PESHAWAR: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan on Tuesday urged jehadi and extremist organisations to abandon violence before participating in electoral politics. “Entry of these groups in mainstream political process is a positive step. But they should publicly disassociate themselves from their past activities and apologise for it,” replied Asfandyar Wali when asked about the participation of the Milli ...
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Bangladesh PM says Myanmar must take back Rohingya
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in the Buddhist-dominated country. Hasina, speaking to Bangladeshi activists in New York where she is attending the United Nations General Assembly, also called for greater international pressure on Myanmar over the new crisis which has unfolded in the past three weeks, ...
Read More »Death toll in 7.1 magnitude Mexico quake surges to 224
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico on Tuesday has surged to 224 people, including 117 in the capital, said Interior Minister Miguel Osorio Chong. The dead included at least 21 children crushed beneath a primary school that collapsed on Mexico City’s south side during the 7.1-magnitude quake, authorities said. Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of ...
Read More »Broken Dreams: Displacement hinders education for thousands in Waziristan
BANNU, Pakistan: Noor Kalam Wazir had to abandon his dream of becoming a scientist after fighting forced his family to abandon their North Waziristan homeland in northwestern Pakistan three years ago. Wazir, now in his 20s, gave up on the hope of attending university after a Pakistani military offensive against Islamist militants razed their extensive grocery business to the ground ...
Read More »CIA honors officer who had saved Hamid Karzai’s life
KABUL: The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has honored one of its veteran officers who had once saved the life of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The officer who has now retired after serving for almost thirty years has been identified as Greg Vogle. According to the reports, Vogle has served in various missions domestically and internationally while ...
Read More »Time to expose countries supporting terror groups like Taliban: Trump
NEW YORK: The US President Donald Trump says it is time to expose and hold responsible the countries supporting the terror groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban group. Speaking during the UN General Assembly, President Trump said “It is time to expose and hold responsible those countries who support and finance terror groups like Al Qaida, Hezbollah, the Taliban and others that slaughter ...
Read More »Taliban and their backers cannot win militarily, says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani emphasizes terrorist threats and backs new U.S. strategy NEW YORK: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Taliban and their backers cannot win militarily as he called on the group to engage in intra-Afghan talks to end the violence. Speaking during the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Ghani welcomed the ...
Read More »Pence reiterate Trump’s belief in meeting with Pakistani prime minister
NEW YORK: The Vice President of the United States Mike Pence has reiterated the belief of President Donald Trump during his meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Vice President Pence in a statement confirmed his meeting with Prime Minister Abbasi on the sidelines of the UN General Abbasi. He said he reiterated the belief of the President ...
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ډپریشن چې په عامه توګه ورته مونږ ټینشن وایو بقراط هغه اولنے یوناني طبیب او فلاسفر وو چا چې ۵۰۰ قبل مسیح په دغه مرض خبره کړې وه ـ ډپریشن په دوه قسمه وي یو ډپریشن ته سادہ ډپریشن وائیلے شي کوم چې وقتي وي او څه وخت پس ختم شي ـ دوئم قسم ډپریشن ته کلینکل ډپریشن وائیلے شي ...
Read More »3,000 additional US troops on their way to Afghanistan
KABUL: More than 3,000 additional US troops are their way to Afghanistan in line with President Donald Trump’s new strategy, media reports said on Tuesday. Defense Secretary James Mattis told a news conference at the Pentagon he had signed the order to send more troops to the war-torn country at the end of last month. The troops — half of them from ...
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