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MOSCOW: With President Vladimir Putin heading to China this weekend, officials in both countries extol a blossoming “strategic partnership” between the two former communist rivals. But despite Moscow’s push to strengthen ties with Beijing amid a bitter strain in relations with the West, Russia-China trade has shrunk sharply and a slew of ambitious projects have remained largely on paper. Observers ...

The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to United Nations Mahmoud Saikal updated the UN Security Council regarding the terrorist’s safe havens in Pakistan. “The fact that terrorist leaders had been found and killed in safe havens in Pakistan was proof that it had violated the sovereignty of other nations,” Saikal said. He called for urgent implementation of Security Council resolutions 1373 ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj noted the dam was built in “very difficult and hostile” conditions. (File Photo) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has reaffirmed India’s continued support to Afghanistan, saying the county will stand like a rock with Afghanistan. Swaraj was speaking during an event organized by Water Resources Ministry to felicitate its personnel and workers who successfully ...

India has pledged full support to strengthen the defense capabilities of Afghanistan in a bid to help the country preserve its unity and territorial integrity. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said “The Security Council needs to look into the deteriorating security situation and the means to contain it as it could pose serious threats to ...

The United Nations Security Council was briefed regarding the latest upheavals in Afghanistan by the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom. Haysom said Afghanistan has taken positive steps to overcome five key challenges for the survival of the unity government in 2016. Recalling his statement to UNSC in March, Haysom said Afghanistan had to tackle a potent ...

India applied for Nuclear Suppliers Group’s membership on 12th May, in response to that Pakistan also put up to join NSG by 18th May. Since then, India has been lobbying around internationally gathering sympathies and collaborating with like-minded nations to support membership of India in NSG. Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, while in a press conference has admitted having spoken ...

KARACHI: A famous Pakistani religious figure and politician Mufti Abdul Qavi is under fire because of selfies with a famous Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch which have gone viral in the social media websites. Mufti Qavi is the head of the religious wing of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) which is led by former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan. The selfies went viral shortly ...

The relation between the Islamic States of Afghanistan and Pakistan is a complicated love affair.  In public, both countries claim being brothers sharing various cultural, linguistic and historic relations; in private, however, their policy makers may do whatever evil fits their purpose for their so called “strategic interests”.  And when relations soar, Pakistan is quick to point fingers to the ...

Sartaj Aziz’s suggestion to Afghan government to offer Taliban something they can’t gain on battlefield indicates something which has not been spoken by Pakistani officials during last fifteen years. The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has recently said Afghan government should offer something to the Taliban that they cannot gain in battlefield to bring peace in the war-torn country. ...

KABUL: Police said Tuesday that expats including foreign journalists can demand security services, if they think to face threats in the capital of Kabul. Chief of criminal investigations at Kabul police Feraidon Ubaidi told Afghanistan Times that for better security of the foreign citizens, Kabul police ordered guesthouses to stay in close contacts with police to thwart unexpected threats. “We ...