ESSEN, Germany — To loud applause, Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party members on Tuesday that Germany should ban full-face veils “wherever legally possible” and that it would not tolerate any application of Shariah law over German justice. Accepting her party’s nomination as its candidate for another four-year term, the chancellor used the moment to broaden her stance on banning ...

RRESEARCH PAPER By Usman Mahar Heidelberg University, Germany 6th March 2016 The Fallacy of the Pakistani Moral Outrage on the Kashmir Issue: An essay on the political-geography of an emotional dog and its rational tail Introduction Jonathan Haidt (2001) explains his social Intuitionist model (SIM) in a social psychology essay titled: ‘the emotional dog and its rational tail: a social ...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that Afghanistan wants dignified relations with its neighbors and not charity, days after he rejected Pakistan’s $500 million aid during the Heart of Asia conference. Speaking during a campaign held for the Afghan youths, President Ghani said “Afghanistan will live with dignity and will not ask for charity from anyone.” His remarks were apparently ...

The war on terrorism in Afghanistan cannot be won as long as militant safe havens exist in neighbouring Pakistan, a former American general told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The war is not winnable under the current policy. We cannot win, and that’s the reality of it. We’ve got sanctuaries in Pakistan,” said the former vice-chief of the army, General (R) John ...

KABUL: US President Barack Obama disclosed that the United States cannot wipe out the Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan. “I don’t want to paint too rosy a picture. The situation in Afghanistan is still tough. War has been a part of life in Afghanistan for over 30 years, and the United States cannot eliminate the Taliban or end violence ...

ABBOTTABAD: All 47 persons on board the ill-fated aircraft PK-661 including five of crew have been confirmed dead on Wednesday after it crashed near Havelian due to a technical snag. ATR-42 also known as PK-661 was enroute Islamabad from Chitral in the evening today when it lost communication with air traffic control and crashed some ten kilometers of Havelian. Authorities ...

Pop singer turned religious leader Junaid Jamshed and wife have been reportedly killed in PIA PK-661 plane crash . Close friends of Junaid Jamshed saying he along with his wife was also traveling on PIA plane crashed coming from Chitral to Islamabad — Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) December 7, 2016 Brother of Junaid Jamshed has confirmed the reports of Junaid ...

KABUL: The former Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), chief Rahmatullah endorsed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s stance against Pakistan in the Heart of Asia conference. “I support Afghan govt recent position against Pak. Ashraf Ghani rejection of Paki’s doubl-face policy is a positive step, and not tolerable,” Nabil said in a Twitter post. Nabil has long been criticizing Pakistan ...

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani delivered one of his most scathing speeches about Pakistan’s role in abetting terror in the region at the Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar on Sunday, alleging that without Pakistani state support, the Taliban “wouldn’t survive beyond a month”. In an exclusive interview with Suhasini Haidar, he spoke of his frustration with Pakistan, friendship with India ...

BERLIN: An alleged Islamist mole in Germany’s domestic intelligence service starred in gay porn videos before becoming a spy, media reported, prompting questions about his security vetting. When investigators searched the suspect’s home in the western town of Toenisvorst they not only found evidence he had betrayed secrets, but also discovered pornography featuring the 51-year-old man, tabloid Bild wrote. The Bundesverfassungsschutz ...