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The United States has reportedly told Pakistan to fund over $700 million for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets itself, days after the US congress blocked the funds to purchase the jets for Pakistan. US State Department spokesman John Kirby has said the congressional opposition meant funds from the US government’s Foreign Military Financing allocation could not be used to ...

In the history of the world, mothers have reared children to be slaughtered in the wake of bloody conflicts between the greedy nations. The day Aylan al Kurdi drowned, it was like every children drowned. But thanks to God, they are immature and innocent enough that they hope for the new peaceful morning after the harsh bloody day in different ...

In the wake of 9/11 terror attack on World Trade Centre US attacked Afghanistan in a quest to stamp out Al-Qaeda bases and neutralize Taliban in Afghanistan, and with this started the war against terrorism. The war was later also extended to Iraq in 2003 against Saddam Hussain government on the stupendous pretext that he retained weapons of mass destruction. ...

The tapered minds of our children, youth and elders are the consequence of the “Fear” embedded in their minds and the chief fear is the “fear of Failure”. Here, by fear I mean avoiding something in advance with the chances of failure, this is usually a presumption of failure in any activity, and this fear intact throughout the life of ...

“This is the most tragic example of a shameful Government policy,” Lord Ashdown, who champions the cause of the translators, told media.” Tragedy of betrayed Afghan hero: Translator facing deportation despite helping the British Army kills himself after being told he does not qualify for asylum UNITED KINGDOM: An Afghan asylum seeker has reportedly committed suicide in United Kingdom after ...

AFGHANISTAN: The government of India has increased formalities for the issuance of visas for the Afghan nationals amid concerns that the Afghan passports have been seen in possession of some of the citizens of neighboring countries of Afghanistan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani told lawmakers in the Upper House of the Parliament, Meshrano Jirga, the issue has became ...

The decision by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to live-tweet the military operation that culminated in the death of Osama bin Laden “as if it were happening today” has been criticized by online users. The criticisms followed after CIA shared details of the mission and intelligence that led to America’s most wanted man being found, with majority of the audience reacting ...

This file photograph taken on May 2, 2011, shows the hideout of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after he was killed by US Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad. —AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Five years ago, elite United States forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden, ending a manhunt that began in earnest after his Al Qaeda operatives hijacked ...

The site in Abbottabad’s Bilal Town where once stood a huge compound which was raided by the US Navy Seals in the midnight of May 1 and May 2, 2011. The Americans claimed killing Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in the strike. Pakistani authorities later dismantled the building to prevent frequent visits by Osama’s followers. The site now remains ...

The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has said that the ongoing violence in Afghanistan is not as a result of conflict among Afghans but is the result of an imposed war on the Afghan nation. In his speech during the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Karzai said “We are ...