Pakistan

Pakistan to free on bail National Geographic 'Afghan girl'

An Afghan woman immortalized on a National Geographic magazine cover is to be freed on bail days after being arrested in Pakistan for fraud, a government minister said Oct. 30.

The haunting image of Sharbat Gula, taken in a Pakistan refugee camp by photographer Steve McCurry in the 1980s, became the most famous cover image in the magazine's history.

The migrant trail in a wheelchair: a Syrian teen's story of hope

She tackled the gruelling 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) migrant trail in a wheelchair, translating along the way for other refugees using English she learned from a US soap opera.

Syrian teen Nujeen Mustafa is not one to shy away from a challenge.

Now living safely in Germany, the 17-year-old has set herself a new goal: to prove Chancellor Angela Merkel right.

Pakistan Wants China To Counter India's Influence At SAARC

Pakistan wants China to become the ninth member-country of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) as Islamabad believes that a greater South Asian economic alliance will help corner India in the region. Islamabad is also in favour of including Iran and other neighbouring Central Asian countries in the regional bloc.

India, Pakistan, Russia & Changing Geopolitics Of Asia

Days after the Indian media reported that Russia assured New Delhi that it would cancel the ‘Druzhba-2016’ tactical exercises with Pakistan (in the wake of the terror attack that killed 19 Indian soldiers at an Army camp in Kashmir’s Uri District on September 18), the first ever joint military exercise between the two countries began

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