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The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan is attempting to attract China’s support in their ongoing bloody campaign in Afghanistan which has entered to its 15th year with the civilians paying a hefty price of the ongoing violence. According to a Taliban leader quoted in a report by Pakistan’s The Express “I can confirm that our delegation had visited China to ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Khanshin district in southern Helmand province has reportedly fallen to Taliban control after hours of heavy gun battle between the Taliban insurgents and the Afghan security forces. The security officials confirmed that heavy gun battle erupted among the Afghan forces and the Taliban insurgents late on Friday night. Provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zawak confirmed heavy clashes are still ...

Missing Baloch social worker was ‘picked up’ on Karachi Superhighway KARACHI: The whereabouts of social worker and publisher Abdul Wahid Baloch, a resident of Chakiwara in Lyari, are still unknown after he went ‘missing’ on July 26, while his family alleges that he was picked up by law enforcement agencies. A telephone operator at the Civil Hospital in Karachi, Abdul ...

Public activities of UN-designated terrorist networks will definitely increase the country’s international isolation. Terminology of “old” and “new” Pakistan has acquired a particular connotation in the recent political discourse in the country. Parallel to that discussion there have also been similar claims and counter claims in debate about the emergence of a new Pakistan in terms of facing the challenge ...

KABUL: Afghanistan officially became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Meshrano Jirga or Upper House of the Parliament approved the laws required as preconditions for membership, officials said on Friday. Afghanistan has become the 164th member of the organization. “The WTO gives us the opportunity to bring reforms in the trade sector, it is also very important ...

KABUL: Afghan Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) HR manager Khalilullah Oria was killed and another man wounded in an explosion in capital Kabul late on Friday, an official said. The explosion took place in the limits of 5th municipality district in a crowded place of Kot-i-Sangi near a flyover. Interior Ministry Spokesman Seddiq Sediqui confirmed the explosion and killing of the lawmaker. ...

KABUL: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov has expressed concern over security situation in the southern border with Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday. According to Sputnik report the Uzbek president during a Security Council meeting discussed deteriorated security situations in neighboring Afghanistan and its spillover effects on the country’s southern border. The presidential services said the meeting which was chaired ...

At least five US soldiers have sustained injuries during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, it has been reported. The US soldiers were reportedly partnering with the Afghan special forces during an operation in Nangarhar. The top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has confirmed that five US soldiers were wounded in the last few days. Without ...

MINGORA: The elders of Kalam and adjacent areas on Thursday demanded of the government and law enforcement agencies to refrain from harassing innocent people. A jirga of the Kalam elders was held soon after the burial of Malak Shehzada, a local resident, who on Wednesday committed suicide by jumping into the Swat River. The family members blamed the law enforcement ...

Samia’s neck had bruise mark, says autopsy report GUJRAT: The autopsy report of Samia Shahid, a British national of Pakistani origin who was allegedly murdered for ‘honour’ near Mangla on July 20, says there was a bruise mark on the neck and blood-stained froth was leaking from her mouth. To reach a conclusion regarding the actual cause of death, the ...