Pakistani Taliban resort to kidnapping to raise money

ISLAMABAD - Taliban guerrillas in Pakistan are resorting to kidnapping to raise money and they are now hunting for high-value targets, a media report said Monday.

Two Indians killed in Afghan missile attack

ISLAMABAD - Two Indians were killed in a missile attack launched by the Taliban on an Indian NGO’s office situated near a US airbase in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, a media report said Monday.

Five family members killed in blast in Afghanistan

KABUL - A couple and three of their children were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in southeastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Monday.

ISI not supporting Taliban, claims Musharraf

WASHINGTON - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has termed it as a “misunderstanding” that the Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), continues to give sustenance and support to the Taliban.

Two Indians die in Afghanistan terror attack

ISLAMABAD - Two Indians were killed in a missile attack launched by the Taliban on an Indian NGO’s office in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, a media report said Monday.

Chhattisgarh Maoists surrender but rarely with weapons

RAIPUR - In the last six years, not a single Maoist in Chhattisgarh has surrendered with a light machine gun (LMG) or an AK-47 assault rifle, though over 2,600 rebels have given up violence during the period, say police.

Unofficial talks going on with Taliban: Karzai

WASHINGTON - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said unofficial negotiations are taking place with the Taliban, who are like “kids who have run away from the family”.