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KABUL: Since Afghan refugees in Pakistan were harassed and also illegal put behind bars, some 70,000 registered Afghan refugees were voluntary repatriated to Afghanistan from northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during current year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. According to the Voluntary Repatriation Centers of United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) around 5,000 Afghans from Balochistan had returned ...

KABUL: At least 24 people were killed and over 91 others were wounded in twin explosions in capital Kabul this afternoon, the security officials said. Officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said at least 24 people were killed and at least 91 others were wounded in the attack. The incident took place near the Ministry of Defense (MoD) ...

Timeworn relics from Afghanistan have been unveiled in Korea for the first time, through joint collaboration between the two countries’ national museums. Displaying artefacts of ancient civilizations between the 20th century B.C. and the seventh century, the exhibition titled “Treasures from Afghanistan” ran at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul from July 5 to Sept. 4, and will continue ...

At least after 15 years terrorism, Muslim world cannot offer any counter to the extremist ideology of the terrorist groups which defames the holy religion Islam at global level. They could not collectively come up with any Islamic fatwa against the heinous activities of the terrorist groups like IS in Iraq and Haqqani network in Afghanistan. Whenever terror attack takes ...

KABUL: At least 36 people were killed and 28 others were wounded in a deadly traffic incident on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the local security officials in Zabul, the incident took place around 4:00 am local time after a fuel tanker collided with a passenger bus. The officials further added that the incident ...

SHARAN: The Omna district of southeastern Paktika collapsed to the Taliban on Sunday after five day of continued fighting, an official said. A security official, requesting not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told Pajhwok Afghan News the district had been under siege for the past five days. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) ...

MARDAN: A protest rally and condolence meeting was held at Mardan, the second largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, to condemn yesterday’s suicide blast near the main gate of District Mardan Law Chamber that took 13 lives including lawyers, policemen and a prominent political leader of Awami National Party, Arshad Ali Khan. The protest was organized by a youth-led civil ...

The Durand Line is not a claim but an aspiration and a historical right of the Afghan people; If Pashtuns from Pashtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, we will respect their decision; Pashtuns on other side of the Durand Line are victims of conspiracies; Daesh is a foreign project; the Pakistani military must stop creating challenges for Afghanistan; Afghans will respond if ...

Since its inception; Pakistan is on wobbly ground. The heebie-jeebies state is multifactorial. Some goes back to its genesis followed by political, economic, ethnic, sectarian and social convolutions. It is pointless to go into the genesis but one fails to ignore Maulana Shabir Usmani remarks; while responding to a question from a Muslim fellow,” Will you stop me going for ...

Prof. Khadim Hussain: Born in Badaber, Peshawar, Khadim Hussain is a socio-political, cultural, civil society & human rights activist, writer, novelist columnist, blogger, linguist, researcher and author. He is currently working as Managing Director Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) Peshawar, Pakistan. Khadim He was permanent faculty for Linguistics and Communication at Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2004 to 2010. ...