Will NOT attend Bonn conference on Afghanistan: Pakistan

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has conveyed to her German counterpart Guido Westerwelle Pakistan's decision not to participate in the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan to protest against a......

Cannot attend Bonn meet without assurance: Gilani

Following appeals from the United States and Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the country cannot attend the crucial Bonn meet on the future of Afghanistan......

Pakistan desires stability of Afghanistan: Foreign Office

Pakistan boycotted the Bonn Conference to emphasise to the world community the importance of its sovereignty even though it wants peace and stability in Afghanistan, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul......

Germans persuade Taliban to play ball on Afghan peace process

Pakistan may have boycotted the conference on Afghanistan in Bonn in protest against the NATO airstrike which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, but Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir was present at the......

Growing distrust fuels fears of a failed Paris meet

Diplomatic row erupts after co-chairs hold talks minus developing nations; third draft of Paris climate change agreement emerges at Bonn The Bonn climate change negotiations produced a third draft......

Why the climate deal is bad for us

There is no way the Copenhagen Accord can be billed as a climate change agreement, says Sunita Narain. Climate change negotiations - cold after the freeze at the Copenhagen meet in December - have......

Will Modi's dream of 'electricity for all' ever come true?

The need of the hour is to strike a balance between the capability of the conventional and the prospect of the renewable to give a realistic shape to the Prime Minister’s vision, says Rajiv......