Netherlands tries Pakistanis for incitement to kill Geert Wilders
Two men are standing trial in absentia at a high-security court near Amsterdam for inciting the murder of the far-right politician.
Asian news from city Islamabad
UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them.
Pakistani troops kill 37 militants in raids on their hideouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said Friday.
An Afghan woman who sings outdoors to protest the Taliban’s morality laws says she won’t be silenced
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman who posted a video of herself singing outdoors in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s morality laws, which include a ban on women’s voices in public, said Thursday she won’t be silenced.
Pakistan vows to stand with ally China, defeat terrorism’s aim to ‘drive a wedge’
At least 50 civilians and security personnel were killed in about a dozen insurgent attacks in ethnic Baloch majority areas of the province over the weekend. The attacks were timed to coincide with the 17th anniversary of the 2006 assassination of the province’s former chief minister Nawab Akbar Bugti by the army after he rebelled against military dictator Pervez Musharraf.
Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Traders in Pakistan went on strike Wednesday, shutting down their businesses in all major cities and urban areas to protest a rise in electricity costs and new taxes imposed on shop owners.