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Pakistani police and rescue officials say that a passenger bus rammed into a fuel truck on a highway in eastern Punjab province, igniting a fire that killed at least 20 people

A fiery crash between an oil tanker and a passenger bus killed at least 20 people in Pakistan, a police spokesperson and media said on Tuesday.

One year after the fall of Kabul, many of the opposition commanders famous for their stand in Panjshir Valley remain exiled in Tajikistan. Analysts paint a picture of a weak armed resistance against the Taliban and an Afghan population that increasingly abhors the Islamic fundamentalist group but is too exhausted…

JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'revdi culture' remark, saying welfare schemes for the people cannot be dubbed as freebies. Citing weekly payments made to the poor and elderly in developed countries, he said it is the responsibility of the government to implement…

Impact of ‘traumatic period’ still lingers with those now based in UK – and their families – 75 years on

A year ago today, the Taliban took over Kabul and now are in charge of pretty much the whole of Afghanistan, complete with gun-toting teenage militias and Virtues and Vice police. The surprise was the speed and ease with which the Taliban took huge swathes of the country last year…

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif places economic reform at the top of his country's priorities, 75 years after Pakistan's independence. Sharif believes a serious dialogue concerning Jammu and Kashmir is contingent on India stopping the "illegal acts" and "brutal treatment of innocent Kashmiris." In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sharif…

The global arena in which the nuclear-armed neighbours confront each other is changing radically