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AFGHANISTAN: The United Kingdom reaffirmed support ot the Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) and confirmed to sustain an annual contribution of £70 until 2020. The commitment was made by the British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond during the NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels on Friday. The British Embassy in Kabul, citing Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, said UK will continue ...

Pakistan was created on the basis of a ‘two nation theory’ by dividing the Indian subcontinent into two states India and Pakistan. The rationale behind the formation of these states was to protect the legitimate socio-political and economic rights of the Indian Muslims from discrimination under Hindu majority rule; it cut across the diverse history of its different nationalities/religions that ...

The foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday agreed to sustain the alliance’s mission in Afghanistan beyond 2016. “Foreign Ministers from the nations participating in Resolute Support agreed today (20 May 2016) to sustain the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan beyond 2016 in a sign of strong commitment to the stability of the country,” a statement by ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said 9,800 American troops will remain in Afghanistan through most of this year. “Tomorrow we will discuss Afghanistan. And we’re going to review the progress of the Resolute Support mission and the need to continue our financial assistance for Afghan Security Forces and the imperative of planning for a new, flexible, regional ...

Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan addressing a press conference in Mardan MARDAN: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has opposed demands for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation over the Panama leaks scandal and highlighted the need for “across-the-board accountability” over the offshore holdings. Asfandyar was speaking to journalists in Mardan on Thursday. According to a press release issued ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Russian helicopters company officials have said they are prepared to establish a service center in Afghanistan to provide repair and other technical services to the Afghan Air Force. The Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Helicopters Alexander Mikheev has said the company is also prepared to assist the Afghan Air Force in training the Afghan technical staff and ...

AFGHANISTAN: A top Afghan army general Abdul Basir Sharwan was martyred in an explosion southern Kandahar province, the third senior Afghan general martyred in a span of almost 4 months. According to the provincial government media office, Gen. Sharwand, the commander of the 1st Brigade of 205th Atal Corps of Afghan National Army, was martyred while he was on his ...

AFGHANISTAN: The United States Department of States said Wednesday that the Taliban a group has a choice to participate in direct peace talks with the Afghan government as the 5th round of Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) group in Pakistan. The State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters Ambassador Olson, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was the representative ...

KABUL: NATO foreign ministers would discuss common interests with regard to the security situation in Afghanistan at a meeting in Brussels on Friday, a US diplomat said on Thursday. Ahead of the meeting, Ambassador Douglas Lute told a media briefing: “For NATO, I think it’s safe to describe Afghanistan as unfinished business.  And so for the Warsaw Summit we have ...

Kabul, Afghanistan: Despite conflict and poverty, Afghanistan has made reasonable progress in its reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health over the last decade, says the first systematic analysis and case study of the country. Afghanistan, with over four decades of conflict and political instability, has some of the worst health and mortality indicators seen globally. Although progress has been made, ...