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On Sunday night, Le Pen called on French “patriots” to support her in the second round. In response, Macron must now define new forms of patriotism, and new forms of solidarity, for those in France who want to remain French but embrace the world. (ANNE APPLEBAUM) TRUE to the spirit of 1789, the revolutionary French are a step ahead of ...

KABUL: Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the daughter of Prince Karim Aga Khan met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in ARG Palace today and reaffirmed continued support to the Aga Khan Development Network to Afghanistan. According to the informed sources, Princess Zahra, the head of the social welfare of the Aga Khan Development Network, was accompanied by a delegation of the ...

KABUL: When there is a heart-wrenching incident taken place in Afghanistan, officials at different stage thumps their chest for condemnation only. And they slam in strongest possible terms, while the enemies are keeping head toward another inhuman act. Mere condemnation would not cure the pain of the victims. Even, international community, and some embassies within the country are also in ...

INDIA: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Subamanian Swarmy on Sunday has said that India should recognize Baluchistan as a separate country and must be taught a lesson to Pakistan by dividing it into Pashtunistan, Baluchistan and Sindhudesh. Delivering a lecture on “India and International terrorism” in India he said, India should pay in kinds by teaching ...

KABUL: Mashal Khan, a young man from Mardan, was brutally killed in Khan Abdul Wali Khan University based on allegations of blasphemy. The current realities are not in favor of enlightened intellectuals and progressive thinkers on either side of the Durand Line; non-state actors, supportive of terrorist interest’s entities. Meanwhile, the consecutive brutal killings of intellectuals and humanists are sending ...

KABUL: The German Green Party has strongly condemned the recent US bombing in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Under the presidency of the Donald Trump, US has obtained unfair strategy in which attention toward civilian protection has not been paid, the party added. Green party security spokeswoman, and also member of German parliament, Agnieszka Brugger said: “Trump through carrying ...

PARIS: Partial results from the French presidential election suggest that the centrist Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen of the anti-immigration National Front will face each other in next month’s run-off poll. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen will contest the second round of the French presidential election, initial projections suggested Sunday, after a nail-biting vote seen ...

KABUL: The association of the Afghan youth declared support to the former president Hamid Karzai for his remarks against the US aerial attack. Karzai was the first Afghan who criticized the drop of the world’s biggest bomb by the United States military on April 13, in the Achin district of Nangarhar province. “We on behalf of a large number of ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived to northern Balkh province of Afghanistan after a deadly attack ripped through the Afghan army corps base in this province. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani arrived in Balkh province after the attack on the 209thShaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army. No further details have been given regarding the ...

KABUL: At least 135 soldiers have been killed and 65 others wounded in a Taliban attack on the Shaeen Military Corps in northern Balkh province, a well-placed source revealed on Saturday. More bodies were recovered this morning, taking the overnight toll from 70 to 130, the official told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity. The attackers clad in military ...