NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Afghanistan this week on his way to the US where he is scheduled to address a joint session of the Congress on June 8, NDTV said on Sunday The news channel quoted sources as saying that Mr Modi will first go to Afghanistan on June 4, where he will inaugurate the ...

KHOST CITY: Pakistani security forces have blocked crossing points along the Durand Line in southeastern Khost province, restricting the movement of travelers and vehicles, an official said on Sunday. Border Police Commander Col. Raz Mohammad Mandozaitold Pajhwok Afghan News that Pakistani forces had assigned no reason for blocking the border crossing. He believed Islamabad was trying to do something fishy. “Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD: The authorities in Pakistan have said DNA report have confirmed that the man killed in a US drone strike was the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. According to the local media reports, citing the local authorities, a DNA report said it was definite that the man killed in the US strike on May 21 was Mullah Akhtar Mansour. ...

At least 53 Afghan migrants detained in Bulgaria will be returned to Greece by the Authorities who are saying the move will be taken in a bid to send a strong message” to others who might be tempted to use the same route to western Europe. According to reports, the authorities in Bulgaria fear the migrants may try to transit ...

ISLAMABAD: At an event on Saturday, PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar said a new model for democracy is forming in Pakistan, under which the steering of the vehicle – the government – will be in the hands of a political personality, while the “clutch and accelerator” will be controlled from the backseat. He said this vehicle would definitely face a devastating ...

KARACHI: The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday condemned the targeted killing of two young men, including a government official, near the Nad-i-Ali Imambargah roundabout in Jaffar-i-Tayyar Society late Thursday night. “It was a targeted attack, but it is yet to be ascertained if the killings were carried out on sectarian or political grounds,” said Karachi-East DIG Dr ...

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure that the holy month of Ramazan and Eidul Fitr are observed on the same day across the country, the ministry of religious affairs has sought a meeting with Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of Peshawar’s Masjid Qasim Ali Khan on May 31. But the ministry, or any other federal and provincial department for that matter, will ...

PESHAWAR: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested the prime suspect in the murder case of transgender female Alisha, who breathed her last in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital on Wednesday. SSP operations Abbas Majeed Marwat told media that the the prime suspect in the case, Fazal Gujjar, was arrested from Peshawar’s Qazi village. Alisha, a transgender activist working for Trans ...

KABUL: A suicide bomber belonging to the Haqqani terrorist network was shot dead by the Afghan intelligence operatives in capital Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before he manage to reach to his target. NDS said the man was wearing a suicide bombing vest but there are no reports regarding the ...

The British defense officials are mulling to send more troops to Afghanistan amid deteriorating security situation in the country. According to reports, UK may deploy more than 100 soldiers to Afghanistan besides extending the training mission of the available forces in the country by at least a year. The decision for the extension of the mission and deployment of the ...