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An Indian war veteran and strategic analyst has said India should supply heavy military equipment to the Afghan armed forces, including tanks and field artillery. In an Op-Ed published in New Indian Express newspaper, Maj. Gen. (Retd) G D Bakhshi, said ” Rapidly do capacity building of the Afghan army, so that it has a military edge over the Taliban ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised ever-closer cooperation and oversaw a series of deals on Saturday, as the two countries deepen ties in the face of growing tensions with the West. In what was Putin’s fourth trip to China since Xi became president in 2013, the two men stressed their shared outlook which mirrors the ...

Now it is an open secret that the security establishment of Pakistan unfairly exploiting the geo-strategic position of FATA since the last several decades according to their defined national interest. Our three generations become the victims of the Jihadi traumas and aftershocks occurred in the wake of strategic depth doctrine of general Hamid Gul and general Asad Durani. First to ...

PAKISTAN: New details have emerged regarding a private meeting between a Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch and religious scholar Mufti Qavi days after the selfies of the two went viral in internet. Mufti Qavi was suspended from the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee as well as the National Ulema Mushaikh Council of Pakistan after the photographs went viral. Both Mufti Qavi and Qandeel Baloch ...

AFGHANISTAN: Moor Bibi message across the Durand Line. Courtesy: Aurangzeb Kasi (Leader ANP Wali) THE PASHTUN TIMES

A lot of sane minds are furious and raising questions over the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa government’s decision of allocating Rs. 300 million in their annual budget, for a notorious religious Madrassa, Darululoom Haqqaania, located in the Nowshehra district of Pukhtoonkhwa. Haqqania is run by Jamiat Ulema Islam (S) chief, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, who is also known as, “Father of the Taliban.” The ...

KABUL: Calling China a trusted friend, President Ashraf Ghani has evinced Afghanistan’s interest in getting membership of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). At a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Tashkent, he said Afghanistan was ready for cooperation in areas of economic, business, infrastructure, security and human resource development. Afghanistan is interested in AIIB membership and benefitting from its vast experience ...

Pakistan People’s Party has a bright future, says former provincial minister Sher Azam Wazir in an interview to THE PASHTUN TIMES Interviewed by Musa Khan Nangyaley & Abid Khan Wazir Program: Mubareza ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITH THE PASHTUN TIMES

UZBEKISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain in Uzbekistan on Friday afternoon to discuss the latest upheavals in the bilateral relations between the two nations. The Office of the President said President Ghani met President Mamnoon Hussain before concluding an official visit to Uzbekistan. The two sides openly discussed the latest issues and tensions and ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed the former Indian batsman Lalchand Rajput as the new head coach of the Afghanistan National Cricket team. According to a statement by ACB, Rajput was appointed as the new head coach of the country’s national cricket team following a thorough process, including test and research among the nominees. The statement further added that ...