The end to the great bloody game is not in sight as predicted by our leaders when it was started that it will go till the last Pashtun/ Afghan. It was obvious from the start that the agenda is colossal needs blood to complete the script. In the present political scenario “Terror” is the need of the period for the ...

In view of growing and rising Asian economic power houses like China, India and some South East Asian states, the 21st century has been described by many analysts as an Asian century. Russia, a Eurasian power also plays a significant role in the new political alignment. Iran, despite its theocratic shackles, exudes confidence after the lifting of western sanctions in ...

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan’s leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Thursday formally signed peace agreement. Long-awaited peace deal will be implemented now after the two leaders signed it. Peace talks with Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) started two years ago. “Ending war, rescuing Afghans from dependency on strangers and standing on own feet, was the will of the ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar asked the neighboring countries of Afghanistan not to seek their interests in persistent violence in Afghanistan. In his speech ahead of the formal signing of the peace agreement with the Afghan government, Hekmatyar said the ongoing war and violence in the country is not waged for the interests of the Afghans. Hekmatyar further ...

KABUL: Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, signed the long-awaited peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), leader, Gulbadin Hekmatyar as first peace deal in the country since US invasion in 2001 that toppled the Taliban regime. The agreement which was already finalized, was signed in a special gathering in presidential palace by president Ghani and the HIA leader through a video link which ...

KARACHI: The official page of Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan was removed by Facebook, reportedly for covering and highlighting Indian atrocities in held Kashmir, said a party statement issued on Wednesday evening. The statement claimed that the page had more than three million ‘likes’ and it was the second most viewed page [with respect to ‘likes’] of any local political party. Social Media ...

NEW DELHI: In its strongest display of displeasure against Pakistan after the September 18 Uri attack in Kashmir, India has pulled out of the November Saarc summit in Pakistan, effectively leading to the cancellation of the eight-nation meet in Islamabad. Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Dhaka too boycotted the meet. New Delhi has of late been making a series of moves to ...

KABUL: Former Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul, Rustum Shah Mohmand, said that Islamabad wants to counter Indian influence in Afghanistan through Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In an interview with the VOA, the ex-envoy said that it would be difficult for Pakistan to see its hopes turned into reality. Mohmand said the Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by Hekmatyar, has no military power but only ...

KABUL: The commander of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson agreed with the US secretary defense Ashton Carter who had said earlier that Pakistan did not put pressure on Haqqani terrorist network to abandon terrorist activities against Afghan government and security forces and to restore to a lasting peace. In a briefing to the US Department of ...

NEW DELHI: India handed Pakistan on Tuesday what it said was proof that militants who attacked the Uri army base earlier this month came from its territory, as New Delhi appeared set to reconsider favourable trading terms for its neighbour. In a demarche, foreign secretary S Jaishankar gave Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit the names and addresses of two “guides” ...