ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shrif has ordered for an immediate opening of the routes located along the Durand Line connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister House of Pakistan, the decision to reopen the routes was taken as a gesture of goodwill. The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal confirmed that ...
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Cross border closure is short-term decision: Pakistani diplomat
KABUL: Pakistan’s new ambassador to United States, Aizaz Chaudhry has said that closure of crossing points with Afghanistan is a temporary decision which is a part of counter-terrorism strategy to block infiltration of terrorists. He said: “This is border management, necessary to combat terrorists.” Speaking to reporters in Washington D.C., Chaudhry called on Kabul’s government to jointly manage the British-era ...
Read More »Crossing closure can’t mar Afghans from celebrating New Year
KABUL: Aziz Khanzada, 21, is second year medicine student of Kandahar University. He, like many other Afghans, has arrived in Kabul few days ago to celebrate the New Year with his fiancé. “I’ve done shopping for myself, my family and for my fiancé, but have not seen any big impact of the closed borders on the market prices,” said Khanzada. ...
Read More »Crossings ban won’t affect Afghanistan economically
Providing cover to its wrong deeds of supporting and harboring militancy, the government of Pakistan has turned every available source to deceive the regional and beyond regional countries and show that the country is going through tough time. The series of attacks in Pakistan was an act to emotionally earn trust and sympathy of the global community. Pakistan has gone ...
Read More »Afghanistan would be used as substrate to shift terrorism into Russia: Karzai
KABUL: The former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in a special Interview with Ariana News said US wants to use Afghanistan as substrate to shift terrorism into Russia. He said, “US wants to expand terrorism into Russia by using Afghanistan as substrate.” Further he went on and demanded the Afghan government to change its foreign relations with the countries that means US ...
Read More »Moscow supports Afghanistan’s peace process
KABUL: Russia has pledged to support the Afghan government police of durable peace and stability in the war-hit country, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Saturday. In a press release issued here, the NSC said that Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed the commitment at a meeting with National Security Advisor, Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Moscow. During the meeting, ...
Read More »US Embassy says Afghan visa holders can visit US, rejects travel ban rumors
KABUL: The Embassy of the United States of America in Kabul has said the Afghan nationals holding valid visa can travel to the country, rejecting rumors circulating regarding the travel ban on Afghans to US. “Contrary to social media rumors about the U.S. Executive Order on Immigration, #Afghans with valid visas may travel to the United States,” according to a ...
Read More »President Ghani rejects proposed uniform design for school girls
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has rejected the proposed uniforms for the school girls prepared by the Ministry of Education. Shah Hussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for President Ghani, said the proposed designed has been dismissed as in appropriate and in contrast with the culture of the country. He said President Ghani has rejected the proposed design, insisting that no design ...
Read More »Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims come together to save Kamran’s life
The story is irrespective of race, colour, creed or religion, The message it gives says that humanity still exists in sharp contrast to those who spread hate and violence in the name of religion, race and caste. Kamran after his heart defect surgery in the hospital Kamran is an Afghan boy, 11 years of age. He has never attended school ...
Read More »Put full end to Afghan refugees persecution: Pashtun leader Asfandyar Wali Khan told PM Sharif
KABUL: The Pashun nationalist has came hard over Pakistan’s duplicity policy against Pashtun communities and Afghan refugee living in Punjab province. The Chief of Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, complaining against the ongoing harassment of Pashtuns and Afghan refugees by the Punjab police. The letter highlighted ...
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