EDITORIAL: Terrorism is the biggest concern of the regional countries, and its fighting requires major efforts and great coordination among the region. The sub-region can do much more to combat the terrorism—an international phenomenon. For sure, India, Russia and China could play key roles in fight against terrorism and would give birth to a tangible result if coordination persists among ...

KABUL: Reacting to the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former President Hamid Karzai has said that the government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line, a de facto border between the two states. “The government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line. ...

HEIDELBERG: The University of Heidelberg, established in 1386 is Germany’s oldest university and one of the most significant research institutions in Europe. Since its formation, the University of Heidelberg has experienced a lot of ups and downs with regard to its scientific reputation, its scholarly appeal and its popularity amongst professors and students alike. In the 19th century, the University of ...

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal on Saturday said Pakistan does not have a justification for the continued closure of crossing points with Afghanistan on Durand Line, and that his country might send in chartered flights to airlift stranded Afghans in case the crossing points are not reopened soon. In a message posted to his Facebook page, Zakhilwal said he had ...

On February 16 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for a New World Order “a post west world”. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference he called the present west-dominated order outdated and said, “I hope that (the world) will choose a democratic world order- a post-west one- in which each country is defined by its sovereignty”. It is not the ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and the US national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster discussed issues of mutual interest including security, counter-terrorism, Afghan forces 4-year development plan, and election. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said the two sides discussed the issues during a telephone conversation on Friday evening. The statement further added that the Afghan ...

The longest and the pricey war in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent in the election narrative of the recently concluded cacophonous presidential campaign in the United States. A war that drained the US exchequer by 600 billion and witnessed the death of 2247 US military personnel, along with 20000 more wounded. The costly and bloody war in Afghanistan may have failed ...

There was time when Punjabi army was dreaming to occupy Kabul, but today they are worried about their survival in general: Riaz Afghan Pir Pashtunistan Freedom Movement (PFM) is a new organization of Pashtuns. This organization is struggling for free and independent Pashtun state-Pashtunistan. Riaz Afghan Pir, the exiled leader of Pashtunistan Freedom Movement in London told THE PASHTUN TIMES ...

HEIDELBERG: The European Parliament on Friday voted to end visa-free travel for American citizens in the European Union, The Independent reported. The decision made by the parliament’s civil liberties committee follows the United States’ failure to agree to visa-free travel of citizens of five EU countries including Romania, Poland, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Croatia under a reciprocity agreement. The European Commission ...

ISLAMABAD: A suspected drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region has killed at least two people in what appears to be the first US airstrike carried out under the President Donald Trump administration. The local government officials confirmed the airstrike and said two people were killed in the raid. The officials quoted by local media confirmed that the airstrike was conducted ...