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پاکستان کې افغان رسنۍ اجازه نه لري چې په کېبل ازاد نشرات وکړي، نو په کار ده چې د افغانستان اطلاعاتو او فرهنګ وزارت پر پاکستانیو رسنیو بندیز ولګوي د افغانستان خپلواکو ژورنالستانو ټولنه او یو شمېر مدني او فرهنګي فعالان وايي چې په پاکستان کې دې د افغان رسنیو پر خپرونو د بندیز په غبرګون دې د دوی هېواد ...

AFGHANISTAN: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that the key regional countries, including Iran, India and Russia should be part of the Afghan reconciliation process with the Taliban group. The remarks by Karzai comes amid ongoing efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group, involving Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and United States to revive stalled peace talks. “If absence of peace ...

Ajmal Khattak, the veteran Pashtun politician, poet, writer and former president of Awami National Party, died in penury on 7 February 2010, after six decades of unremitting political struggle in Pakistan for the political and economic autonomy of the Pashtun people, sliced off by the British-Indian Empire in 1893 from Afghanistan.  Ajmal Khattak was politically active during his student life. ...

AFGHANISTAN: The minister of Inter Noor-ul-haq Uloomi has reportedly resigned from his position, apparently due to internal differences within the government. According to sources privy of the development, the resignation of Mr. Uloomi has not been accepted by the President so far. The sources further added that Mr. Uloomi resigned from his position after his assignment of deputy interior minister ...

The direct talks date between the Afghan government and Taliban group representatives is expected to be ascertained by the end of this month. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the participants of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) agreed to continue joint efforts for setting a date for direct peace talks between the representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban ...

BALOCHISTAN: A deadly blast targeted the Pakistani forces vehicle in Quetta city, the provincial capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan this afternoon. According to the preliminary reports, at least eight people were killed and around 35 others were wounded in the blast. A local security official, Imtiaz Shah, quoted by local newspapers, said members of the Frontier Corps (FC) were also among ...

بنوں(وسیم باغی سے) متاثرین شمالی وزیرستان اتمانزئی جرگہ مشران نے یوتھ آف شمالی وزیرستان کی نگرانی میں احتجاجی مظاہرہ کیا۔حکومت سے ناراضگی کا اظہار۔ مطالبات تسلیم نہ ہونے پر قومی شاہراہ پر دھرنا دے کر تا دم مرگ اپنا احتجاج رکھیں گے۔ مظاہرین نے ہاتھوں میں پلے کارڈ ز اور بینرز اُٹھا رکھے تھے جن پر ان کے مطالبات کے ...

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Professor Dr. Khadim Hussain is a columnist and commentator with THE PASHTUN TIMES. He is also working as Managing Director Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) Peshawar, Pakistan. Dr. Khadim Hussain has worked as permanent faculty for Linguistics and Communication at Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2004 to 2010. He has also taught at the department of Linguistics Qauid-e-Azam University ...

It is now a well-known fact that language is not only a tool of communication and does not only represent identity but it is also a reservoir of indigenous wisdom and history. Language carries and expresses diverse threads of a culture. Its complex structure signifies belief system and is indicative of a worldview.  It is the tool through which discourse ...