China and Russia established the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2001 as a way to counterbalance Western alliances in the areas of security, politics, and economics
Li will also attend the SCO meeting of heads of government being hosted by Islamabad on Tuesday
Witnesses and local police say clashes in turbulent Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province erupted after armed men fired at passenger vehicles
Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, renews her appeal to Taliban leaders to ‘change course’ by lifting the restrictions
Insurgent violence spike comes before next week’s Beijing-led Islamabad SCO meeting
Islamabad has justified its decision to outlaw the regional Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, citing its alleged incitement of violence against the state and attempts to establish a ‘parallel judicial system’
United Nations calls for immediate end to executions, corporeal punishments in breach of international law
BLA insurgent group claimed responsibility for what it said was a suicide bomb blast
TTP, BLA insurgents claim responsibility for violence
Statement comes as Moscow hosts regional meeting on Afghanistan with Taliban delegates in attendance
Pakistani authorities have blocked highways and roads leading into the city with freight containers
Russia is set to convene a meeting of regional countries to discuss, among other issues, expansion of 'practical interaction' with Taliban-governed Afghanistan in political, economic, counterterrorism and counternarcotics areas
The Taliban takeover compelled Washington and other Western capitals to relocate their diplomatic missions from Kabul to Doha
Afghanistan’s three immediate neighbors and Russia have urged the de facto Kabul government to take ‘visible and verifiable actions’ against transnational terrorist groups
Attacks occurred in insurgency-hit Balochistan
Four nations are spearheading effort to force Taliban to answer to International Court of Justice
The cash-strapped nation has been struggling to meet its external financing needs
The summit will take place in the Russian city of Kazan October 22-24
The move comes amid persistent criticism of the powerful military-run agency for its alleged role in making or breaking elected governments in the South Asian nation
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