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KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to help the Afghan-led peace process along other regional countries. In a meeting with Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Karzai on Sunday welcomed Zarif to Kabul, asking the Islamic Republic to cooperate with Afghanistan in certain fields as it was doing in the past, according to ...

Gulbadin, a former warlord and nicknamed as “Butcher of Kabul” returned to Kabul from his 19 years of hiding out to a glorious welcome, leading of a mammoth vehicular procession from Jalal-Abad to Kabul. He was given stately reception by the people who applauded him, standing on both sides of the roads. The previous warlord claimed to be the ambassador ...

Sindhi and Baloch today have transformed into modern social and cohesive entities, as they were historically however the linguistic, ethnic and sub-cultural additions that were resulted by the Partition of British India, (after the creation of Pakistan) initiated the process of integration in the societies. Politics is patchy social process, imbibed with the power; therefore state apparatus of Pakistan, like ...

KANDAHAR: Abdul Ghafoor Feroz, a media advisor and Islamic scholar in the governor’s house of southern Kandahar province was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Sunday, an official said. Feroz came under attack while heading to his office in the capital of Kandahar province this morning. Zubair, brother of Feroz, told media that his brother was shot dead near his ...

EDITORIAL: There is a need of comprehensive military strategy to be choked out in a bid to deal with any uncertainty across the country in war against all form of insurgents, but especially against the Taliban insurgents—who recently announced their spring offensive. The Taliban insurgents has unleashed its annual so-called “spring offensive”, saying they will target Afghan and foreign forces. ...

Provincial council member states the Kunduz district has fallen to the Taliban following two days of heavy clashes. Sayed Asad Sadat, a Kunduz provincial council member said Qala-e-Zal district collapsed on Saturday morning to the Taliban after two days of heavy clashes between the insurgent group and security forces. He said however that as yet there are no reports of ...

KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Pakistan’s charge d’ affaires over Pakistani troops’ entry into Afghan territory that resulted in conflict with Afghan forces at Spin Boldak area. The ministry said in a statement that Pakistan’s attack on Afghan forces is a clear violation of regulations which compels us to share the Afghan government’s concern over the incident with ...

Tells centre western and northern routes, Sino-Pak trade imbalance missing from CPEC long-term plan. PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has conveyed its concerns to the federal government about several aspects missing from the draft long-term plan (LTP) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, including western and northern routes, Sino-Pak trade imbalance and water resource management. The LTP 2017-30 is ...

PARIS: Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online barely 24 hours before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Macron, who is seen as the frontrunner in an election billed as the most important in France ...

EDITORIAL: Officials in the southern province of Kandahar reported of conflict between Afghan and Pakistani troops in the border area. The Pakistani soldiers entered Afghan soil Friday morning, according to the provincial spokesman, opening fire at the Afghan border guards in the Loqman and Nazar villages of the border district of Spin Boldak. The official added that Pakistan military entered ...