Thirty civilians have been killed in northern Afghanistan during an Afghan special forces mission supported by Nato, an Afghan spokesman said. Mahmood Danish, a spokesman for the governor of Kunduz province, told the BBC Taliban fighters had been sheltering in civilian homes. Nato launched air strikes in the area after two US soldiers were killed. Mr Danish said it was ...

The Afghan woman Sharbat Gula will return to Afghanistan on coming Monday as she has been released from the jail nearly two weeks after she was arrested by the Pakistani authorities. The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal informed regarding the release of Gula from the jail earlier today. “With utmost delight, I announce that Sharbatgula is now free ...

Three Peshawar based tech ideas converted in to startup businesses. Revolt an incubator by Peshawar 2.0, a social enterprise, incubated these three ideas into full-fledged businesses through an intensive marathon three months program. Fresh graduates from different educational institutes joined Revolt three months back. All the team went through a program which covered important areas ideas generation, innovation, the basic ...

The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has called on the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to intervene and secure the release of the Afghan woman Sharbat Gula who has been serving in a Pakistani jail for allegedly obtaining fake Pakistani identity card. Calling the decision by the court to reject the bail plea for Gula, the Afghan Ambassador ...

The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s border guarding force was deliberately targeting civilian areas and its Army directly supporting the troops in the shelling on these areas and Indian posts along the International Border. Addressing a press conference, inspector general of BSF, DK Upadhyay, said Pakistan Army is giving full support to Pakistan Rangers, which have ...

As many as six officials in the Pakistani high commission reportedly returned home on Wednesday amid growing tensions between the two countries after a Pakistani staffer was caught spying, sources said. Though there was no official confirmation on the number of diplomats leaving India, according to sources associated with the diplomatic mission, six officials are in the process of leaving ...

A student of Peshawar University on Tuesday declined to accept a graduation degree from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, citing his dissatisfaction with the federal government as the reason behind the refusal. Nabi Shah, a student of Journalism and Mass Communications at the university in Peshawar, said he was dissatisfied with the federal government, and so had refused to ...

A court in Pakistan has rejected to release the Afghan woman Sharbat Gula who was arrested on charges of possessing fake Pakistani National Identity Card. According to the local media reports, the court rejected her bail plea after hearing arguments from both the sides. The court rejected the bail plea of Sharbat Gula despite lawyers Abdul Latif Afridi and Mubashar ...

AT-KABUL: A commander of the Haqqani network and a Taliban’s shadow governor were killed along 50 other militants during a ground and air operation in the southeastern Paktika province, security official said on Wednesday. The ministry of interior said in a statement that a key Haqqani network commander, Wahid known as Jamshid and his three associates were killed in an ...

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Residents of the Zazai Aryub district of southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday expressed deep concerns over the rocket strikes from Pakistani forces into some areas of the district, asking the government to probe the firings. “If rocket firing was not stopped, it would create huge problem,” the residents said, asking the authorities to take bold steps to ...