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The parliament of Turkey has approved the presence of its forces to operate in Afghanistan for another two years in the framework of the NATO-led mission, it has been reported. The Turkish lawmakers approved the extension of its armed forces mission during a session of the parliament on Tuesday. According to the local media reports, the move empowers the government ...

KABUL: The former Afghan skipper Nawroz has retired from international cricket as he eyes to head the selection committee in Afghan Cricket Board. Mangal announced his retirement from the international cricket during a press conference in Kabul today. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials said Mangal will continue to serve as head of the selection committee. The 28-year-old former Afghan ...

GERMANY: An Afghan asylum seeker has set himself on fire in Germany due to unknown reasons, leaving serious burns over his body, it has been reported. The incident reportedly took place at a Supermarket located in Bavaria state in southeast of Germany. According to the police authorities, the man poured gasoline on his body as he was carrying a knife ...

ویل کیږي چي ده پنجاب ده ګوجرانواله او نورو سیمو کې بازي خلق ده یو مزار سره ده مذهبي عقیدت یا دا مزهبي پیرا یتیمنان ماشومانو سره یا ده خپل شخصي فائدي ده پاره پلاران خپل ماشومانو ته په وړوکوالي کی په سر ده اوسپنې ټوپۍ په سر کړي چي دې سره ھغه ماشوم تر عمره اعصابي ناروغه وي. ده ماشوم ...

The son of a Pakistani governor who was assassinated over his opposition to the nation’s blasphemy laws is now the subject of a fatwa calling for his death after he criticized the nation’s blasphemy laws and voiced his support for its victims on Facebook. Shaan Taseer, the son of slain Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer and a human rights activist, took ...

A Syrian man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of seeking 180,000 euros (US$190,000) from the Islamic State group to buy vehicles that he intended to use for one or several bomb attacks, authorities said yesterday. The 38-year-old, who came to Germany in late 2014 as an asylum-seeker, was arrested on Saturday in Saarbruecken, close to the French border. ...

State Grid of China will help build a 4,000-megawatt power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at US$1.5 billion, Pakistan said yesterday, the latest in a series of Chinese investments in its South Asian neighbor. The high-capacity transmission line will be the first of its kind in Pakistan and will link Matiari town in the south, near a ...

The British government announced on Sunday that it would launch a new one pound coin at the end of March and scrap the current one pound coin by October. An announcement from the British Treasury said that the new 12-sided one pound coin would become legal tender on March 28 and the new coin would be produced by the Royal ...

Turkish state media aired new footage on Tuesday of a man believed to be the gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub, showing a grim selfie video of the suspect as he circles Istanbul’s most famous square. The camera never leaves the man’s unsmiling face as he walks through Taksim square, one of Istanbul’s prime tourist spots, during the ...

Around 2,000 Shias in western Afghanistan organised a protest on Tuesday against growing sectarian attacks by the militant Islamic State (IS) group, as the government warned that IS had expanded its foothold into 11 provinces. Shouting slogans such as “Death to the enemies of Afghanistan!” and “Death to Daesh!”, the Arabic acronym for IS, the protesters in the city of ...