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Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is all set to challenge the findings of the Quetta Commission report. A source in the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) told DawnNews that it has finalised “responses” and “arguments” to be presented in the Supreme Court in response to a report probing the Quetta Civil Hospital carnage. The source said Nacta’s response to ...

KABUL: Scores of Afghan ministries have drafted different agreements to be signed with the Uzbekistan government in order to boost up mutual trade and transit deals. Afghanistan and Uzbekistan Inter-government commercial and economic commission on Tuesday launched the 2nd conference in Kabul attended by ministers of agriculture, commerce, public works, transportation, energy and water, as well as public health. Officials ...

KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Sunday expressed deep concern over mounting insecurity throughout the country. The lawmakers called on the government to take measures and rebuff the threats. Ramp up insecurity in different parts of the country and high threats particularly against parliament is the matter of concern and needs to be focused, said ...

KABUL: In according to Pakistan government’s decision of management on the Durand Line, no one is allowed to enter Afghanistan without passport at Torkham from Sunday (January 1st 2017). However, tribesmen from Shinwari and Afridi tribes are exempted of passport and visa restrictions and they are allowed to travel between the two countries on showing of National Identity Cards or Special ...

Muslims Youths Demonstrate in Cologne, Germany THE PASHTUN TIMES

گزشتہ چند دھائیوں کے واقعات اور سماجی ، سیاسی اور معاشی تبدیلیوں نے پشتون بیلٹ کا نقشہ تبدیل کرکے رکھ دیا ہے۔ داخلی اور خارجی دونوں قسم کی تبدیلیوں سے پشتون معاشرے کی ساخت یعنی فیبرکس میں بنیادی تبدیلیاں رونما ھوئی۔ پاکستان بننے کے بعد غیر جمہوری ھتھکنڈوں اور ریاستی جبر و تشدد کی وجہ سے پشتونوں میں انگریز سامراج ...

In the mid 1980s when the Cold War was at its peak and things had heated up in Afghanistan, the former Soviet statesman Mikhail Gorbachev described Afghanistan as a country that had turned into a bleeding wound. Unfortunately, apart from some brief intervals, the unlucky country hasn’t seen peace in the true sense of the word throughout the last four ...

Claiming descent from the armies of Alexander the Great, the Kalash once ruled Kafiristan ‘land of the infidels’, an area which stretched across the north of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The unfortunate crash that killed the pop-musician-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed amongst many others, seems to have created a media frenzy. While the Pakistani media landscape is preoccupied with his pop music legacy ...

1 January 2017 By Secretary-General António Guterres On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart. How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight? Civilians are pounded with deadly force. Women, children and men are killed and injured, forced ...

HEIDELBERG: An Afghan migrant attacked a Bible-reading woman in a refugee camp in Austria, it has been reported. The 50-year-old woman was reportedly attacked by a 22-year-old Afghan migrant whose identity has not been disclosed by the authorities yet. According to the local media reports, citing the police authorities, the man has confessed he attacked the woman and described ‘personal ...