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NEW YORK: President Ashraf Ghani met United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres at the world body’s headquarters in New York on Thursday and discussed with him the war against terrorism and regional issues. A statement from the Presidential Palace in Kabul said the UN chief assured the Afghan leader of the world’s body multifaceted support to the Afghan peace process. It quoted ...

EDITORIAL: Instead of responding in a rational and mature way, those sitting in the echelon of power in Pakistan, bungled and bedeviled it once again as their reaction is nothing, but just an act of tinkering and mere rhetoric. The way they responded to the American president Donald Trump, who has worn a sternly angry look against Pakistan’s overt and ...

President Ashraf Ghani has said the United States four-year security plan would help the Afghan government bring under its control 80 percent of the country’s territory, a media report said on Thursday. “The four year plan involves the goal of really bringing 80 percent of the territory of the country under control,” Ghani told National Public Radio in an interview ...

The Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the relations between Islamabad and Washington are not defined by conflict in Afghanistan only as he is optimistic to restore the relations which have been strained due to the presence of the terrorist groups and their sanctuaries in the country. Speaking at Washington’s Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday, Abbasi ...

The Pakistani officials are saying that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has shared Islamabad’s concerns regarding the new US strategy and greater Indian role in Afghanistan during his meeting with the US Vice President. Pakistan’s foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua has told local media reporters that Abbasi during the meeting expressed concern over the greater role the new policy advocated for ...

The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity Abdullah Abdullah criticized the neighboring countries for supporting the anti-government armed militants with an aim to curb the ISIS terrorist group’s activities in Afghanistan. Abdullah made the remarks during a gathering in Kabul to mark the international day of peace. He called on the neighboring countries to refrain from further expanding ...

NEW YORK: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the US President Donald Trump earlier this evening, Afghanistan Time, in Washington as he thanked his counterpart for latest commitments and pledging the Afghan government’s commitment to ensure proper utilization of the resources for the development and prosperity of the country. Calling the new US strategy announcement a historic movement, ...

KABUL: At least eight members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group were killed in airstrikes conducted in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement confirmed the militants were killed in Nawa district of Helmand. The statement further added that a total of eleven insurgents were killed in the airstrikes, including eight members of Lashkar-e-Taiba. According ...

پارلیمان کے دونوں ایوانوں یعنی قومی اسمبلی اور سینٹ کی قائمہ کمیٹی برائے دفاع کے اراکین سے پاکستانی فوج کے سرابراہ جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ کی حالیہ ملاقات اوربات چیت کئی حوالوں سے اھم ھے ۔ جو تفصیلات ذرائع ابلاغ کے زریعے سے ملی ہے اس بناء پر اس بات چیت کےچند اھم نکات یہ ھیں ۔ پاکستان کے آرمی ...

PESHAWAR: It seems that the premier identification regulatory does not think that a degree in Pashto is a real thing and refuses to acknowledge those who have studied the language. The online registration forms of the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) recognise masters degree or doctorate in English, Urdu, Persian along with those in social sciences. But the form does not ...