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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shakes hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference following their meeting to discuss the crisis in Syria, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday.— AP GENEVA: The United States and Russia reached a deal on a new Syrian ceasefire Friday, which, if it holds, could see the first ...

مذہب کے نام پر بنائے گئے ملک میں مذہب ، اگر ریاست کی لونڈی اور علماء سوء کے ذاتی مفادات کا غلام بن گیاہے،مذہب اگر جنس تجارت بن گیا ہےاور مذہب کو اگر سیاست کی بھینٹ چڑھایا جا رہا ہے تو اس میں اتنے اچنبھے کی بات نہیں۔  جہاں ہر چیز کو مذہب سے ناپنے کا رحجان زوروں پر ہو ...

The war on terror and its severe consequences have one silver lining for Pakhtuns and that is the growing realization. The month of September is a grim reminder of the fateful day when some zealots’ struck at the US. The calamity that befell the US took the lives of some 3000 people, the US hit back with extra ordinary measures, ...

KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbadin Hekmatyar, hopes a peace deal with the government will be signed in Kabul today (Saturday). Negotiations with representatives of the Ashraf Ghani administration had concluded, Hekmatyar’s son Habibur Rahman wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday. Several rounds of peace parleys between the two sides took place some months back. The negotiators ...

KABUL: The Taliban supreme leader Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada has instructed the group’s fighters to adopt softer approach in his message released on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. The statement by Akhundzada comes in contrast to the brutal approach of insurgency adopted by the group as Taliban accused of causing the majority of civilian casualties in the country. Claiming victory in the ...

Apparently the current row between the conservative Sunni-Saudi monarchy and the Shi’a theocracy of Iran is called a Haj-spate as the war of words between the world’s two most oppressive regimes has emanated from their dispute about the annual pilgrimage of Muslims to the holiest places and monuments of Islam. As the Haj drew closer it became quite clear that ...

NEW DELHI: Controversial preacher Zakir Naik‘s NGO Islamic Research Foundationhas been banned from receiving foreign funds directly and the Home Ministry has asked RBI to seek prior permission from it before releasing any money to the NGO. The decision has been taken after a preliminary inquiry conducted by the Home Ministry found that the NGO was carrying out activities contrary ...

A recent news report documented the removal of two Muslim women working for the federal government from an American Airline flight. On its surface the airline staff appeared to be upholding safety regulations, but in reality they were engaging in discriminatory practices. I know this to be true because I was one of the two women. We were removed from the ...

The Emmy and Oscar award-winning filmmaker beautifully captures the process of transforming hard stone into works of art. The Emmy and Oscar award-winning filmmaker beautifully captures the process of transforming hard stone into works of art Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s films always seem to tell stories that the world needs to know…and she’s doing what she does best with her new ...

د افغانستان پخواني جمهور رئيس حامد کرزي د آلمان د ایزرلون ښار په ایٔی ایس ایم پوهنتون کې د ”دیموکراسي او د بشري حقونو د مبارزې لپاره ائتلافونه” تر عنوان لاندې بحث کې ګ‌‌‌‌‌‌ډون وکړ. حامد کرزي په دغه اکادمیک بحث کې د افغانستان دیموکراسي، افغانو طالبانو سره د سولې او په سیمه کې تروریزم سره د مبارزې او د ...