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KABUL: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has supported early peace parleys between the Afghan government and the Taliban to the end the 15-year-old conflict in the landlocked country. “We support negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as the situation in the region depends on their results,” Steinmeier told a joint conference with his Kyrgyz counterpart Erlan Abdydalyev in ...

Tadamichi Yamamoto, the newly appointed head of the UN mission in Afghanistan vows to work for peace between Afghan government and Taliban. Yamamoto who has not yet assumed charges said Afghanistan’s security worsened after the withdrawal of most of the international troops in 2014. He added that it is important for Afghan forces to overcome the challenges with the support ...

By: Emran Feroz Afghanistan is the country most bombed by drones in the world. Nevertheless, it seems that the world is silent on its devastation. The vehicles were completely destroyed. So, too, was the body of one of the passengers, four-year-old Amir. In April 2013, a U.S. drone strike killed the child in Kunar, one of Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, together with 13 other ...

ISLAMABAD: Foreigners residing in 65 houses in the capital city disappeared after final notices were served on them to submit their details to the police last month. Officials in the police told Dawn that the 65 houses were among the 303 which were under the occupation of foreigners. The tenants had refused to provide their details to the police by ...

WASHINGTON: US Presi­dent Barack Obama said on Friday it will take time for Iran to rejoin the global economy, as the country’s leadership and citizens express unease that a sanctions windfall has been slow to materialise. “It will take time for Iran to reintegrate into the global economy, but Iran is already beginning to see the benefit of this deal,” ...

ISLAMABAD: Suicide attacks and sectarian killings dropped significantly in 2015 compared to the previous year but mob assaults on religious minorities showed up prominently, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its annual report on Friday. Among the key attacks on minorities are suicide attacks on churches in Lahore and torching of a place of worship and a ...

AFGHANISTAN: An Afghan prisoner has been impressed by Hillary Clinton’s hopes-giving speeches and statements during her presidential campaign. Shir Hussain Hoaida, a 34-year-old man who has been serving third year of his six-year sentence in central Afghanistan told Voice of America (VOA) that the Democratic presidential front-runner’s plea for friendship and brotherhood between Christians and Muslims moved him to make ...

BANNU: Will there ever be a change? An absolute YES!!! If we educate our children responsibly and professionally, nothing can stop them from changing their world! THE PASHTUN TIMES

The former Afghan interior minister Mohammad Omar Daudzai has said Pakistan is against peace and stability in Afghanistan, insisting that the Afghan government should not expect the country to help in bring peace in Afghanistan. In his speech during a ceremony to mark the death anniversary of a senior police official Hekmatullah Haqmal, Daudzai said Pakistan was never in favor ...

A distressing photo purportedly showing violence among the Afghan and Syrian refugees has emerged from Greece amid reports of persistent tensions among the refugees. The photograph was posted in a report published in local newspaper TO BHMA, a day after reports emerged regarding a bloody clash among the Afghan and Syrian refugees in Greek port. According to the newspaper, the ...