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Kalash students attend a class at a school in the Brun village of Bumboret valley. ─ AFP   CHITRAL: Pakistan’s smallest religious minority, the Kalash speak their own language and celebrate their gods through music, dance ─ and alcohol, which they brew themselves in Chitral’s plunging verdant valleys. Here, the sexes mingle easily, marriage can be sealed with a dance, ...

The Taliban group in Afghanistan announced the launch of summer offensive in Afghanistan under the name of ‘Omari Operations’. A statement by the group said the operations are being launched as the group’s military offensive against the foreign forces enters into 15th year. The statement further added that the offensive is being launched with the approval of the leadership of ...

The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province of Afghanistan Ata Mohammad Noor has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group is rapidly expanding activities in Afghanistan. Noor was speaking during a ceremony for the inauguration of a high school in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Balkh province. He said the terror group is ...

Around ten million US Dollars have been spent on the hotel accommodation and around 500 luxury cards have been rented for the tour of the Saudi King to Turkey, it has been reported. The 80-year-old king Salman received a lavish welcome as he arrived in Turkey on Monday to discuss bilateral ties expansions on a two-day tour of country. According ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was a lack of planning for the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, with the country spiralling into chaos and grappling with violent extremists. Asked in a Fox News interview aired Sunday to name the “worst mistake” of his presidency, the US leader said it ...

First, my profound thanks to THE PASHTUN TIMES and to Professor Khurshid Alam.  I believe that he and I would have several particular disagreements, while at the same time agreeing on the most important principles.  It would lead to lively and dynamic discussion in which we both are likely to learn–all to the betterment of our Pashtun brothers and sisters ...

At least 12 people were killed and 38 others were wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The incident took place earlier this afternoon in Surkh Rod district targeting a vehicle of the Afghan security forces. The provincial public health officials confirmed that they have received nearly 50 dead or wounded bodies from the incident site ...

Shah Rukh Khan insists that his upcoming film Fan is totally different. Do we believe him? Fan is the story of a very innocent boy, who does not get how he feels life would be, when he meets his biggest star, says SRK It’s a concern many of SRK’s fans had when the film Fan was announced: Is the star ...

The notorious Pakistan-based Haqqani terrorist network leaders have played a key role in resolving the leadership issues of the Taliban group which recently led to deadly infighting among some dissident groups in western Afghanistan. According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the breakthrough was achieved with the mediation of Haqqani Network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani. One of the major breakthroughs ...

The former Afghan Minister of Interior and one of the prominent politicians has called for a constitutional Loya Jirga to be organized in a bid bring reforms in the current political system, calling it unhealthy administration. The remarks by Mohammad Omar Daudzai followed a day after the US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul to meet with the Afghan ...