Security guards from the Quick Response Force on Friday stand alert in their vehicle at Chaman after the closure of the border gate.— INP QUETTA: Pakistan has closed its border with Afghanistan indefinitely after a group of Afghan demonstrators attacked the Friendship Gate at Chaman and set the Pakistani flag on fire, it emerged on Friday. The incident that took ...

KABUL: Kabul Eagles beats Mis Ainak Knights by five wickets in the final match of Sphageeza T-20 league played in Kabul International Cricket Stadium on Friday. After winning the toss Mis Ainak decided to bat fist and scored 139 in the allotted 20 overs. Mis Ainak opening batsmen give their team a good start on which one down Nawroz Mangal ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai endorsed the remarks by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the human rights situation in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Speaking to a group of reporters during his visit to India, the former Afghan President said India had every right to respond to Pakistan’s provocations. “Pakistani authorities have spoken freely on Afghanistan and India, ...

PESHAWAR: The Corridor Front, a grouping of various political parties and civil society organisations, on Thursday warned the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor would become controversial like Kalabagh dam if the federal government didn’t address grievances of smaller provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan about it. Corridor Front convener Dr Said Alam Mehsud told reporters at the Peshawar Press Club that the grouping would force ...

The United States Department of State has approved a major weapons sale to Afghanistan in a bid to help the Afghan forces fight the growing menace of terrorism. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support. ...

Similar to our many other national achievements, our Independence Day is a blend of celebration and mourning — on this day in 1919 Afghanistan won full independence from the superpower of the time, it is also a day of remembering the short reign of the enlightened King Amanullah, who took enormous personal and political risks, and failed, to reform the ...

The footage of a wounded Syrian boy has once again sent shockwaves across the globe as it purportedly shows the wounded child being recovered from under the rebel amid fierce clashes in Syria. The distressing footage has refreshed the bitter memories of a Syrian child, Aylan Kurdi, who lost his life as his family attempted to flee the unending atrocities ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 2 people were killed and 49 others were wounded in a rocket attack by Taliban militants in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Asabad city, the provincial capital of Kunar province today. Provincial governor Wahidullah Kalimzai said the Taliban militants fired the rocket to disrupt the local ...

KABUL: Ninety seventh Independence Day celebrations kicked off in capital Kabul with president Mohammad Ashrafh Ghani placing  a floral wreath at the Menar-i-Istiqlal (Independence Minaret). The national anthem was also played on the occasion, however, there was no military parade and the president did not bother to speak to the media person as well. High ranking government officials, including Chief Executive ...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have proved their capabilities as they successfully fighting against an imposed war, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Thursday. The remarks by President Ashraf Ghani came as Afghanistan is celebrating the 97th Independence Day of the country. President Ghani said the ongoing violence in the country is not as a result of the ...