Mahmood Khan of the Achakzais is amidst the uproar of indignant voices for the last week or so for saying the wrong word. There is much to be said about the bullying he has been facing for it. However, to this scribe all that really matters in such scenarios in Pakistan is the fact that such matters are generally disposed ...

POLAND: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will start talks on Afghanistan during the second day of the Warsaw summit in Poland today with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saying the alliance focuses on 3 important decisions regarding the country. ” I expect Heads of State and Government to make three important decisions on Afghanistan,” Stoltenberg said while responding to a question if the ...

KABUL: The former Afghan lawmaker Farkhunda Zahra Naderi hailed the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) for risking their lives to protect the Afghan citizens. Ms Naderi launched a campaign during the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr which included a visit to 300 bed hospital where the wounded Afghan police service members are being treated. Today’s campaign which also included ...

POLAND: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with his American counterpart President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Warsaw summit in Poland. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah was also present during the meeting. Obama said he has extended the presence of the US forces in Afghanistan considering the assessments of the political ...

The United Kingdom will deploy additional 50 troops to Afghanistan to increase the number from the existing 450 to 500 soldiers. The British officials have said UK will also delay the departure of the last remaining forces in the country into 2017. “The aim is to build the capacity of the Afghan national defence and security forces,” the British prime ...

KARACHI: Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 92 in Karachi on Friday night. Edhi’s funeral prayers will be offered on Saturday after Zuhr prayers at the National Stadium, after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village. Abdul Sattar Edhi sits in his office in Karachi.— AFP/File “He wished ...

BERLIN: German authorities have arrested a Pakistani man accused of spying for Iran on the former head of a group that promotes German-Israeli relations. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that the 31-year-old, identified only as Syed Mustufa H. in keeping with German privacy rules, was arrested on Tuesday in the northern city of Bremen. They said in a statement that he ...

KHOST CITY: Despite the closure of the Durand Line by Pakistani authorities for the past one month, prices of most commodities remain steady in Afghan markets, businessmen in southeastern Khost province say. Pakistan blocked the border crossings after its military began building installations on the Durand Line in Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. The move sparked fears prices of a ...

At least 19 people including 12 Pakistanis have been arrested by the Saudi authorities over a series of bomb attacks in the country. At least three bomb attacks took place in Saudi Arabia on Thursday including an attack outside the sprawling mosque where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is buried in the western city of Madina. The Ministry of Interior Saudi Arabia ...

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced that 8,400 American troops would remain in Afghanistan till the end of his administration in January 2017 as against 5,500 decided earlier. “Instead of going down to 5500 troops by the end of this year, the United States will maintain approximately 8400 troops in Afghanistan into next year through the end of my ...