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The new Afghan Ambassador to Indonesia Roya Rahmani took over duties by presenting her credentials to the country’s president during a special ceremony attended by the Ambassadors of seven other countries. According to a statement released by the Embassy of Afghanistan in Indonesia, Ms Rahmani presented her credentials to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday. The other Ambassadors who ...

KABUL: An influential Pakistani religious scholar who was once labeled as the ‘Father of Taliban’ has endorsed the war skills of the newly-appointed Taliban chief. The Afghan defense officials dismissed the skills endorsement by Sami-ul-Haq and said the Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is neither a religious cleric nor he has skills in military. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Dawlat ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan should opt friendship and brotherhood instead of violence in a bid to help boost relations between the two countries. The remarks by Karzai followed during a meeting with a team of the Pakistani journalists who visited the country as part of the Equal Access program. The former President thanked Pakistan ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has strongly condemned the execution of passengers by the Taliban militants after 185 of them were kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Calling the execution of innocent civilians an act of treachery, President Ghani said the bandits are committing such crimes, criticizing the Taliban leader for the lack of information regarding the religion ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will face tough in coming months amid deteriorating security situation. The NATO-led Resolute Support Deputy Chief of Staff for Communication Army Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleveland has said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are making slow and steady progress, giving them momentum for an expected tough fight ahead. Briefing ...

PESHAWAR: The chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Pakistan Moazzam Ali was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) over the harassment of Afghan General Consul in Peshawar city of Pakistan. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, a strong protest was lodged over the Pakistani security personnel act to stop the vehicle of the Afghan General Consul ...

PESHAWAR: The Afghan consulate in Peshawar city of Pakistan has reportedly been closed by Afghanistan in protest over the harassment by Pakistani security forces. According to reports, the consulate was closed after consul general’s vehicle was searched at a check post in the Cantt area of the city. It is believed that the consulate will remain closed for an indefinite ...

LAHORE: A property dealer who had been pursuing litigation in the Lahore High Court against a religious organisation’s self-styled ‘Shariat Court’ was briefly kidnapped, intoxicated and threatened by two unidentified men on his way to the court on Tuesday. “I was heading to the high court on my motorcycle when two bearded men intercepted me near Samanabad’s first roundabout. One ...

BERLIN: German police have arrested three Pakistani suspects as 18 women have reported becoming victims of sexual assaults at a music festival, authorities said Tuesday. The mostly young women said they were encircled and groped by groups of men on Saturday night in ways that recalled a spate of mob attacks at chaotic New Year’s festivities in Cologne. Police said ...

The Pakistani police has filed a case against the US for a drone strike that targeted the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor late last month. According to the local media reports, the case was registered on the complaint of brother of a taxi driver who was driving Mullah Mansoor. The taxi driver was perished in the missile attack along ...