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WASHINGTON: The United States has again urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to jointly fight the scourge of terrorism, refusing to comment on the allegation that Islamabad was involved in this week’s terrorist attack at a university in Kabul. At least 13 were killed and 36 wounded when terrorists attacked the American University in Kabul on Wednesday. On Thursday, Afghan President Ashraf ...

GARDEZ: Taliban have overrun the Janikhel district of southeastern Paktia province after fierce fighting with security forces, local officials confirmed on Saturday. The militants also seized two key security posts in the embattled town near the Pakistanborder after hours of deadly clashes that left scores of people dead on both sides. Naqib Ahmad Atal, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan ...

WASHINGTON: Former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said on Friday that he was being forced to give up his Pakistani citizenship and that’s why his passport was delayed. Mr Haqqani had applied for a new passport several months ago, after his old passport expired, but he received it on Aug 25. Mr Haqqani has been living in ...

KABUL:The Foreign Office of Pakistan expressed concerns regarding the growing military cooperation between Kabul and New Delhi as Afghanistan expects delivery of more weapons from India. Nafees Zakaria, spokesman for the Foreign Office of Pakistan, told reports “Such cooperation should not be to the detriment of Pakistan.” He was apparently guesturing towards the latest attempts by Kabul and New Delhi ...

KABUL: A Pakistani official has said scholarships have been granted to at least 2,000 Afghan students in different colleges in the country including engineering and medical. Abdul Qadir Baloch has informed regarding the approval of the scholarships to the Afghan students, according to local media reports in Pakistan. Speaking to media in Pakistan, Baloch said over 7,000 Afghan students were ...

Yet another report on FATA reform has appeared and religiously repeating the past practice once more, the state has “delayed” it’s implementation for “further discussions” on the report. This decision was taken by a high level meeting convened by the Prime Minister on August 24 in Islamabad to consider the implementation of NAP. It is pertinent to note that the ...

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We don’t know how we feel about it, Kareena Erm, ‘you’re fat, but I like your hair’. A real-life Bollywood romance is supposed to be the stuff of dreams, so it came as a rude shock that one of Saif and Kareena’s sweetest romance moments actually made us cringe. At a recent event in India, Kareena reminisced about her shoot ...

Sardar Yousafzai with his ailing son Zaland BATKHELA: Senior Pashto singer Sardar Yousafzai has appealed to federal and provincial governments to provide him with financial support to get his son treated abroad. Talking to Dawn here on Thursday, he said that his 11-year-old son Zaland had been suffering for the last over six years from a mysterious disease in which ...

Objects removed from the patient’s stomach include long metal nails, hair clips and pieces of glass. — Photo by author PESHAWAR: In an unusual occurrence, surgeons in Peshawar recovered 22 pieces of metal from the stomach of a young patient on Thursday. The 22-year-old woman, a resident of Kurram Agency’s Parachinar area, complained of severe pain in her abdomen earlier ...