Editorial: After quelling politically motivated terrorism and organized crime in Karachi, the recent episode of indicting high and middle ranking brass as per the rule of law, General Raheel has once again proved that he has the guts and mettle to call a spade a spade. However, the issues facing him are far more graver than is projected through ...

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers. The documents, kept in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol, contain information from the joint congressional inquiry into “specific sources of foreign support for ...

WASHINGTON: The biggest failure of the United States in Afghanistan is its inability to persuade Afgha­n­­­­istan and Pakistan to cooperate, says the former US ambassador to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad. In an interview to Voice of America, broadcast this weekend, Mr Khalilzad described the Pak-Afghan tension as “the mother of all problems” in the Pak-Afghan region. “The two countries need each ...

Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) won 35.3 of the vote, projections showed.─ Photo: Facebook page VIENNA: Austria’s anti-immigration far-right triumphed on Sunday in the first round of presidential elections, dealing a rude wake-up call to Vienna’s cosy political establishment two years before the next scheduled general election. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) won 35.3 of the ...

JALALABAD: At least 31 Nangarhar University students accused of insulting the national flag have been awarded jail terms, an official said on Sunday. Some months back, hundreds of Nangarhar University students staged a protest in support of militants and insulted Afghanistan’s national flag. After the protest, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested dozens of students and referred them to ...

Nizip: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) accompanied by EU Council President Donald Tusk (right) talks to young women at a refugee camp on Friday.—AP NIZIP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a month-old migrant deal plagued by moral and legal concerns. Merkel, who was ...

JALALABAD: An Afghan border policeman was martyred and two others were wounded as a result of a cross-border attack by Pakistani forces in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Pakistani paramilitary soldiers attacked two checkpoints of Afghan border police in the Anargi area of the districton Saturday evening in, killing one policeman and injuring ...

Array By Farhad Naibkhel-ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Former President Hamid Karzai calls “bad policies and wrong definition of the national interest” as the main factors behind terrorism and extremism. “I don’t believe that extremism, radicalism and terrorism are only because of social condition or religion,” Karzai stated in a speech at the Eurasian Media Forum held Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan. The forum ...

Younis was extremely critical of the umpires after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s loss to Islamabad. — AFP/file Khyber Pakhtunkhwa captain Younis Khan has quit the ongoing Pakistan Cup in protest of ‘substandard umpiring’ in the tournament. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa manager Mukhtiar Hussain confirmed the development to DawnNews on Saturday and said Ahmed Shehzad would take over the reins from Younis. Younis was extremely ...

KABUL: The Embassy of Russia in Kabul has rejected reports regarding Moscow’s cooperation with the Taliban group in fight against the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in the country. According to a statement by the Embassy of Russia, the statements by the Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov have been repeatedly ...