Earlier this month, Afghan President called upon Pakistan to allow Kabul to engage in trade with India through its land routes, a request turned down by Islamabad. India and Afghanistan have reached an agreement for establishment of an air corridor. “We reached an agreement with #India for establishment of an air corridor, to send #Afghan goods through the air. Pres ...
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The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will visit Kabul likely in next couple of weeks following the signing of a draft peace agreement with the Afghan government. According to reports, several Hezb-e-Islami party leaders have started visiting Kabul in a bid to welcome the party’s leader. “The former prime minister of Afghanistan of seven mujahideen coalition outfits is likely to ...
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The rapist and murderer of an Afghan child has reportedly been sentenced to death by an Iranian court almost six months after the brutal incident took place in the outskirts of capital Tehran. The 6-year-old Setayish Quraishi was abducted in Khairabad area in Veramin city in the outskirts of Tehran earlier this year and was brutally murdered by her killer ...
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South Asia attracted international attention once again during this week but unfortunately once again it was for the wrong reasons. The news was not about double-digit economic growth, impressive social indicators or ground breaking technological innovation. The news was about nuclear saber rattling between India and Pakistan after a terrorist attack on an Indian military base in Indian controlled Kashmir. ...
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CANADA: His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the worldwide Shi’a Ismaili community and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, was awarded the inaugural Adrienne Clarkson prize Global Citizenship for his his commitment in advancing pluralism. Clarkson, Canada’s former governor general, earlier said that when picking a recipient for the new award in her name she was looking for ...
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NEW DELHI: India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for close to 7.8 billion euros ($8.7 billion) on Friday. The long-awaited deal was inked in Delhi between defence minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian. The 7.8 billion euro deal is crucial for the Indian Air Force that is ...
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I will never accept the Durand line, it’s the biggest injustice with Lar-aw-Bar Afghans, says Meher Aurangzeb Kasi in an interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES. (Soon to be followed by the full version of her interview) ميرمن کاسۍ وايي : د ډیورنډ کرښه د منلو وړ نۀ ده او ذیاته کړې یې ده چې افغان مېندې بچي دې د پاره ...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry had said late last month during his visit to New Delhi that Washington would launch trilateral talks, which had stopped in 2013, with New Delhi and Kabul. India, the US and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region as they explored ways to “coordinate ...
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KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has apologized to the victims of the devastating war the party was involved in 1990s, hours after the party signed the draft peace agreement with the Afghan government. A senior member of the party Qarib-ur-Rehman Syed told VOA’s Afghanistan service that “Hezb-e-Islami considers itself a member and party of the people. Hezb-e-Islami ...
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وزیراعظم میاں محمد نواز شریف کے دورہ امریکہ کے کامیابی کے حوالے سے سرکاری بیانات اور ریاست کی پروردہ میڈیا اور دانشوروں کے بلند وبانگ دعوے ایک طرف مگر اصل حقیقت مختلف اور قدرے تلخ ھے۔ نوازشریف کے دورہ امریکہ کو گرہن اس وقت لگ گیا جب جس دن انہوں نے نیویارک پہنچنا تھا اور اقوام متحدہ کی جنرل اسمبلی ...
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