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The United Nation Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto has said the Taliban group must reconsider the notion of achieving objectives on the battlefield. Briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Mr. Yamamoto said “Once again, I call upon the Taliban to commit to direct talks with the Afghan Government, without preconditions.” He said “The Taliban leadership must ...

Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, speaks at a photo exhibition in Ankara. -AP A man gestures near to the body of a man at a photo gallery in Ankara. -AP A Turkish policeman crying “Aleppo” and “revenge” shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara on Monday, in what Moscow said was a “terrorist ...

Many people also left injured after vehicle runs into night market, with police claiming initial indications point to a terror attack At least nine people have been killed and many more were injured, according to German police, after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin. The vehicle, a large black Scania articulated lorry, ran into the market outside ...

INDIA: The National investigation Agency on Monday filed formal charges against Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Mufti Rauf Asghar and his two other key lieutenants — Shahid Latif and Kashif Jan — holding them responsible for the January 2 Pathankot airbase attack. The chargesheet also named four terrorists, who the NIA said crossed over ...

PESHAWAR: Prominent Pashto singer Mashooq Sultan died in Peshawar this morning after protected illness. Her Nimaz-e-Janaza was offered at Chugalpura, Peshawar at 02:00 pm on Monday. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of prominent Pashto singer Mashooq Sultan. In her condolence message, the Minister of State said ...

The foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey will discuss the future of Syria and the city of Aleppo at talks in Moscow on Tuesday, Turkish and Russian officials said. “(The meeting) will be to understand the views of all three sides, laying out where we all stand and discuss where we go from here,” an official from ...

The Chinese and US militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of US underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday in waters off the coast of the Philippines, the first seizure of ...

Cinemas in Pakistan began showing Indian movies on Monday, over two months after film exhibitors and theatre owners suspended the screenings amid Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack and cross-border firing incidents. Freaky Ali, a romantic comedy starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan and Amy Jackson, which was released in September in India, is the first film being screened since ...

KABUL: The Ministry of Interior said Sunday a team had been appointed to investigate the forced marriage case in the eastern Nangarhar province. The victim said that her husband accused her for not being virgin on the first night of marriage, marrying her younger sister by force. Provincial spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, confirmed a team has arrived in the province to ...

KABUL: Nearly 100 people were killed and wounded in two separate traffic incidents in western Farah and Nimroz provinces, local officials said Sunday. The first accident took place early morning when a bus collided with a truck in the Gulistan district of Farah province, said Ajmal Zahid, district governor. “At least 14 people died and 45 others were wounded in ...