Omar Hamid

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  Pak Intelligence Not Good Example for Afghanistan, Says Ex President Hamid Karzai

  Months after his country agreed to cooperate with Pakistan's intelligence agencies, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that the agreement would not be implemented.

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  Sudan Says Bashir Plans to Speak at UN Summit in New York

  Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes and genocide charges, is planning to travel to New York in September to speak at the United Nations, Sudan's deputy UN envoy said on Monday.

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  Taliban Leader, Who Afghanistan Says is Dead, a Pious Enigma

  One of the most wanted men in the world for over a decade, Mullah Omar was also one of the most elusive.

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  Islamic State Seen Overtaking Al Qaeda in South Asia Social Media War

  Islamist militant propaganda websites and social media accounts in South Asia are promoting Islamic State at the expense of Al Qaeda, analysts said today highlighting the rivalry between the two global militant groups.

• Afghans Defy Taliban Threats to Vote in Run-Off Election

  Afghanistan hailed another successful election on Saturday when millions of people defied Taliban threats in a run-off vote to choose a new president as US-led troops withdraw.

• Afghans vote in presidential election as US troops exit

  Afghan voters went to the polls on Saturday to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, braving Taliban threats in a landmark election held as US-led forces wind down their long intervention in the country.

• With thousands on death row, Pakistan rules against death penalty

  Pakistan has scrapped plans to reinstate the death penalty, the government said today, following threats by Taliban militants to step up attacks in retaliation.

• Pakistan releases senior Taliban commander: official

  Pakistan on Saturday released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official of the interior ministry told AFP, in a move Kabul hopes will encourage peace talks with the insurgents.

• Pakistan to free Taliban's former second in command ahead of peace talks

  Pakistan will release former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as soon as this month to help advance peace efforts in neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan's foreign policy chief said today.

• Taliban leader Mullah Omar dismisses Afghan elections as 'waste of time'

  Taliban leader Mullah Omar dismissed elections due in Afghanistan next year as "a waste of time" but insisted the militants had no desire to grab power after NATO troops leave.

• Afghan president calls on Taliban to drop weapons

  Afghanistan's president called on the Taliban on Thursday to relinquish their weapons, saying that the group and its leader should join the political process. The call by Hamid Karzai was the latest peace appeal to the Taliban and Mullah Mohammed Omar.