Nepal mobilises army for election security

IANS | February 4, 2026 6:59 PM

Kathmandu, Feb 4 (IANS) As Nepal prepares to hold parliamentary elections on March 5, the Nepal Army has been mobilised across the country to support election security starting Wednesday.

Pakistan: Strategic failure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has collapsed into ethnic security crisis

IANS | February 3, 2026 8:22 PM

Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Pakistan's hostility towards Afghanistan is not about terrorism - as for Islamabad, terrorism has always remained negotiable - but the Taliban in Kabul acting like a sovereign authority - brutal, responsive, incompetent but independent, a report has highlighted. Taliban, it said, refused to take instruction, rejected hierarchy, and declined the role scripted for them in Pakistan’s strategic theatre.