KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government announced Tuesday it had given amnesty to nearly 60 Taliban fighters who had agreed to lay down their weapons, as some of them claimed they were misled into jihad or "holy war". The men who received amnesty from the government's Commission for Peace and ...

UNITED NATIONS - The number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan rose 40 per cent last year to a record 2,118 people, the UN said in a new report Tuesday. The report said Taliban were responsible for 55pc of the deaths, but that US, Nato and Afghan forces killed 829 civilians ...

LONDON - Former head of the British secret service MI5 on Tuesday accused the UK government of exploiting the fear of terrorism to restrict civil liberties and expressed her fears that Britain is becoming a police state. Dame Stella Rimington, in an interview with a Spanish newspaper, said: "Since ...

JULIA Roberts wants to invite resident Barack Obama to dinner. The "Pretty Woman" star says the Obama family top the invite list to her dream dinner party - which also includes Diane Sawyer, Mike Nichols, Oprah Winfrey, Stedman Graham and Tina Fey. Julia, 41, said: "For sure, we're going to start ...

KARACHI - The Federal Government has instructed all the provinces to gear up their preparations to achieve the procurement target of wheat in upcoming season of crop, official told The Nation. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) in a meeting held on Tuesday directed all the ...