NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not return to a combat role, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. Speaking ahead of the meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said allies have agreed to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan, but there is no question of returning…

Washington: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Aizaz Chaudhry on Tuesday faced some blunt and tough questions from his Afghan counterpart about Islamabad’s destabilization and terrorist activities inside Afghanistan. “We call it an undeclared war because the objectives are not set. We don’t know what the objectives are for Pakistan. And that’s something that we have…

The first cargo flight—operated by Afghanistan’s national carrier Ariana—will leave Kabul for Delhi on Monda New Delhi: As Pakistan begins to reassert itself in Afghanistan as evidenced by the spiralling violence, India is making a move to deepen its economic linkages with the war-torn country with the start of an air freight service connecting New…