ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will send 10,000 scholars to the United States for PhD studies in next 10 years. These scholars will get admissions in agriculture and food security, medical and allied health sciences, energy, water, climate change, advanced digital technology among others. This was stated by Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal while explaining the ...

NEW YORK: Russian President Vladimir Putin is “far more” of a leader than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday, echoing previous praise for the Kremlin strongman. Putin is “very much of a leader,” Trump said in a televised interview, where he and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were separately grilled over their national security and military credentials. Trump ...

KABUL: About 1,400 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at Fort Campbell will deploy to Afghanistan to participate in counter-terrorism operations, the US army has announced. The Rakkasans from 3rd Brigade Combat Team will deploy this fall to back US operation against the remnants of Al-Qaeda, Islamic State (Daesh) and other terror groups, a statement from the army ...

KABUL: Since Afghan refugees in Pakistan were harassed and also illegal put behind bars, some 70,000 registered Afghan refugees were voluntary repatriated to Afghanistan from northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during current year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. According to the Voluntary Repatriation Centers of United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) around 5,000 Afghans from Balochistan had returned ...

KABUL: At least 24 people were killed and over 91 others were wounded in twin explosions in capital Kabul this afternoon, the security officials said. Officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said at least 24 people were killed and at least 91 others were wounded in the attack. The incident took place near the Ministry of Defense (MoD) ...

Timeworn relics from Afghanistan have been unveiled in Korea for the first time, through joint collaboration between the two countries’ national museums. Displaying artefacts of ancient civilizations between the 20th century B.C. and the seventh century, the exhibition titled “Treasures from Afghanistan” ran at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul from July 5 to Sept. 4, and will continue ...

KABUL: At least 36 people were killed and 28 others were wounded in a deadly traffic incident on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the local security officials in Zabul, the incident took place around 4:00 am local time after a fuel tanker collided with a passenger bus. The officials further added that the incident ...

The Durand Line is not a claim but an aspiration and a historical right of the Afghan people; If Pashtuns from Pashtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, we will respect their decision; Pashtuns on other side of the Durand Line are victims of conspiracies; Daesh is a foreign project; the Pakistani military must stop creating challenges for Afghanistan; Afghans will respond if ...

ISLAMABAD: Punjab is to benefit most from the projects starting under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), statistics shared with the Parliament revealed. At present, 53 per cent of the total projects are being assigned to Punjab. The provincial government has deployed 6,346 security personnel for the protection of 3,754 Chinese nationals. According to official statistics, out of the total of ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said that if Pashtuns from Pakhtunkhwa decide to Pashtunistan, he would respect their decision. In an interview with The Pashtun Times, the ex-president said that in the Durand Line Agreement, the Durand Line was not called a border. “It was not called a border but the term sphere of influence was used. It means sphere ...