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The Pakistani army forces have reportedly resumed barbed wire installation in selected areas along Torkham shortly after the issue resulted into the closure of the border gate. Sources privy to the development quoted in local media reports have said Inspector General of the Frontier Corps, Maj Gen Mazhar Shaheen, visited the border crossing and observed the situation there. Gen. Shaheen ...

The 500kV mega TUTAP power project controversy is spreading across the country with the residents of southeastern parts of the country stepping in to support the government’s decision for the implementation of the project.(Photo: Ismail Haqmal) Thousands of people staged demonstrations in support of President Ghani in southeastern Paktika and Khost provinces of Afghanistan. The protesters were shouting slogans against ...

The fabric of Pashtun societies in Balochistan have been systematically altered, since the filthy epoch of the Cold War politics in Pakistan. Because the movement of Talibanisation has entirely provoked — an enormous throng of Pashtuns — in the name of religion. The perception of jihad and radical Islam was extensively injected in their minds. So that, they could have ...

Obsession with the geostrategic has been deeply rooted in the ethos of the Pakistani state since its very inception. The survival instincts of a fragile new state probably necessitated it. But the geostrategic theories of the colonial ideologues also had an impact on the thinking of the ruling elites. British India, as a vital part of the British empire had ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan High Peace Council (AHPC) officials have said peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will likely complete on Sunday. Deputy High Peace Council Chief in Kabul, Ata-ur-Rehman has told The Associated Press that the deal could be completed after two years of negotiations on Sunday. A Hezb-e-Islami party representative Amin Karim has also said he ...

RAWALPINDI: The Afghan and Pakistani officials on Friday agreed to reopen the Torkham border following four days of closure that resulted to stranding of hundreds of vehicles as well as thousands of people. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday. ...

LONDON: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s speech was interrupted in the UK-based Royal United Services Institute as a fight broke out between his security guards and one of the two protesters who started interference as the President was delivering the speech. There have been mixed reactions regarding the scuffle as the video went immediately viral in social media. The social media ...

KABUL: More troops and military equipment have been deployed along the two sides of Torkham as tensions have escalated between Afghanistan and Pakistan over fencing attempt by Pakistani border guards. The additional forces were deployed on Thursday, two days after the gate remained close for the second consecutive day. According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the additional forces ...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday termed the relationship between Pakistan and United States as imbalanced and expressed concern at US’ tilt towards India. “Bilateral relationship between US and Pakistan seems to be driven by giving priority to US national security interests in the region rather those of Pakistan”, Rabbani observed while chairing a Senate session. He added that ...

LANDI KOTAL: Tension further heightened between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday and the two countries deployed tanks and armoured personnel carriers along the tense Torkham border besides sending more troops after their negotiating teams failed to resolve the border fencing dispute, political adminis­tration sources told Dawn. The two countries have locked horns over the issue of fencing of some points ...