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The former top Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef has slammed Pakistan for the deadly issued in Torkham, warning that Islamabad is responsible for those killed in the clash in the past three days. Zaeef who served as Taliban’s ambassador to Pakistan has in the meantime called on the Afghans to unite in a bid to protect the national sovereignty ...

The Taliban militants attempted to shift the Quetta Council to southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) said Thursday. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Afghanistan (MoD), said the attempts by the enemies of Afghanistan (Taliban) was thwarted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. The leadership councils of the Taliban group and ...

LONDON: A British lawmaker from the opposition Labour Party has been shot and injured in her constituency in northern England, media reported on Thursday. Jo Cox, 41, a mother of two, was left bleeding on the pavement after the incident in Birstall in Yorkshire, the Press Association cited an eyewitness as saying. West Yorkshire police said a 52-year-old man was ...

Pakistan’s regional isolation can’t be in its long-term national self-interest A sovereign state’s foreign policy changes with the times, according to its domestic needs and changes in global politics around it. Nations have interests and there are no permanent enemies and friendships in international politics. A neighboring state can be a boon or a bane, depending on one’s ability to ...

“Anyone who lives on Pashtun land, is Pashtun,” Pashtun intellectual professor Ijaz Khan Khattak on Pashtun identity and Nationalism. https://www.facebook.com/thepashtuntimes/videos/482077145321817/ Interviewed by Aurangzeb Zalmay THE PASHTUN TIMES  

Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on ceasefire after three days of clashes at Torkham, one of the two main crossings at the Durand Line, said officials. Clashes started between Afghan and Pakistani forces on Sunday around 9:00 pm when the latter tried to erect a gate without informing the former. According to an agreement signed between the two countries, installations and ...

The State Department officials have said the United States is watching very closely the growing tensions between the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham. In response to a question regarding the tense situation in Torkham, State Department spokesperson, John Kirby said “We are all watching the tensions very closely, that we are in touch with officials on both sides.” Kirby ...

KABUL: The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal rejects that had agreed with Pakistan authorities regarding the construction of a gate in Torkham which has resulted to a heavy clash between the Afghan and Pakistani forces in the past three days. Zakhilwal reacted towards the allegation after a private TV channel tweeted that the agreement was reached during a ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani chaired the National Security Council (NSC) meeting amid persistent tense situation in Torkham and security situation of the country. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the issue of violations by Pakistani forces in Torkham was discussed during the meeting and called the move by Pakistan against the international norms. Calling the move as ...

Former President Hamid Karzai has alleged Pakistani government of intending to raise the Durand Line issue by creating tensions at the Torkham crossing. “Pakistan’s these efforts are baseless, which would never give fruit,” Karzai told the BBC in an interview, advising Islamabad to deal with Kabul as a good neighbor, instead of interference. He asked Pakistani officials to be wise ...