Hardliners, no women: Full list of new Taliban Cabinet

After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday formed the interim "Islamic Emirate", appointing hardliners in its new government who oversaw the 20-year fight against the......

Pakistan: Taseer's killer confesses in court

The assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer confessed in a Pakistani court that he had acted alone in killing the politician and that he he had been planning the attack before being deployed to......

Pak clerics may kill Sarabjit's hopes

Pakistani clerics have denounced the government's proposal to commute death sentences to life terms, claiming that it was a move aimed at appeasing Western countries that oppose the capital......

Pak's Lal Masjid derecognised: cleric

The radical seminary involved in a stand-off with the government over Taliban-style moral policing is no more recognised by the board that oversees these institutions in Pakistan, a top Islamic......