Katharine Houreld, Thomson Reuters

Kidnapped Pakistani anti-drone activist reappears, says he was tortured

Activist Kareem Khan was blindfolded and interrogated in two different locations, his lawyer Shahzad Akbar said, and tied up and beaten on the soles of his feet.

Swedish-British journalist Nils Horner shot dead in central Kabul

Pakistani Taliban agrees to ceasefire with government to help its counterpart in Afghanistan