A teenager was killed and four civilians were wounded in three separate explosions on Tuesday near two schools for girls in Afghan province of Nangarhar, officials said.


Blasts near girls' schools in Afghanistan kill teen


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Despite heightened tensions over fresh US sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan agreed to strengthen economic and counter-terrorism cooperation in their first tripartite meeting held in Kabul on Tuesday.


India, Iran, Afghanistan to boost economic, counter-terrorism cooperation


The Taliban are preparing to send a delegation for talks with US officials about ending the conflict in Afghanistan and the meeting could address a possible prisoner swap, two officials involved with the process said on Tuesday.


Afghan Taliban prepare for peace talks with US


The United States wants India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue but feels a conducive atmosphere needs to be created first, a senior State Department official said on Monday.


US wants India-Pakistan talks in conducive atmosphere


India and Afghanistan on Monday agreed to further strengthen security cooperation to bring peace and stability in the region, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.


India, Afghanistan agree to strengthen security cooperation


The US would like to work with Pakistan to establish stability and political settlement in Afghanistan, a senior US official said on Monday.


US for Pakistan's role in Afghanistan's stability


The Congress on Monday said that it will not compromise on terrorism and accused the Modi government and AIADMK of shielding terrorists and doing politics over former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.


Centre, AIADMK doing politics on Rajiv's assassination: Congress


Eleven years after twin bomb blasts rocked this southern city killing 42 people, a special court on Monday sentenced two convicts to death and a third to life sentence.


Two sentenced to death for 2007 Hyderabad bomb blasts (Third Lead)


Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday confirmed the death sentences of 13 "hardcore" terrorists involved in "heinous" offences, an official said on Monday.


Army chief ratifies death sentence of 13 convicts


The headquarters of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) in the capital was attacked by gunmen on Monday, causing casualties, officials said.


Gunmen attack Libyan oil corporation headquarters


At least six people were killed and 16 were injured in a suicide car bombing targeting a local government office in the Somali capital on Monday, officials said.


6 killed in Mogadishu car bomb attack


A court here on Monday convicted a third accused in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives while the other two convicts are likely to be sentenced later in the day.


Another accused convicted in Hyderabad twin blast case


Three militants were arrested on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district immediately after they infiltrated into the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC), police said.


Three infiltrating militants arrested near LoC


The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday decided to recommend to Governor Banwarilal Purohit the release of seven convicts serving life term for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar said.


TN government decides to recommend release of Gandhi killers


A policeman was found dead on Sunday in a bank guard's room in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Policeman found dead in Kupwara


Delhi Police has arrested a member of a banned Manipuri organisation who was involved in threatening state Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh.


Manipuri militant arrested by Delhi Police


Two improvised explosive device bombs were recovered on outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday, police said.


Two IED recovered on outskirts of Ranchi


A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, authorities said on Saturday.


LeT militant killed in J&K gunfight


The shifting at midnight of the Jammu and Kashmir police chief, S.P. Vaid, has triggered an interesting debate in the state.


What cost J&K top cop S.P.Vaid his job? (News Analysis) (Lead, Correcting Headline)


Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria, on Friday said that a political window had opened with the installation of a new government led by Imran Khan in that country to take forward the process of normalisation of bilateral relations.


New Pakistan government opens a political window: Envoy


Two suspected Islamic State (IS) militants hailing from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in the Capital, police said on Friday. Two pistols and 10 cartridges were seized from them.

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