WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was a lack of planning for the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, with the country spiralling into chaos and grappling with violent extremists. Asked in a Fox News interview aired Sunday to name the “worst mistake” of his presidency, the US leader said it ...

At least 12 people were killed and 38 others were wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The incident took place earlier this afternoon in Surkh Rod district targeting a vehicle of the Afghan security forces. The provincial public health officials confirmed that they have received nearly 50 dead or wounded bodies from the incident site ...

Shah Rukh Khan insists that his upcoming film Fan is totally different. Do we believe him? Fan is the story of a very innocent boy, who does not get how he feels life would be, when he meets his biggest star, says SRK It’s a concern many of SRK’s fans had when the film Fan was announced: Is the star ...

The notorious Pakistan-based Haqqani terrorist network leaders have played a key role in resolving the leadership issues of the Taliban group which recently led to deadly infighting among some dissident groups in western Afghanistan. According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the breakthrough was achieved with the mediation of Haqqani Network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani. One of the major breakthroughs ...

The former Afghan Minister of Interior and one of the prominent politicians has called for a constitutional Loya Jirga to be organized in a bid bring reforms in the current political system, calling it unhealthy administration. The remarks by Mohammad Omar Daudzai followed a day after the US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul to meet with the Afghan ...

ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) and senior ANP leader Bushra Gohar had to wait for eight years to get a response from the capital police in connection with her complaint regarding a threatening letter she received from extremist elements. Ms Gohar, who is the senior vice-president of Awami National Party (ANP), had lodged a complaint with the ...

REUTERS IDOMENI: Macedonian police throw stones at migrants and refugees during clashes near their makeshift camp here on Sunday.—AFP IDOMENI (Greece): Scores of migrants and refugees were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, aid workers said, an act condemned by Greece as “dangerous and deplorable”. ...

FAZAL KHALIQ MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Syed Jamshaid Ali was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Man­glore area of Swat on Sunday. According to police, two unidentified men approached Jamshaid Ali when he was present at the site of an under-construction school building at Telegram. “One of the attackers met him and the other opened fire, killing ...

A video purportedly showing parts of an interview with the Afghan MP and Cleric Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi has put him under fire as the video has rapidly gone viral on the internet. The video shows a female foreign reporter asking questions from Qazi Hanafi regarding violence against women. The reporter apparently faces a harsh response from Hanafi as she ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the duration of the Afghan National Unity Government is five years, ruling out speculations that the agreement ends at the end of two years since its formation. Kerry appeared in a press conference with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday night following his visit to Kabul. He said “There is no ...