India has pledged full support to strengthen the defense capabilities of Afghanistan in a bid to help the country preserve its unity and territorial integrity. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said “The Security Council needs to look into the deteriorating security situation and the means to contain it as it could pose serious threats to ...

The United Nations Security Council was briefed regarding the latest upheavals in Afghanistan by the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom. Haysom said Afghanistan has taken positive steps to overcome five key challenges for the survival of the unity government in 2016. Recalling his statement to UNSC in March, Haysom said Afghanistan had to tackle a potent ...

KARACHI: A famous Pakistani religious figure and politician Mufti Abdul Qavi is under fire because of selfies with a famous Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch which have gone viral in the social media websites. Mufti Qavi is the head of the religious wing of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) which is led by former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan. The selfies went viral shortly ...

The relation between the Islamic States of Afghanistan and Pakistan is a complicated love affair.  In public, both countries claim being brothers sharing various cultural, linguistic and historic relations; in private, however, their policy makers may do whatever evil fits their purpose for their so called “strategic interests”.  And when relations soar, Pakistan is quick to point fingers to the ...

Sartaj Aziz’s suggestion to Afghan government to offer Taliban something they can’t gain on battlefield indicates something which has not been spoken by Pakistani officials during last fifteen years. The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has recently said Afghan government should offer something to the Taliban that they cannot gain in battlefield to bring peace in the war-torn country. ...

KABUL: Police said Tuesday that expats including foreign journalists can demand security services, if they think to face threats in the capital of Kabul. Chief of criminal investigations at Kabul police Feraidon Ubaidi told Afghanistan Times that for better security of the foreign citizens, Kabul police ordered guesthouses to stay in close contacts with police to thwart unexpected threats. “We ...

KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is concerned about forcibly deportation of Afghan refugees and expresses strongly its worry about lack of extension of refugee card by government of Pakistan. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in a meeting with Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Security Adviser, said that the UNHCR is concerned about ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 24 Taliban militants have reportedly been killed in the latest infighting among the rival groups in western Herat province which ended late on Tuesday. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Pashtoon Zarghoon district after the supporters of Taliban Chief Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada clashed with the dissident Taliban leader Mullah Rasool. Provincial governor’s ...

Book Review: India VS Pakistan: Why can’t we just be friends? Kashmir — Terrorism — N-Bomb Husain Haqqani is a well-known political philosopher, journalist, academic, and formerly Pakistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, then the United States. He has a comprehensive command of the affairs of South Asia. His books have been well received for their thoughtful analyses and his considered ...

A British man has been arrested for attempting to murder the US Presidential candidate Donald Trump, it has been reported. The 20-year-old Michael Steven Sandford tried to grab a police officer’s gun at a rally in Las Vegas and has confessed that he was attempting to murder Donald Trump. He appeared before a judge in Nevada and was remanded in ...