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POLAND: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will start talks on Afghanistan during the second day of the Warsaw summit in Poland today with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saying the alliance focuses on 3 important decisions regarding the country. ” I expect Heads of State and Government to make three important decisions on Afghanistan,” Stoltenberg said while responding to a question if the ...

نن په زرګونو ماشومان يو ځل بيا يتيمانان شول عبدالستار ايدهی د جنورې د میاشتې په اول تاریخ 1928ز کال کې د هند په ګجرات ولایت کې زیږیدلې وو. د پاکستان د جوړیدو وروسته ايدهی د خپلې کورنۍ سره له هند نه پاکستان ته مهاجر شو او د کراچی ښار په کهارادر نومې سيمه کې ميشت شو, عبدالستار ايدهی د ...

KABUL: The former Afghan lawmaker Farkhunda Zahra Naderi hailed the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) for risking their lives to protect the Afghan citizens. Ms Naderi launched a campaign during the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr which included a visit to 300 bed hospital where the wounded Afghan police service members are being treated. Today’s campaign which also included ...

POLAND: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with his American counterpart President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Warsaw summit in Poland. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah was also present during the meeting. Obama said he has extended the presence of the US forces in Afghanistan considering the assessments of the political ...

The United Kingdom will deploy additional 50 troops to Afghanistan to increase the number from the existing 450 to 500 soldiers. The British officials have said UK will also delay the departure of the last remaining forces in the country into 2017. “The aim is to build the capacity of the Afghan national defence and security forces,” the British prime ...

“The pledging of oath of allegiance by Aiman-ul-Zwahiri, the head of Al-Qaida, to Haibatullah Akhunzada, the new leader of Taliban removes every doubt about the international character of the Taliban terrorist threat.” Central Asia doesn’t receive full attention in discussions about the regional impact of apparently unending conflagration in Afghanistan, despite the fact that three out of the six immediate ...

KARACHI: Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 92 in Karachi on Friday night. Edhi’s funeral prayers will be offered on Saturday after Zuhr prayers at the National Stadium, after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village. Abdul Sattar Edhi sits in his office in Karachi.— AFP/File “He wished ...

BERLIN: German authorities have arrested a Pakistani man accused of spying for Iran on the former head of a group that promotes German-Israeli relations. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that the 31-year-old, identified only as Syed Mustufa H. in keeping with German privacy rules, was arrested on Tuesday in the northern city of Bremen. They said in a statement that he ...

If there’s one thing well known (even if it’s not mentioned) about young men, it’s that their libidos run riot most of the time. Biologically, their ‘sex drive’ peaks around 18 to 22 years of age – http://www.menshealth.com/events-and-promotions/sex-myths. This relates to their hormonal peak, but has nothing to do with performance or satisfaction. And it’s not just men who suffer ...

KHOST CITY: Despite the closure of the Durand Line by Pakistani authorities for the past one month, prices of most commodities remain steady in Afghan markets, businessmen in southeastern Khost province say. Pakistan blocked the border crossings after its military began building installations on the Durand Line in Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. The move sparked fears prices of a ...