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The Pakistani officials are worried amid reports that the Afghan government is planning to build water dams on Kabul River. The country’s Ministry of Water and Power has said Pakistan is willing to sign a water treaty with Afghanistan. “We have held many brainstorming sessions at the ministry on this particular issue after receiving credible reports about Afghanistan’s plans to ...

The shadow provincial council chief of the Taliban group for southern Helmand province was killed during the ongoing clearance operations in this province. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Mullah Hamza was among 34 militants killed during the operations conducted in Greshk, Marjah, Sangin and Nahr-e-Saraj districts. According to a statement by MoD, the operations were conducted jointly by the Afghan ...

The Afghan government has sent a group of 46 aviation personnel to India to participate in technical and professional training. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority Qasim Rahimi has confirmed the deployment of 46 aviation personnel for training to India. Rahimi further added that the aviation personnel will resume their work in the airports of the country once they ...

The Pashtun leader, Latif Afridi, Pashto interview to THE PASHTUN TIMES. Please click on the video and watch the detailed interview. The Taliban have been imposed on Pashtuns and the Pakistan Army has incurred huge losses upon the Pashtuns of Pashtunkhwa, aiming to reach and control the controversial Durand Line. But if the Pashtuns once take up guns then the ...

BANNU: Around 2,400 families from North Waziristan Agency, which had sought refuge in Afghanistan in the wake of the Zarb-i-Azb military operation, have returned to Bannu, according to an official. He said that 5,000 families belonging to Momedkhel and Madakhel tribes and living near the Afghan border had fled to Afghanistan after the Pakistan Military operation was launched to clear ...

NORISTAN: With the financial support of Saleem Khan Kunduzi, governor of Ningarhaar province, a pro-peace picture paintings exhibition held in Paroon district of Nuristan province. Different paintings were presented in the exhibition depicting Afghans social realities. A number of Noristan local people, students and governor of that province participated in the exhibition. The governor of the province praised the exhibition ...

Today, a renowned Afghan artist Hamdullah Arbab art celebrated in the (NSS) main office. Hamdullah Arbab displayed his creative art pieces in the main office of national stability society (NSS) main office in Kabul. A number of Afghan art lovers, writers, journalists, civil society members, youths, women and politicians were participated in this significant art exhibition. The theme of the ...

PAKISTAN: A renowned Pakistani religious cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi will be investigated in the murder case of a Pakistani social media sensation Qandeel Baloch who was murdered on Saturday. Mufti Qavi appeared in a video together with Baloch last month which immediately went viral in the internet and media. A senior police official in Multan has said “We have decided ...

Abdul Ghafoor Liwal is an academic politician working for enlightenment and development of Afghan society for several years in Afghanistan. He has served on many governmental and non-governmental positions in Afghanistan. Mr. Liwal new book, ‘The Humanistic Politics in Afghanistan’ paves the way to critical thinking and helps in understanding the mindset of the present-day Afghan people. This book highlights ...

PESHAWAR (District Swabi): Former MPA Haji Shoaib Khan of Awami National Party (ANP) was shot dead on Sunday by unknown attackers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s town of Yar Hussain in Swabi district. District Police Office (DPO) Javed Iqbal told media that some gunmen entered Khan’s political office and opened fire at the former MPA. Khan, who sustained multiple wounds, was rushed ...