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KABUL: The Afghan government has approved in principle the Chabahar port agreement implementation plan, the Office of the President, ARG Palace said. According to a statement by ARG Palace, the decision was taken during a meeting of the Afghan cabinet of ministers today. The statement further added that implementation plan of Chabahar agreement was approved in principle after it was ...

توره ورځ: کراچې دپښتنودپاره دولسمه مئ دکال دوه زره اوم یوه توره ورځ ده،په دهغه ورځ زرګونوپښتانه دعوامې نیشنل ګوندپه وینا دهاغه وخت سترے محکمې قاضې قضاد(چیف جسټس آف سپریم کورټ)افتخارچودرې هرکلې ته راوتلې ولل کوم(دنوروپارټوخلق هم راغلې ولل غیردجمات اسلامې اویونیم ګوندنور) چې د هاغه وخت صدرپرویزمشرف له خوا په غیرآئینې توګه لرکړې شوے وؤ،چودرې افتخار عدلیه بحالې دپاره ...

HRCP’s Asma Jahangir, flanked by Salima Hashmi, speaks at the report launch on Wednesday. — White Star ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) spokesperson, Asma Jahangir, on Wednesday said courts that are responsible for protecting human rights have been infringing on the rights of the people. “People speak highly about the military courts and claim they provide timely ...

KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance will soon decide regarding the request to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan. Speaking to media during his trip to London, Stoltenberg said “We have received a request from our military authorities to increase our military presence in Afghanistan with a few thousand troops.” Stoltenberg further added “We are ...

KABUL: Renowned Pakistani player Younis Khan is going to be appointed as batting coach of Afghanistan’s fast-rising cricket team, a board official was quoted as saying on Thursday. Afghanistan Cricket Board Chairman Atif Mashal told a Pakistani newspaper the veteran Pakistani batsman, currently touring West Indies, had agreed to coach the Afghan side after his retirement later this month. “Younis (currently ...

KABUL: After more than one decade of war in the country, the government and its allies from the US and elsewhere have had little success staunching the flow of poppy. According to recent data from the UN office on Drugs and Crime, opium-poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 10 percent in 2016, reaching an estimated 201,000 hectares, or about 496,000 acres. ...

The long awaited US policy regarding Afghanistan is about to follow in next few weeks’ time after the recent testimony of the officials of Pentagon and state department before the arms committee of the house of representative. The realisation that the choice for pentagon is narrowing down on the battlefield which has resulted in the loss of incentive on the ...

A few days ago Observer published a column under the title Putin-Proofing the Balkans: A How-To Guide, written by John Schindler. In this article the author advocates some new geopolitical redesigns of the Balkans which are actually far from being a novelty. As a matter of fact, these ideas represent a pale copy of the ideas recently published by Foreign ...

KABUL: Afghan ambassador and President’s special envoy to Islamabad Dr. Omer Zakhilwal has challenged the impression that Afghan security forces provoked the recent deadly clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces at the Spin Boldak border area. Zakhilwal hold talks with advisor to Pakistan prime minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday, where he came over the wrong perception, developed ...

PESHAWAR: The internally displaced persons of North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday warned that they would march on Islamabad after three days if the authorities didn’t ensure their repatriation. The warning was issued by the members of Dandi Darpakhel tribe, including students, after they set up a protest camp outside the Peshawar Press Club. The participants shouted slogans for the early ...