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Afghanistan was high on agenda during NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to United States where he met with the US President Barack Obama on Monday. “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Barack Obama discussed the Alliance’s response to key security challenges at the White House in Washington D.C. and preparations for the Warsaw Summit in July,” according ...

The Afghan government has brought changes in the controversial Article of Population Registration Act which was barring the distribution of electronic Identification (e-ID) cards. The changes in Article 6 of the Act have been incorporated during a meeting of the Law Committee of the Afghan Cabinet. The Office of the Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said the Nationality and Ethnicity ...

The Taliban group in Afghanistan has been massively using media for the publicity of the group’s insurgency, particularly using its online website and social media networks. With the rampant insurgency led by the group during the past several months across the country, the Taliban militants opted to further intensify its media pressure by creating an application. However, the group’s attempt ...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said that Afghanistan is facing the menace of terrorism from the terror networks including al-Qaeda, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Taliban group, acknowledging that the poverty rate has surged to 49 per cent. During his speech at the Special Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) Meeting in Kabul, President Ghanis said the terror ...

The Afghan intelligence operatives released a group of 14 prisoners from a Taliban-run prison in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. They have also arrested at least four Taliban group members who were operating as the group’s jailers in Helmand province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the suspects were arrested during a special military raid in Greshk district. According ...

REUTERS HONG KONG: Authorities across the globe have opened investigations into the activities of the world’s rich and powerful after a cache of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm showed possible wrongdoing using offshore company structures. Leading figures and financial institutions responded to the massive leak of more than 11.5 million documents with denials of any wrongdoing as prosecutors ...

The Panama Papers have caused a global uproar by laying bare the murky world of off-shore companies operated by the world’s elite in the many tax havens around the globe. To get a better understanding of how over 100 organisations from around the world were able to collaborate on this landmark data journalism project, Dawn spoke to David Pegg – ...

ZULQERNAIN TAHIR LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Iqbal on Monday blocked a resolution seeking probe into ‘Panama Leaks’ forcing the opposition to walk out of the house in protest. Opposition leader Mian Mahmoodur Rashid wanted to table the resolution out of turn but law minister Rana Sanaullah asked him to give him its copy for amendment so that a joint ...

More or less, 30 – 40 percent of trade transactions are taking place online world wide in developed economies. This is because; this very important method of buying and selling products and services are much convenient compared to 19th century. Markets have become more intangible and are now spread across the web as virtual market place where consumers and sellers ...

The Taliban group has appointed Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob as the group’s military commission chief for 15 provinces of the country. Mullah Yaqoob is the son of the Taliban group founder and former supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar whose death was confirmed last year. Taliban said Mullah Yaqoob was appointed for the post during an extraordinary meeting organized by the Taliban ...