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11th September 2016 | AFP | AP NEW YORK: America commemorated the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sunday with emotional services of remembrance in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honor those who perished in the world’s deadliest terror strikes. On September 11, 2001, four passenger jets crashed into the Twin Towers in Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani authorities have said the trade route to India for the Afghan traders has not been closed, days after President Ghani warned Pakistan to close the route to Central Asia if Afghan traders are stopped to use Wagah border. “Pakistan is fulfilling its commitment to the Afghan people by providing them a trade transit facility,” Nafees Zakaria, spokesman ...

Singer Nazia Iqbal was forced to quit singing by the kidnappers of her sons. Now, she’s back with a new album Singer Nazia Iqbal was forced to quit singing by kidnappers of her sons. Now, she’s back with a new album – Screengrab PESHAWAR: Noted Pashto folk singer Nazia Iqbal has said that she will continue serving Pashto quality music ...

KABUL: A former top Taliban leader has said the group is under pressure to revive peace talks with the Afghan government months after the group rejected calls by the Afghan government to participate in direct peace talks. Agha Jan Motasim has told the New York Times that the main motives behind growing demand to revive peace talks are latest mounting ...

وزیراعظم نریندرا مودی کے دور میں بھارت کی جارحانہ پالیسی علاقے میں نئی تزویراتی تبدیلیوں کا پیش خیمہ ثابت ھو رہی ہے۔ جنوب اور جنوب مشرقی ایشیا میں نئی ابھرتی ھوئی تزویراتی تبدیلیوں کے نتیجے میں علاقائی اور عالمی قوتوں کی نئی صف بندی وجود میں آرہی ہے۔ علاقے میں موجود قدرتی وسائل اور بیرونی منڈیوں تک رسائی اور انرجی ...

Worldwide a trend is seen in changing status of women in leading political roles .World super power USA has a woman in run for presidential elections, for the most powerful seat of world. Hillary clinton run for presidential seat is a sign that women are getting acceptance worldwide in political roles. Pakistan had the privilege of electing Benazir Bhutto twice ...

Pashtuns need to get education, says Ms. Haseena, granddaughter of Ajab Khan Afridi in an interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES. د عجب خان اپريدي لمسی وايي, پښتنو ته د تعليم ډيره اړتيا ده THE PASHTUN TIMES

GERMANY: Former president Hamid Karzai has once again faulted the ongoing war on terror, saying the flawed campaign has given rise to extremism in the region. Speaking at the International School of Management (ISM) in Germany, he expressed his views on democracy in Afghanistan, peace talks with Taliban and the need for eradicating terrorist safe havens. A statement from his ...

KABUL: Optimisms are on the rise with the opening of the New Silk Road connecting China with the Eurasian landmass as two trains carrying dozens of containers bound for Afghanistan left China with the first consignment arriving in Hairatan port of Afghanistan earlier this month. The initiative by China is considered is a major turnover in Afghanistan’s efforts to turn ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the foreign ill-wishers of Afghanistan are in isolation as he reaffirmed the government’s stance to turn the country into the graveyard of the terrorists, ruling out the softer stance the government had earlier to resolve the issue through negotiations. In his speech during a gathering to observe the Martyrs’ Week, President Ghani said the ...