Apparently America had a big gratitude on Russia by removing its missile shield program from Eastern Europe, because from the beginning it has been opposing it. However, there are two main reasons behind it which are generally ignored; no one is willing to turn the debate towards it and both reasons are related to Afghan and Iraq wars. This was ...

One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages is over. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences. According to the court documents, the pair separated on September 15, two years and one month after they married in August 2014. Jolie is seeking physical custody of their six children and asking the court to grant Pitt visitation. ...

KHUZDAR: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has said that the federal and provincial governments should remove apprehensions of Baloch people about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Addressing a press conference at the residence of BNP-M leader Saeed Mengal in the industrial town of Hub, he said his party would not accept any development project which ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday telephoned India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and condemned the “cross border attack” in Uri while expressing solidarity with India to eliminate the threat of terrorism. Ghani strongly condemned the cross-border terror attack and conveyed Afghanistan’s solidarity and support with India for all actions to eliminate the threat of terrorism, a PMO statement said. ...

KABUL: Negotiations are underway between the Afghan government and some companies in United Arab Emirates to attract an investment of $6 billion in infrastructure projects, it has been reported. The officials in the Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan have said Afghanistan requires a total of $9 billion investment in the energy sector. Water and Energy Minister Ali Ahmad ...

Achakzai said that blood of innocent Pashtoons are being shed without any reason. “Military, judiciary and other institutions must be subservient to the parliament.” Mahmood Khan Achakzai addressing a public gathering in the memory of martyrs of Quetta carnage.—Asmatullah Khan Kakar QUETTA: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief and veteran Pashtoon nationalist leader, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, termed supremacy of ...

KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said he was closely monitoring peace negotiations with the Gulbadin Hikmatyar-led Hezb-i-IslamiAfghanistan (HIA). There was no problem in concluding the peace agreement the HIA, the CEO told a cabinet meeting. The Afghans badly needed peace and there was no obstacle to the process, he observed. “We recently heard comments that ...

INDIA: The famous Indian film star Sanjaty Dutt’s next film will be about Afghanistan to focus on the use of children in suicide attacks. Sanjay Dutt is due to shoot for the movie by signing the contract of the film six months after he was released from the jail. The movie will be directed by Girish Malik, the receiver of ...

PAKISTAN: The son of the former Pakistani Prime Minister who was released during a joint raid by the Afghan and US forces has said his kidnappers hailed from Punjab province of Pakistan. Ali Haidar Gilani was released earlier in the month fo May this year and was handed over to the Pakistani authorities following his release in Afghanistan. Addressing a ...

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed Pakistan a ‘terrorist state’ in an anti-Pakistan rant on Sunday, hours after suspected militants attacked in Indian army base in India-held Kashmir (IHK). “Pakistan is a terrorist state and should be identified and isolated as such,” Rajnath tweeted. Pakistan is a terrorist state and it should be identified and isolated as such. — Rajnath ...