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A horrific report has emerged from Iran regarding the brutal murder of a 6-year-old Afghan girl who was initially raped by a teenage Iranian. The brutal murder of the girl, Setayish Quraishi, has sparked anger both in Afghanistan and outside, with the local media reports in Iran saying the perpetrator was a 17-year-old Iranian national. The reports further added that ...

ISLAMABAD: Leader ANP (Wali) Aurangzeb Kasi appreciated the role of Dr. Said Alam Mehsud and his organization Pashtunkhwa Ulasi Tahreek (PUT) for making ‘Corridor Front’. He said that it is time for Pashtuns to unite. Talking to THE PASHTUN TIMES, Aurangzeb Kasi said that Corridor Front will be proved an effective forum while struggling for the Pashtuns ‘due share’ in ...

The Afghanistan national cricket team head coach Inzamam-ul-Haq has resigned almost eight months earlier before his contract expires with the Afghanistan Cricket Board. According to a statement by Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), Inzamam resigned from his post considering his national obligations, pointing towards upheaval in Pakistan cricket. The statement by ACB further added that Inzamam has hailed the professional cooperation ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday instructed governors to take steps for security issues, good governance, economic development programmes and better service delivery for people. Ghani on Saturday hold a joint video conference with governors, provincial police chiefs, commander of military corps and chiefs of National Directorate of Security (NDS) departments of 34 provinces to know the situation of the ...

The Afghan intelligence operatives have foiled a terrorist attack plot by the Haqqani terrorist network on a hotel in capital Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said a suspected militant was looking to carry out the attack on a hotel in Shahr-e-Naw part of the city using 2 Improvised Explosive Device (IED). A statement by NDS said the detained ...

Joint ‘Corridor Front’ set up to claim ‘due’ share of Khyber-Pashtunkhwa in corridor project PESHAWAR: Various political parties and organisations representing different sections of society on Friday formed a joint forum to work for claiming the ‘rightful’ share of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining tribal areas in the multibillion dollars China-Pakistan Corridor project. The formation of the Joint Corridor Front was ...

The Afghan lawmakers have unanimously voted to bar lawmaker Ghulam Sakhi Mashwani from parliament sessions for a period of at least 10 days after he assaulted on Minister of Rural Development Nasir Ahmad Durani’s face last week. The decision to bar Mashwani from parliament sessions was announced by Zahir Qadir during the general session of the Lower House of Parliament, ...

The veteran Bollywood actor was admitted after complaints of respiratory problems Dilip Kumar with his wife Saira Bano at the launch of his autobiography – Photo courtesy India.com Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital early today after complaints of respiratory problems, reports Hindustan Times. The 93-year-old actor was hospitalised at around 2.30am on Saturday, hospital sources ...

PESHAWAR: Imagine you go to a co-ed university. And one day, the administration says you are no longer allowed to communicate with your peers from the opposite sex on and off campus premises and will have to pay a fine in case you did. Wouldn’t that be a little confusing and strange? A notification issued by the University of Swat’s ...

  Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters at Madame Tussauds in London, April 13, 2016. LONDON: The Indian film industry is changing, and films no longer have to have a song-and-dance sequence to be successful, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said Wednesday. Khan, who was in London to promote his latest film, told Reuters in an ...