Afghan special forces have launched a major offensive operation in Lashkargah, the besieged provincial center of the southern province of Helmand, as thousands of soldiers from special forces rushed to the city

Nepal has sought India’s assistance to conduct a flight inspection of the newly installed navigation and communication infrastructure at its newly built Bhairahawa international airport

Authorities in Sri Lanka refused to press charges against a former naval officer who is accused of having played a role in the abduction of 11 Tamil youths in 2008-2009 in Colombo, shattering hopes for thousands of Tamil families seeking justice for the disappearance of their relatives

Turkey has detained around 300 migrants, mostly Afghans, who were trying to cross into the country from the Iranian border, local media reports said

Amid the looming civil war situation in Afghanistan, a senior US State Department official has said that it is important that Pakistan keeps its borders open for refugees

Jammu And Kashmir, gradually returning to normal, has been high on the list for tourists this year, even during Covid times

An India-Russia joint training exercise commenced at Prudboy Ranges, Volgograd in Russia Wednesday with officials saying the exercise, codenamed INDRA 2021, will enhance interoperability between the Indian and Russian armies, especially in counterterror operations

At least eight people were killed and twenty were wounded when gunmen stormed the house of Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi, just minutes after a powerful car bomb exploded there in the Afghan capital, Kabul

At least 17 people were killed and 15 were injured in Bangladesh when lightning strikes - a common feature in the South Asian monsoon season - struck a wedding party on Wednesday in Bangladesh. Among the dead included seven members of a single-family

The Covid situation is likely to get worse in Sri Lanka in the coming weeks, health experts warned, as the deadly Delta variant spreads throughout the country

Pakistan National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that his country has “other options” if US President Joe Biden continues to ignore the country’s leadership

In a decision that could rile China, Bangladesh has approved the clinical trials of India’s Covaxin, indigenously developed by the company Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research

Until a few days ago, it was uncertain if Herat, a western Afghan city encircled by insurgents from three sides, would survive the Taliban onslaught or not

Pakistan recorded a massive $3 billion trade deficit in July, the first month of the financial year 2021-22, dashing the rosy picture being presented by officials citing the increase in exports

Former President Abdulla Yameen, who is currently serving a jail sentence in a corruption case, will be questioned in connection with the disappearance and murder of a journalist