ISLAMABAD/DAWN: Fencing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has commenced in an effort to improve the security situation along the international boundary, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army’s media wing, said Tuesday. The construction of the fence will take place in two phases. In the first phase, the ‘high-infiltration prone’ border areas in Bajaur, Mohmand and Khyber Agencies will be sealed off; ...

KABUL: Renowned astrologer Abdullah Kandahari has predicted that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Afghanistan on Sunday (June 25). He told Pajhwok Afghan News the month of Ramazan would be of 29 days and the moon of Shawal could be sighted at sunset in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province. The final and formal announcement of Eid-ul-Fitr would be made ...

KABUL: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for the initiative to launch the Afghanistan-India air corridor. Modi expressed optimisms regarding the inauguration of the air corridor as he welcomed the arrival of the first flight to New Delhi from Kabul. In a twitter post, Modi said “Happy to welcome the first Air Freight ...

Those who create crisis, we changed it to opportunity: President Ghani KABUL: The first-ever Afghan-India air corridor flight began Monday from Kabul to Delhi, carrying 60 tons of herbals. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani speaking at inauguration of the first flight of Afghanistan-India Air corridor said: “Those who create crisis for us, must learn that we change the challenge to opportunity.” ...

KABUL: The media in United Kingdom has reacted regarding the beating and slapping of an asylum seeker by sharing the video which purportedly shows the violence against the Afghan man. The video taken by another passenger on board a plane bound for Istanbul from London, was widely shared by the media outlets in UK as an individual believed to be ...

KABUL: An ex-commander of the Taliban militant group who has joined the peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, admitted that Taliban’s leadership is based in various parts of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the provincial government of Nangarhar, the insurgent militants has embraced the peace and reconciliation process as a result of meaningful efforts carried out by the ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack on police headquarters in southern Paktia province. In a statement, the ex-president called the attack an act by the enemy of Afghans against Islam and humanitarian law. The former president expressed deepest condolences to the victim families, wishing quick recovery for the wounded people of the incident. A car bomber and ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Thursday’s attack on a mosque in Kabul, saying “like other terrorist attacks it was organized outside the borders”. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the al-Zahra mosque in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, in which, four people were martyred and eight more injured. Among the martyrs was Hajji Ramazan Hosseinzadah, a ...

KABUL: The Saudi and Egyptian diplomats in separate meetings with former president Hamid Karzai, asked him to support the position of their respective countries against Qatar, Karzai’s office said Saturday. “The former president in meetings with Egyptian ambassador and Saudi charge d affairs to Kabul, called for the unity and solidarity of the Islamic World in fight against terrorism and ...

WASHINGTON: Weeks ahead of presenting the revised Afghan strategy to the US President Donald Trump, the Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday called for a regional construct to bring lasting peace in this country. “Our military posture is part of a larger regional context in South Asia,” Mattis said before a Congressional subcommittee Thursday morning. “The revised Afghanistan strategy with ...