National Directorate of Security News

Pakistani national and chief of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Asim Umar, was killed in a joint operation by the US and Afghan forces in the Helmand province, country's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Tuesday. Watch this video to know more.

On the arrest of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, Pervez Musharraf said Hafiz was not a terrorist.  

Two top Al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan were killed in a US drone attack, the nation`s spy agency confirmed Thursday, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country.

Three key commanders of the Taliban group have been arrested during a joint clearance operation in Afghanistan`s northern Samangan province.

Afghan lawmakers approved government nominees as interior minister and attorney general on Saturday, offering a boost to a struggling administration that has been undermined by infighting since it was formed following a disputed election in 2014.

Taliban militants committed gang-rapes and mass murders in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Amnesty International has said.