Nearly 200 militants have been arrested before joining the Taliban ranks in north of Afghanistan, local security officials in Parwan said. According to the officials, the militants were being transported in large trucks used for the transport of sheep when they were arrested in Salang area. Senior police officials in Salang said the majority of the militants were foreigners and ...

Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Group F football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre on June 25, 2014,during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. — AFP/File PARIS (AFP): Argentina remain top as the Philippines reached new heights in the latest FIFA world rankings released on Thursday. With no international ...

The girl’s charred body was found in the backseat of the van. ─ DawnNews ABBOTTABAD: The chilling murder of a 16-year-old girl strangled and set on fire in Galyat’s Makol village has been linked to the orders given by a local jirga last week, police said Thursday. Abbottabad police said a 15-member jirga called by the Makol village councillor Pervez ...

The Amnesty International has urged President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani not to sign the execution orders of prisoners convicted of terror offences. The appeal by Amnesty International comes as the Taliban group made a plea to international organizations to intervene and stop the Afghan government to implement death sentences. In its latest release titled “Afghanistan: The death penalty is no solution ...

Afghanistan’s defence and security forces face enormous challenges. They are countering an insurgency of well-equipped guerrilla fighters, who enjoy the unconditional support of organised crime, international terrorists and some neighboring countries. They are on the front line of the fight against terrorist groups including Al-Qaida, so-called Islamic State and the Haqqani Network. Moreover – as Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...

KABUL – A former Afghan diplomat has underlined the need for America’s continued assistance to his conflict-devastated even after the change of the US administration. “I think it would be detrimental if the United States withdraws or suddenly stops being engaged in Afghanistan,” Omar Samad said in an interview with a major Russian news service. The ex-ambassador to Canada said ...

Sami-ur-Rehman Almost in every speech and statement the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman, Imran Khan, has claimed to bring “revolution” in health sector of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, where his party is leading a coalition government. His political slogans – which still continue even after when his party has formed government in KPK – may impress others but not the one who ...

KABUL: Afghanistan on Wednesday evinced a keen interest in exporting commodities and minerals to different destinations around the globe through Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar. Economy Minister Abdul Sattar Murad, currently on a visit the neighbouring country, met the Chabahar Free Zone managing director and other officials in Sistan-Balochistan province. The state-run Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted Murad as saying ...

Days after a tragic incident in United king involving the suicide of a former Afghan translator who had served with the British forces in Afghanistan, two more translators are facing deportation after receiving warnings from the authorities. According to the local media reports, the two translators who have previously served with the British forces in Afghanistan have applied for UK ...

The Pakistani authorities have opposed military action against the Afghan Taliban leaders days after President Ghani called on Islamabad to take actions against the group’s leaderships based in Peshawar and Quetta cities. The country’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said such a policy had not brought results for 14 long years. “Afghanistan has been insisting that if the peace ...