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WASHINGTON: The wife of an American held hostage in Pakistan has accused the Obama administration of not doing anything to help free her husband. In an interview to CBS, Elaine Weinstein recalled “the harrowing negotiations with her husband’s kidnappers in Pakistan and her anger that the US government didn’t do enough”. The interview, which would be broadcast on Sunday, was ...

PESHAWAR : Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a pilot run of Afghan trucks from Torkham and Chaman border crossings to Wagah — a longstanding demand of Kabul to boost trade with India. The decision came at the 6th meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Coordination Authority (APTTCA) in Islamabad on Wednesday, a senior official told Pajhwok Afghan News. Deputy Minister of Ministry of ...

Es geschah 2013, dass ein Schauer an Glücksgefühlen herüber nach Khyber – Pashtunkhwa wehte, als Studenten und ihre Eltern zum ersten Mal von der offenen Türpolitik der deutschen Regierung für Pashtunstudenten erfuhren, die nach billigerer und höherer Bildung in Deutschland streben. Viele Studenten erhielten zwischen 2014 und 2015 ein Bildungsvisum. Wie auch immer, unlängst wurde berichtet, dass die deutsche Botschaft ...

Google has announced the addition of 13 more languages to its online translation services including Pashto, one of the two formal languages of Afghanistan which is also spoken by a large portion of population in Pakistan. The company now provides online translation services in 103 languages free of charge. By the company’s estimate, the service now covers 99 percent of ...

It was in 2013 that a flurry of happiness was felt across Khyber-Pashtunkhwa when students and their parents first learned about the open door policy of German government for Pashtun students aspiring for cheaper and high quality higher education in Germany. Many students were given education visas during 2014-15. However, quite recently it has been reported that German embassy has ...

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the parliament on Wednesday that to keep Britain as an active member of the European Union (EU) is in the national interest of Germany. Addressing the German parliament ahead of the EU summit on Thursday and Friday, Merkel said Britain’s demands for EU reforms are in many respects “justified and understandable.” “These are ...

PESHAWAR: At least nine personnel of the Khasadar Force were killed in two separate attacks in Mohmand district of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Thursday, officials said. Seven Khasadar personnel were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a security checkpost in Karapa area of Pandyali tehsil in Mohmand Agency. Assistant political agent Mohmand Agency Naveed Akbar said the ...

بنوں(وسیم باغی سے) پشتونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی کے صوبائی صدر مختار خان یوسفزئی نے کہا ہے کہ جمہوریت کے لئے قربانیوں کا دعویٰ کرنے والے اپنے دعوؤں میں جھوٹے ہیں جمہوریت کے لئے قربانیاں پشتون قوم نے دی ہیں جب بھی ملک میں مارشل لا ء لگا ہے اور کسی امر نے شب خون مارا ہے تو اس کے خلاف ...

 پشاور : تعلیمی اصلاحی جرگہ آل فاٹا اور چائلڈ رائٹس مومنٹ فاٹا نے ایک مشترکہ اخبا.ری بیان میں فاٹا سیکرٹریٹ کی طرف سے جاری ہونے والی ریشنلائزیشن پالیسی کی سختی سے مذمت کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ مذکورہ پالیسی فاٹا میں تعلیم کے راستے میں ایک بہت بڑی رکاوٹ ثابت ہوگی ۔ یہ پالیسی فاٹا کے بچوں کے مستقبل بنانے ...

The fact is that some Pashtun tribes have a tradition of being the people of Israel (Bene Israel), meaning they descended from our father Yaakov. It is even told that the Afghan king once asked the Afghan Jews from which tribe they are, when they answered they don’t know the king said that the Pashtuns do, and that the king ...