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TEHRAN: Political observers see the ambassador-level welcome for President Ashraf Ghani on his arrival in Tehran as a violation of diplomatic protocol, a disgusting and shameful act. On Saturday, Ghani traveled to Tehran to take part in the oath-taking ceremony for his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. He was received at the airport by Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammad Reza Bahrami. A report ...

KABUL: The Indian minister for transport, highways and shipping, Nitin Gadkari has said the trilateral Chabahar port would be operational by 2018, reported by Pajhwok Afghan News. The Indian minister during his visit to Tehran on Saturday said, “We are keen on developing the Chabahar port and are optimistic of starting operations in 12 to 18 months.” Chabahar port is ...

BERLIN: Two Chinese tourists were detained in Berlin for making the straight-armed Hitler salute for photos in front of the Reichstag parliament building, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. The holidaymakers were spotted by officers on a routine patrol Saturday snapping smartphone pictures of each other posing with the banned gesture outside the historic landmark in the heart of the ...

“After Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamat-ud-Dawah, Hafiz Saeed led Kashmir Jihadist group is now being rebranded as Milli Muslim League Pakistan.” The Mumbai 25/11 attacks mastermind, Hafiz Saeed has decided to register his terror outfit Jamaat ud Dawah as a political party after renaming it as  Milli Muslim League Pakistan. Most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed has decided to launch his own political ...

“I am a Delhi boy, who went to Mumbai at 25. Everybody accepted me so I don’t understand this talk,” shares the actor “I am a Delhi boy, who went to Mumbai at 25. Everybody accepted me so I don’t understand this talk,” shares the actor  Nepotism has been a hot topic in Bollywood lately but it seems like the ...

KABUL: At least five civilians all belonging to one family were killed in Taliban attack in central Logar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Thursday night in the vicinity of Alwazi area in the provincial of Pul-e-Alam. The officials further added that the insurgents launched an attack on the Afghan security ...

KABUL: At the head of a high-level delegation, President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday flew to Tehran, the capital of Iran, to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian president, Dr. Hassan Rouhani. A statement from the Presidential Palace said the president would also meet Rouhani and other officials and discuss improving bilateral relations and cooperation among the two neighbors during his ...

EDITORIAL: The Afghans are listening things that some people want to make fronts of fight against the insurgents by their own and even assure the central government that they and their armed men can curb the war in some specific areas if those areas are under their own control. A prominent jihadi personality asked recently the government to give the ...

15 million plus FATA Pashtuns have been cheated once again by the rulers of the country. It has already happened more than a dozen times during the last 70 years. The government has once more failed to implement the publicly promised reforms for bringing out Pashtuns of the area from colonial bondage. But the betrayal is bound to elicit a ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said those who are shouting today are in fearing of losing their personal interests, mainly from the imports of the resources. The President was apparently gesturing towards the growing criticism he has been facing, mainly from the political circles opposing the circumstances involved in his presidency. He was speaking during a gathering organized in ...