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KABUL: A number of civil activists and political figures in a large gathering organized by Loya Afghanistan Movement in Kabul urged the international community to resolve the Durand Line issue. They also emphasized that Afghan people should solve the problem of the de-facto border by forging unity between their ranks. Head of the Loya Afghanistan Movement, Abdul Jamil Woqair, said ...

Pakistan eviction drive of Afghans residing in Pakistan is yet another pathetic and dehumanising face of our country.  It’s policy in shambles just like its foreign policy choices. After hosting them (albeit not for free, millions had been taken from international communities in economic and military assistance), the syndicated images spluttered over local media shows them in hordes crossing the ...

An investigation into whether Brad Pitt was abusive toward his son on a private flight in September says the case has been closed with no finding of abuse by the actor, a source familiar with the inquiry said Wednesday. The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press that the investigation was closed within the past ...

DELHI: The Indian government will re-introduce all currency note denominations with new designs and feature, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. The government sprang a surprise on Tuesday by withdrawing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, causing an upheaval with millions of people holding cash savings hurled into uncertainty. But the case will be different for smaller denominations, ...

Pakistani residents read newspapers with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in Islamabad. ─ AFP Donald Trump’s surprise election as United States (US) president has Pakistanis wary that he may accelerate what they see as a shift in American policy to favour arch-foe India in the long rivalry between nuclear-armed neighbours, analysts said on Wednesday. Historical ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred High State Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Medal on National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar. The Office of the National Security Adviser in a statement said the medal was conferred ahead of a high level meeting in ARG Palace on Wednesday. The statement further added that the medal was conferred on Atmar for his major ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the iconic Afghan woman Sharbat Gula and her family members after they returned to Afghanistan after more than 30 years. Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani handed over the key of an apartment to Gula as he called her a symbol of pain, oppression, and the hopes of Afghanistan and ...

KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai felicitated Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America. “With respect to the will of the people of the US for change in political arena, the Afghan masses expected factual changes in the fight against terrorism in accordance with the will of the Afghan people,” the former President Hamid ...

Donald Trump has stunned America and the world, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States. The Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival, plunging global markets into turmoil and casting the long-standing global political order, which hinges on Washington’s leadership, into doubt. “Hillary Clinton fought very ...

Asfandyar Wali addresses party workers convention in Swat on Monday MINGORA: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that there is an immediate need of change in the country’s foreign policy. Addressing a workers convention in Matta here on Monday, he said that the country would face Syria and Iraq like situation if its foreign policy was not ...