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WASHINGTON: America’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan(SRAP) Richard Olson retired on Tuesday, leaving a question mark on the future of the position that was created by the outgoing Obama administration in 2009. “He has brought extraordinary experience and leadership to the job,” US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry said in a statement. There has been no announcement yet of Olson’s ...

KABUL: The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan have claimed that the victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election will help the group attract more fighters in the country. The loyalists of the terrorist group joined the Taliban insurgents to react towards the victory of the Republican candidate in the ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani wants the United Nations Security Council to include the supreme leader of the Taliban group Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada to be included in the sanctions list. During a meeting with the UNSC delegation in Kabul, President Ghani urged the delegation to include the names of the terrorists together with Taliban chief in the sanctions list. President ...

KABUL: Hamid Karzai, former president met Monday with a delegation of the National Democratic Institute in his office, talking on the electoral reforms in the country. Karzai called the noninterference of the foreign countries in the Afghan elections as the biggest help in reforming Afghan election, asking them to let Afghan people make their destiny with their free intention. “The ...

KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, on Monday met with a number of Pak-Afghan intellectuals, writers and journalists in his office. The intellectuals who called on Karzai have participated in the two-day joint conference “Cultural Corridor—a path for people solidarity” on finding out ways and means for strengthening of cordial relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which concluded here on ...

DIR: Former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and Provincial Chief of Awami National Party (ANP) and Ex-MPA Shazia Aurangzeb’s addressing a worker convention at Upper Dir, Darorara here on Sunday. Hoti said to workers that the indifferent attitude of the provincial government had increased the hardships of the people. “The Tsunami has brought numerous problems to the people”. Ameer ...

KABUL: A disturbing video which purportedly shows a kidnapped a child has gone viral and is widely being shared in media since last week. The video which apparently emerged for the first time a month ago, has started to catch attraction in media, specifically in social media during the recent days. A bare child is shown in the video as ...

For the last few weeks there were palpable, if not visible simmering currents under the surface that at last Afghans have realized that Pakistan is not trust worthy and there is a realization on both sides of that quest of Peace in Afghan Land is for Afghan to materialize. It was a soothing feeling for all after a long time ...

KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) arrested one of the attackers of German consulate who was at large, the security officials said Sunday. The officials further added that the arrested suspect was among the three suicide bombers who had launched a coordinated attack on German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Balkh province. A photograph ...

Islamabad: Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed Sunday night during cross-border firing across the Line of Control, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. “Seven soldiers embraced shahadat at the LoC in the Bhimber sector in a ceasefire violation by Indian troops late last night.” Pakistani troops responded to ‘unprovoked’ Indian firing, and targeted Indian posts effectively, ISPR said. Meanwhile Foreign Office ...