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KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai says that if Afghans were fully maintain security of their country, so none can dare to attack the airport. Former President said this during a gathering to mark the death anniversary of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former President and High Peace Council Head. Karzai hoped that the Taliban to join the Afghan peace and ...

KABUL: US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, and NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan during their visit to Kabul on Wednesday. During joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace, Mattis and Stoltenberg pledged the support of US and NATO allies to the ongoing conflict in the country. They expressed determination to stop ...

KABUL: An Afghan film “A letter to the President” depicting the life of a woman has been nominated for the Oscar Award. The Roya Film House President Roya Sadat said “We are happy to announce that “A Letter to the President” has been nominated as representative movie from Afghanistan to Oscar Academy Awards by country – Afghanistan selection committee.” She said the film had its first ...

EDITORIAL: The notorious Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), known as Daesh terrorist group is on decline in Middle East, and Afghanistan, but its influence in Pakistan has been rising day to day. The secret, and terrorist activities of ISIS has been reported in the Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces, including the FATA, and even the capital, ...

LAHORE: Transgender persons will be able to use the name of their gurus as parents in their computerised national identity cards (CNICs), the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday. It also told the court that the CNIC of a transgender person had been renewed while mentioning name of her guru as her ...

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg said the Taliban group cannot win on the battlefield. Speaking during a press conference with US Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the Secretary General said there is much the group can gain around the negotiating table. Stoltenberg further added that the alliance does not ...

US: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says the Taliban group has two options as the country is going through a decisive moment. Speaking during a press conference with the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Ghani said the Taliban group has an option to serve for the outsiders and join the international terrorism or ...

ISLAMABAD: The foreign minister of Pakistan Khwajah Asif has claimed that Pakistan cannot take responsibility for the peace and security of Afghanistan as he levied new accusations against Afghanistan and India for supporting terrorism. Asif made the remarks during a seminar in New York and also slammed the United States for the military approach to end the Afghan war, saying Washington ...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s new Afghan policy is based on the assumption that Pakistan cannot be a terrorist safe haven for and as such it is important for the plan to succeed, a top American general said on Tuesday. “There’s a key assumption in our — in the president’s South Asia strategy, that Pakistan cannot continue to be a sanctuary for Haqqanis, Taliban and ...

KABUL: New Delhi on Tuesday said it would not deploy troops to Afghanistan, pledging to ramp up development cooperation with the conflict-devastated country. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, addressing a joint news briefing with his US counterpart James Mattis in New Delhi, made clear there would not be any Indian boots on the ground in Afghanistan. Following talks with the visiting defence ...