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KABUL: The ministry of interior (MoI) Sunday condemned publicly hanging of a university student in strong terms and ordered the Wardak police to arrest perpetrators. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was hanged to death in accusation of involvement in the assassination ...

Afghan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Abdali in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18’s Parikshit Luthra said that Pakistan must make genuine efforts to fight terror. He said, there should be no good or bad terrorists and the fight against terror groups should continue. Here’s the full interview: Do you get a sense that Heart of Asia declaration will have a ...

President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday blast Pakistan for exporting terror and providing safe hideouts to the militants. In his address at the 6th annual conference of Heart of Asia in India, Ghani said that the Taliban insurgency would not survive a month if it lost its sanctuary in neighboring Pakistan, urging its neighbor to take on militant groups on its ...

Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, who concluded his two-day visit to India Sunday, said India’ s efforts to divide Pakistan and Afghanistan on peace initiative “won’t go very far in the future”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Sartaj said member countries unanimously adopted the “balanced declaration” at the end of the sixth Heart of Asia ministerial conference. “Member ...

How to prevent turning natives of Balochistan into minorities in their own home province This morning I read a Facebook post from our learned friend and former Senator Sana Baloch (Sanullah Baloch) where he voices concerns about the likelihood of natives of Balochistan (Baloch/Pashtuns) soon turning into minorities in view of the large population transfers and dislocations that CPEC is ...

AN Afghan migrant has admitted the rape and murder of a medical student, who also worked voluntarily at a refugee centre. Maria Ladenburger, the daughter of a high-ranking EU official, was returning from a party in the university city of Freiburg in Germany when she was assaulted on a cycle path. She was raped and then drowned before her body ...

At least 12 suspected terrorists were reportedly killed in air strikes in the Rajgal valley area of Khyber Agency on Sunday, Media reported. According to security sources several hideouts were also destroyed in the air strikes. Pakistan Air Force jets precisely targeted militant hideouts in Rajgal valley in which 12 militants were killed and several hideouts were destroyed, said security ...

ARMITSAR: Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani Sunday urged Pakistan to take real steps for elimination of terrorism as the sixth Heart of Asian Conference for peace and development in Afghanistan began in Amritsar today as Afghan. Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz is representing Pakistan in the conference. The conference is being attended by forty Foreign Ministers and dignitaries of ...

AMRITSAR: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that plans are underway to connect Afghanistan with India through air transport corridor. In his speech during the opening of the 6th Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar, Prime Minister Modi identified four key issues in supporting Afghanistan, beginning with an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled process. Second, he said, we must ...

افغانان يو داسی ملت ده نه غواړي چې دوست او دوښمن وپيژني په دې ديرشو کالو کې افغانانو هيڅ تجربه حاصله نه کړه خپلو همسايه هيوادونو او نورې نړې ته يې دا ثابته کړه چې تاسو کولای شی مونږ هر وخت استعمال کړی کله چې روسيه په افغانستان کې وه د کمونيست ريژيم د پرزولو د پاره امريکا اسلامي ګوندونه ...