Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

Signing of peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami delayed due to technical issues

KABUL: The signing of peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddi Hekmatyar has been delayed due to technical issues, the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) said Monday. According to a statement by AHPC, the signing of the peace agreement was postponed due to Eid holidays but a final agreement has been concluded between the Afghan government and the party. The ...

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Pak Army officers beat up the Motorways police

PESHAWAR – In what could go down as a first case of using military might on traffic wardens in Pakistan, a squad of army personnel led by a major tortured three Motorway policemen on Grand Trunk or GT Road. Sources told Daily Pakistan that one Sub-Inspector Atif Shehzad on Sunday morning signaled an over speeding car near Nihal Pura, after ...

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Gulab Mangal, Minister for Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan, says Afghanistan is the home of all Pashtuns

د افغانستان د سرحدونو او قبايلو چارو وزير ښاغلې ګلاب منګل صیب’دې پښتون ټایٔمز’ سره په ځانګړې مرکه کې وايي افغانستان د ټولو پښتنو ګډ کور دی In an exclusive interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES, Mr. Gulab Mangal, Minister for Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan, says Afghanistan is the home of all Pashtuns. THE PASHTUN TIMES

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Protests over woman’s house arrest in Turbat

SAHER BALOCH TURBAT: Women take part in a demonstration. KARACHI: Protests that began a week ago in Turbat, Balochistan, are making their way to Karachi after reports of a woman held under house arrest in Turbat reached here through a human rights group. According to Ghani Parwaz, a member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) who led a ...

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Sanctioning Pakistan can backfire, US lawmakers warned

WASHINGTON: United States lawmakers were warned at a congressional hearing that sanctioning Pakistan or declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism could backfire. A transcript released on Sunday shows a lively debate on the issue at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which held a hearing on US-Pakistan relations. In his opening statement, the committee’s chairman Senator Bob Corker expressed ...

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Iran says detained migrants exhibited in cages ‘were not Afghans’

KABUL: A top Iranian diplomat based in Kabul has rejected the detained migrants exhibited in cages by Shiraz city police were Afghan nationals. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires Ali Reza Hajizada clarified the issue during a meeting with the second deputy foreign minister for political affairs of Afghanistan Syed Javid Hashemi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) in a ...

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د نېکمرغه لوی اختر د رارسېدو په مناسبت د حامد کرزي د مبارکي پبغام

د نېکمرغه لوی اختر د رارسېدو په مناسبت د حامد کرزي د مبارکي پبغام بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم د نېکمرغه لوی اختر د رارسېدو له امله خپلې نېکې هیلې او د زړه له کومې مبارکۍ ټولو افغانانو او د نړۍ مسلمانانو ته وړاندې کوم. د لوی خدای ج له درباره غواړم چې د افغانستان سرلوړۍ او با عزته ملت د ...

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یونیفارم اور قانون کی بالادستی/ ایمل خٹک

اردو کی یہ ضرب المثل کہ ایک تو چوری اور اوپر سے سینہ زوری تو ھم نے سنا تھا لیکن اس کا عملی مظاہرہ گزشتہ دنوں نوشہرہ خیبر پختونخوا میں اس وقت دیکھنے میں آیا جب ٹریفک کی خلاف ورزی کرنے پر روکنے کے خلاف دو سادہ لباس میں ملبوس فوجی افسران نے نہ صرف موقع پر متعلقہ موٹروے پولیس ...

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Artists and kids hold anti-toy weapons rally in Malakand Division

MALAKAND DIVISION: An Anti-toy weapons rally was held by Hunar Kor a local organisation in Thana today. The purpose of the rally was to aware public on the bad impacts of the toy guns on the minds and behaviours of kids. The rally mainly consisted of small school going kids who held up play cards with slogans against toy guns. Some ...

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Durand Line is a failed attempt to divide Pashtuns on both sides, says Farooq Afridi

Durand Line is an extreme historic injustice, says Farooq Afridi in an interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES THE PASHTUN TIMES

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