The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the Asian International Railway during a special ceremony organized in Turkmenabad area of Turkmenistan. Calling the inauguration of railway as ‘historic’, President Ghani said the Afghan government remains committed to turn all the bordering provinces of the country into major economic hubs. President Ghani further added that the inauguration of the railway connects ...

President Elect Donald Trump hasn’t talked too much about Afghanistan, but what is clear is his frustration with the current American foreign policy. From his disdain of the United States’ role in NATO, Middle East and Trade deals, we can discern some guiding notions his foreign policy will work under. He has criticized the NATO alliance, notably the reliance NATO ...

Sindh is the historical land of the most gracious civilizations on this planet: The Indus Valley Civilization, where the ancient city of “Moenjo Daro” stands still. It’s the cradle of human civilization and culture, the first democratic city-state of the world, which pioneered trade, navigation and the first ever code of laws. Even Hammurabi’s codes and Moses’s ten commandments were ...

KABUL: Afghanistan showed a strong reaction on Pakistani military’s flag-lowering ceremony along the Durand Line, calling it an inappropriate, provocative, and against the previous bilateral commitments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) said the Afghan government offers its strong protest regarding the flag-hoisting and a special ceremony by Pakistani military along the zero point of the Durand Line. ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif met Saturday on the sidelines of an international conference in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan, a media report said. The leaders of the two neighboring states discussed the already tense bilateral relations and also the regionals issues. Ghani and Sharif attended the two-day Global Sustainable Transport Conference (GSTC) in ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep grief over the demise of Fidel Castro, former leader and president of Cuba, who passed away at the age of 90 due to an illness he was suffering from. “Fidel Castro was one of the pioneers of the non-aligned movement and was a symbol of freedom and humanity,” Karzai was quoted by ...

The revolutionary leader of Cuba Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television announced on Saturday. The announcement was made by his brother and current President Cuba Raul Castro in the state television. He ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008. ...

JERUSALEM — Twenty-two people have been arrested on suspicion of arson or incitement to arson, security officials said on Friday, as Israel continued to battle its worst wildfires in years. The fires, which began on Tuesday, have erupted throughout the country, blazing through parched forests, incinerating scores of homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee. Two prisons ...

The authorities in Germany have rejected the asylum application of a Syrian family who named their newborn baby girl Angela Merkl in honour of the country’s chancellor for her open door policy, it has been reported. (Photo WEB.DE) The couple, Mamon Al-Hamza and Tema Al-Hamza, arrived in Germany last year and their daughter was born in December last year. In ...

Moeezuddin Mohmand likes to call his style a mix of rock and Sufi music Back in the 80s, when there was only state-run TV, an engineer-turned-singer created waves when he sang poems of the great Pashto poet Ghani Khan. Sardar Ali Takar, whose singing style resembled Saigal and Ustaad Nashanas, quickly became a favourite among the youth. It was not ...