The explosion inside the offices of the WFP followed a vow of revenge by the Pakistani Taliban after the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed in a US missile strike in August. At least five people were also injured in the blast, and...

With the results of Afghanistan’s presidential election expected later today, supporters of the opposition leader, Abdullah Abdullah, delivered a grim message last night, threatening violence if their candidate loses. Standing by the black marble...

While his rivals tour the country in armoured Land Cruisers surrounded by retinues of armed retainers, Afghanistan’s greatest anti-corruption maverick and political eccentric is campaigning to become the country’s next president in “Mr Bean’s...

It has been 12 years since Fida Hussein Ghalvi testified against the militant who was charged with killing 12 members of his family. But some days he feels as if he were the one who ended up in jail. He still gets threats, his servants all quit and an...

An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex. President Hamid Karzai ordered a review of the legislation after The Independent revealed that it negated...

Both of the country’s main political movements - the ruling Pakistan People’s Party and the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) - have joined forces to support the operation. This display of unity was not only a response to Western...

As India pushes Pakistan to take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the profile of the Lashkar jihadis has undergone a change witheconomic deprivation and local grievances no longer the root causes for joining the terror group that is behind the Mumbai...

Two Pakistani citizens convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia were beheaded by the sword on Friday in the capital Riyadh, the interior ministry said.

In the year 1981, Punjab and Sikhism were the hottest topics in the Indian subcontinent. A Sikh gentleman, by the name Jarnail Singh Bhrindanwale was turning into a celebrity for his notoriety. What he did was, perhaps more interesting than the Lal...

A joint session of parliament in Islamabad has heard, in camera, the newly-appointed ISI Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha — who was Director General Military Operations (DGMO) before he got the job — on the terrorist threat facing Pakistan...