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Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) won 35.3 of the vote, projections showed.─ Photo: Facebook page VIENNA: Austria’s anti-immigration far-right triumphed on Sunday in the first round of presidential elections, dealing a rude wake-up call to Vienna’s cosy political establishment two years before the next scheduled general election. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) won 35.3 of the ...

JALALABAD: At least 31 Nangarhar University students accused of insulting the national flag have been awarded jail terms, an official said on Sunday. Some months back, hundreds of Nangarhar University students staged a protest in support of militants and insulted Afghanistan’s national flag. After the protest, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested dozens of students and referred them to ...

Nizip: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) accompanied by EU Council President Donald Tusk (right) talks to young women at a refugee camp on Friday.—AP NIZIP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a month-old migrant deal plagued by moral and legal concerns. Merkel, who was ...

JALALABAD: An Afghan border policeman was martyred and two others were wounded as a result of a cross-border attack by Pakistani forces in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Pakistani paramilitary soldiers attacked two checkpoints of Afghan border police in the Anargi area of the districton Saturday evening in, killing one policeman and injuring ...

Array By Farhad Naibkhel-ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Former President Hamid Karzai calls “bad policies and wrong definition of the national interest” as the main factors behind terrorism and extremism. “I don’t believe that extremism, radicalism and terrorism are only because of social condition or religion,” Karzai stated in a speech at the Eurasian Media Forum held Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan. The forum ...

Younis was extremely critical of the umpires after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s loss to Islamabad. — AFP/file Khyber Pakhtunkhwa captain Younis Khan has quit the ongoing Pakistan Cup in protest of ‘substandard umpiring’ in the tournament. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa manager Mukhtiar Hussain confirmed the development to DawnNews on Saturday and said Ahmed Shehzad would take over the reins from Younis. Younis was extremely ...

په قصه خوانۍ کې د پښتنو د نسل وژنې ۸۶ کال دی خو لا هم د پښتنو په سيمو کې وينې تويدل نه دي ودريدلې. آيا پښتانه ځوانان له خپل دې تاريخه خبر دي؟ آيا دوی د خپلو حقونو لپاره د مشرانو له دې قربانيوو زده کړې کړي ده؟ د قیصه خوانۍ بازار له مودو راهيسې د دې سیمې د ...

KABUL: The Embassy of Russia in Kabul has rejected reports regarding Moscow’s cooperation with the Taliban group in fight against the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in the country. According to a statement by the Embassy of Russia, the statements by the Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov have been repeatedly ...

KABUL: Central Asia countries should join hands to ward off the threat posed to the region by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, former president Hamid Karzai has said. Addressing a news conference in Astana on the sidelines of the Eurasian Media Forum on Friday, he called for unified action against the terrorist group before it strengthened its presence in ...

The United States pressed Pakistan to follow up on Islamabad’s expressed commitment not to discriminate between terror groups amid reports that the deadly Kabul attack was plotted and carried out by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network. Elizabeth Trudeau, Director of Press Office for the State Department, said “We have consistently expressed our concerns at the highest level of the Government ...