Sharjah, UAE (CNN) — He plays the only sport approved by the Taliban, and Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil hopes the game he learned as a war refugee will play a big part in uniting his country. “Now it’s very popular. The young generation really like cricket, …
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(CNN) — In his first address since returning to Pakistan from self-exile, former President Pervez Musharraf declared his intention to run for office, saying he defied risks to “save” the country. Musharraf landed in Karachi on Sunday after more than …
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Pakistani has seen several such deadly attacks in recent years, including one last month that struck a crowded marketplace on the outskirts of Quetta that killed at least 89 people and wounded at least 180 others. That blast followed a January day of …
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London (CNN) — Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was in stable condition at a British hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgeries to repair her skull and help her hearing, officials said. “Both operations were a success and Malala is now …
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Militants attacked an army base in northwest Pakistan in a coordinated assault that resulted in an hours long gun battle that left at least 35 people dead on Saturday, intelligence and security officials said. At least 13 …
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(CNN) — Malala Yousafzai was glad to hear that her long ordeal of surgeries will soon be over. Just two more to go, doctors in Britain say. Hopefully. She will receive a titanium plate in the coming days, to cover an opening in her skull, and an inner …
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday met with Shiites in Quetta who are protesting the bombing deaths of 97 people last week, Pakistani media reported. Ashraf addressed protestors who are taking part in a …
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Read a version of this story in Arabic. (CNN) — Tensions between India and Pakistan flared Sunday in the Kashmir region, with at least one Pakistani soldier killed in the violence, its military said. But exactly what happened depends on the source …
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(CNN) — Christopher Martin-Jenkins, whose commentary for BBC Radio’s Test Match Special for more than four decades made him one of cricket’s most respected journalists, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 67. His death on New Year’s Day comes three …
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The bodies of 21 Pakistani tribal police officers were found Saturday night, two days after they were abducted during a raid linked to the Taliban, a senior government official said. Militants killed two security forces and …
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