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KABUL: A former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has been appointed as the interim head coach of the Afghan national cricket. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the appointment of Jones late on Monday. The cricket board of Afghanistan in a statement said Jones has been appointed as the interim head coach and will accompany the Afghan team during the 4-day ...

KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jeans Stoltenberg has announced no withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying, the cost of staying in Afghanistan was higher, but the cost of withdrawal could be much higher. Stoltenberg, after holding talks with Romanian prime minister, said this it in his speech at the plenary session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest. He applauded Romania’s contributions ...

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, are demanding reforms in the restive northwestern tribal region. Lawmakers, activists, and supporters of nearly half a dozen major political parties gathered in front of the Pakistani Parliament to demand the unification of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the neighboring northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A majority of the ...

GERMANY: Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Social Union say they want to limit the annual migrants to 200,000. Germany’s conservative parties said on Monday that they have agreed on a law limiting the number of migrants allowed to enter the country every year though parliament has the power to change the figure in the future. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ...

KABUL: The commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission and the US forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said the Taliban and their supporters will never win. Speaking during a ceremony for the transfer of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan forces, Gen. Nicholson said the war against terrorism is not only the war in Afghanistan and ...

AFGHANISTAN: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again called on Taliban group to renounce violence and join peace process, insisting that the option lies with the group and therefore they should be specific in their review. Speaking during a ceremony for the transfer of the UH-60 Black Hawks to the Afghan forces in Kandahar Airfield, President Ghani said the Taliban ...

Senior US officials are expected to visit Islamabad at the end of this month and earlier next month amid reports the officials will deliver tough message by President Donald Trump to the Pakistani officials regarding the circumstances surrounding the fight against terrorism. US and Pakistani officials privy of the scheduled visit are saying that the senior US officials expected to ...

“The entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism”     KABUL: The Ministry of Defense on Sunday strongly rejected Pakistan foreign minister’s remarks regarding the Afghan security forces capability, saying ‘the entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism.” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif during his ongoing trip to Washington had alleged that the Afghan security forces were unable to ...

The events taking place in Islamabad over the last few days leave no doubt about the aggravation of the crises in the state system of the country. The said crisis has reached a stage where it is too big to be swept under the carpet. Refusing ministers including the Minister Interior during a hearing of a case against Nawaz Sharif, ...

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has informed Congress that it too believes the China-Pakistan Econo­mic Corridor (CPEC) passes through a disputed territory — originally an India claim aimed at thwarting the development plan. The $56 billion CPEC passes through Pakis­t­an’s northern areas, which India claims is part of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir territory. “The One Belt, One Road also goes ...