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BERLIN –  German authorities arrested five men Tuesday on allegations they aided the Islamic State group in Germany by recruiting members and providing financial and logistical help. The federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the men were arrested on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization. The arrests were made in a series of raids in the western state ...

State within a state are deemed norms in present day political phenomenon. But to have a glomerulus of states within a State might wonder some people. State is a type of polity that an organized community living under system of government or authority. Its functions are many but some significant out of the important are; security from internal or external ...

Pakistan assures Afghan diplomats of maximum support By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: Nat-Geo celebrity Sharbat Gula’s arrest, sentencing to 15 days imprisonment and deportation to Afghanistan, turned to another direction when local authorities got her thumb impression, pleading that she might be allowed to stay in Pakistan as atmosphere is not conducive for leaving in Afghanistan. However, the Afghan “Mona Lisa” stressed ...

KABUL: The Minister of Information and Culture of Afghanistan Abdul Bari Jahani submitted his resignation to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. In an online statement posted through his official Facebook account, Minister Jahani said he can not continue to serve as the Information and Culture Minister due to the illness he is suffering from. Jahani thanked President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for ...

لر او بر پښتنو په خاوره چې د اور دا کومې لمبې بلې دي, پښتانه او د پښتنو جايدادونه پکې ايره کېږي, هر سړی پوهيژي چې د چا د لاسه, خو هر پښتون غلی دی, يواځې د هغه ورځ په تمه دی چې کله به چاودنه وشي, دې به پکې ژوند د لاسه ورکړي, نور د پښتون د لاسه څه ...

مفاد عامہ کے ایشیوز کو اجاگر کرنے اور اعلی حکام کے ساتھ اٹھانے کا ایک اچھا طریقہ کھلا خط لکھنے کا بھی ھے۔ قبائلی عوام کن مشکلات اور مسائل سے دوچار ھیں اس ضمن میں پشتون سوشل میڈیا موومنٹ نے چیف آف آرمی سٹاف کے نام ایک کھلا خط لکھا ہے۔ مسلے کی اہمیت کے پیش نظر اس خط کو ...

وزيرستان په وانا بازار کې تيره ورځ د پاکستان فوج د يو ميجر د هلاکت روسته قهريدلو فوځيانو لخوا يو لويی مارکيټ په بمونو والوځول شو. روانه اونۍ کې دغه مارکيټ تر څنګ روانه جګړه کې د يو پاکستاني فوجي ميجر عمران د هلاکت تر څنګ لس نور فوځيان ژوبل شوي وو چې روسته يې بيا په سلګونه دوکانونه لرونکی ...

According to the provisions of the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) they are liable to be charged under the principle of collective responsibility where the entire tribe can be punished for the offense committed by an individual. FATA Pashtuns in general and those from Waziristan in particular are a horrible example of the fact that people of peripheries are expendable and ...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have abducted at least 6 civilians in Ghor province, days after executing at least 31 civilians in this province. According to the local officials, the 6 civilians were abducted late on Friday afternoon from the work place and have been taken to an unknown location. Provincial governor’s ...

AT-KABUL: The United Stated military confirmed that the US airstrike killed Al Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Kunar province last month, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the assault that killed Farouq al-Qahtani as a “precision strike” and said it took place on October 23. ...