KABUL: Pakistan has started the fencing work along the Durand Line with the country’s officials saying the step has been taken to prevent the movement of the militants to the tribal regions of the country, it has been reported. The Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javid Bajwa reportedly visited the working site Momand Agency on Saturday. Gen. Bajwa ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said optional routes are available for Afghanistan if the enemies of the country think to block the trade route to the country. Speaking during a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Balkh, President Ghani said Afghanistan has become an inseparable part of the Central Asia. President Ghani further added that the northern ...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD: An opposition party senator in Pakistan has stressed on the federal government to publicize the report to clarify confusions regarding the presence of the slain al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad. Bin Laden was killed in a May, 2011 assault launched by the US Special Forces in Pakistan’s Abbottabad. “The puzzling event regarding the ...

The main feature of Pakistan’s 70th National Day was the impressive and colourful military parade that remained the focus of media coverage on 23rd of March this year. The march past was supposed to represent the country’s determination for defeating terrorism, which is a noble and desirable goal. So far so good. But for the last many years the country ...

Experience is like a comb one gets it when there is no hair left on the head. The experiment is a good teacher but the tuition fee is too high. The wiser will learn from others or his own past experiences but the stupid will experiment again and again. To put it, in other words, the silly will bang his ...

KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president blamed the United States and its allies for what he said “taking wrong policy” in Afghanistan, resulting terrorists more power. “One decade and half ago, the US and its allies came to our country with full cooperation from the important regional countries with the aim of fight against terrorism. Unfortunately, by the wrong US ...

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that visas issued to Americans during his tenure is a non-issue and was brought to the limelight to divert attention from other issues which matter. Addressing a press conference in Multan, Gilani said, “This letter that has been leaked has a set of conditions that can be ...

Editorial: The Afghan people have celebrated Nowruz, first day of the new solar year with enthusiasm across the country without any security hazards as they were fully trusted in the strong wings of the Afghan security force to maintain security for them during the celebration. Nowruz is celebrated widely in Afghanistan. One day after Nowruz, Afghanistan celebrates Famer’s Day nationwide ...

KABUL: An American woman supporting the Afghan people for the past 38 years has been awarded citizenship by the Afghan government. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani granted the citizenship to the woman, Marie Caroline during a ceremony organized in the Palace. According to a presidential decree, Ms Caroline was formally granted the citizenship after she ...

PUNJAB: The University of Punjab is the largest and one of the most prestigious institution of Pakistan. From the recent terror activities Islami Jammiat Talaba (IJT) has confirmed its connection to the terrorist organization that was strengthened during military rule in Pakistan. It seems like it is becoming a daily routine in Pakistan that this terrorist organization is working on ...