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Managing Director Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation and Pashtun intellectual Dr. Khadim Hussian in an Exclusive Interview with The Pashtun Times Dr. Khadim Hussain is currently working as Managing Director Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) Peshawar, Pakistan, he has worked as permanent faculty for Linguistics and Communication at Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2004 to 2010. He has also ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has raised questions regarding the bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washington in the wake of cross-border incursions by Pakistan. In a statement issued on the occasion of Nowruz, Afghanistan witnessed cross-border incursions by the Pakistani military during the last solar year as they boldly continue to their invasions on the Afghan soil. Karzai ...

کله چې لومړۍ او دویمه نړیواله جګړه پای ته ورسېده هغه ځواکونه چې په نوموړو جګړو کې ښکېل و، د جګړې د بیا پېښېدو له وېرې او د نړۍ په مخ د خپل ځواک د بقا لپاره ځينې اتحادونه سره وکړل چې هغه وخت کې  يې سوله هم رامنځته کړه او دا پیمانونه په دودیز شکل پاتې شول. د هغو ...

BANNU: On the eve of Nawroz celebrations, The Pashtun Times News Network (PTNN) on Sunday wishes all Afghans a happy new year with the hope that it will bring peace and prosperity to Afghan Ulas. PTNN hopes the country would navigate its way to progress and stability in the New Year (starting today). It will bring joy and equanimity prosperity to ...

The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province Ata Mohammad Noor has called on the government of national unity to update the Afghan people regarding the behind the scenes discussions on Afghan peace process. In his opening remarks during a ceremony to mark Nowruz, start of the new Solar year, Noor said the Afghan people wants peace and stability in ...

KABUL: Congratulating the Afghans on the eve of the new Afghan solar year, President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the outgoing year was the year of battles forAfghanistan’s survival and the new year would be turned into a serious fight on corruption. In a statement, the President said they started the outgoing year under tough conditions and there had been ...

As the Afghan cricket team is preparing for their second major match in Super 10 of the ICC World Twenty20, the South African batsman Hashim Amla has said his would not take Afghanistan lightly, noting the opening match of the Afghan team against defending champion Sri Lanka. The match between Afghanistan and South Africa has been scheduled for tomorrow, 20th ...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chief Sima Samar has warned Pakistan will be hit by problems it causes in Afghanistan. Samar is in India to participate in an international conference on child and youth. “I believe that our neighbour (Pakistan) should realise that problems that it is causing in Afghanistan is not going to stay within our boundaries. ...

Senior Japanese diplomat Tadamichi Yamamoto has been appointed as UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. He replaces Nicholas Haysom of South Africa, who has been appointed as UN’s special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, a spokesman for Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. Yamamoheld several positions in the Japanese Foreign Ministry before joining the United Nations. He has served as ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Adela Raz as the new Deputy Foreign Minister for economic affairs, the Administrative Office of the President said. Adela Raz was serving as deputy spokesman to the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and her appoint as deputy foreign minister for economic affairs has been widely welcomed. According to the Administrative Office of the ...