants close to the Afghan border, according to a report.

The soldiers were on patrol in the north-western district of Upper Dir.

Accordin

Afghan security forces on Friday freed 35-40 hostages taken by Taliban insurgents in an attack on a lakeside hotel at a beauty spot on the outskirts of Kabul, the interior ministry said.

Militants ar

Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing at least eight people.

The brazen ass

The US has rejected Taliban's claim that India resisted Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's call for greater involvement in Afghanistan, saying his recent visit to New Delhi was ‘very successful’.

"I di

A powerful Pakistani Taliban faction has said it will not allow an anti-polio campaign to be conducted in its stronghold of North Waziristan tribal region as long as US drone strikes continue in the a

In an unusual comment, Afghan Taliban has praised India as a ‘significant country’ in the region and said New Delhi has done well to resist US calls for greater military involvement in Afghanistan.

"

Pakistan's well-known social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi is facing abduction threat from Taliban, prompting the authorities here to provide him round-the-clock police protection.

Policemen had been dep

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan killed a pregnant woman and three of her relatives when it ripped through the ambulance rushing them to hospital for her to give birth, officials said Monday.

Taliban i

You know a friendship has gone sour when you start making mean jokes about your friend in front of his most bitter nemesis.

So it was a bad sign this week when the U.S. defense secretary joshed in fr

The United States is running out of patience with Pakistan over safe havens for insurgents who attack US troops across the border in Afghanistan, Defencee Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Thursday.