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PESHAWAR: Afghanistan’s Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday met Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Bajwa on normalisation of bilateral relations. “Today, I met Pakis­tan’s COAS for follow-up discussions on a range of issues, contributing to bilateral tension and how to go about resolving (them),” the ambassador tweeted. The Inter-Services Public Relations, the army’s media wing, confirmed the meeting. In a brief statement, it ...

“چې کلي په نامه لري او خویې تر نورو ښه لري” خوشحال بابا په دستار نامه کښې د ننګیالي په خصلتونو کښې پنځم خصلت د ” شرم او حیا” ښایي. خوشحال بابا په ذکر شوي کتاب کښې د رهبر (ننګیالي) هنرونه او خصلتونه په ګوته کړي دي. او د خوشحال بابا پیمانه د یو رهبر دپاره سمه ده. څوک چې ...

KABUL: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the alliance’s continued support to Afghanistan as a deadly car bombing left at six US soldiers dead or wounded. “I strongly condemn yesterday’s attack on a NATO convoy in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan, which left two US soldiers dead and four more wounded. I offer my sincere ...

KABUL: The former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said the Pakistani military as an institution has not arranged money or weapons for the Afghan war. However, he said certain people could have arranged money and weapons transfer to Afghanistan. Musharraf made the remarks during an interview with BBC’s Urdu service, insisting that the Pakistani military as an institution did not ...

KABUL: Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan’s opposition party has staged a massive demonstration in front of White House against enforced disappearances, paramilitary operation and extra judicial killings of its party members in Karachi, capital city of Sindh province, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) Convener Nadeem Nusrat, members of Coordination Committee, office bearers, workers, supporters and members of ...

KABUL: The Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology (MoTT) has urged the government of India to launch a special satellite for Afghanistan. Najib Nangal, spokesman for the (MoTT), told Pajhwok Afghan News the acting minister of telecommunications and technology, Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat, met Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra in Kabul. He said the opening of a terminal for Afghanistan in the South ...

KABUL: An explosion targeting the Iraqi Embassy in the Afghan capital was followed by the sounds of gunfire in the area, Afghan police said on Monday, adding that an attack is underway. Interior Minister Spokesman Najib Danish told the AP that the Iraqi diplomats were safe and had been rescued. A member of the Afghan security forces walks on the ...

Asfandyar says parliament must complete its term PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan says Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif has become victim of the articles of the Constitution the ANP wanted to change but the former prime minister vehemently refused. “Articles 62 and 63 relating to sagacity and righteousness of a parliamentarian as in the 1973 ...

Psychological warfare is an action used to target the enemy’s morale, a scenario that the Taliban insurgents have been engaged in for longtime, but resulted to nowhere. Psychological warfare, or the basic aspect of modern psychological operations have been known by many other names or terms, including psychological ops, political warfare, heart and minds, and propaganda. The term is used ...

KABUL: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials have asked Afghanistan to apologize for the statement issued after a deadly bombing in Kabul, insisting that the cricketing ties between the two countries will not revive until Afghanistan does not apologize formally. PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan made the remarks in Lahore on Thursday and claimed that the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chairman ...