DUSHANBE – Belarus is eager to strengthen ties with regions of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan and concurrently to Afghanistan Oleg Ivanov said as he met with Chairman of the Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sharif Said, BelTA has learned. “Belarus is eager to intensify interregional ties not only with Tajikistan, but also ...

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Wednesday called for the strengthening of international anti-terror cooperation. The two ministers agreed that issues related to the fight against terrorism would be studied more closely in the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Steinmeier said Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels once ...

Pakistan has been working to construct a big customs complex at Torkham border to improve trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics. “The state-of-the-art border complex is being constructed at Torkham to improve facilities related to clearance of goods laden trucks crossing border to Afghanistan and CARs,” Collector Customs Peshawar said. Qurban Ali Khan added that the current checking and ...

OPINION: With the formal end to five and half month of the Russian brief military intervention in Syria. Many analysts are busy drawing Russian Profit and Loss account in Syria. Since beginning Russia maintains the stand that its operation will last for limited time and there is no intentions of extensive military presence. Moscow was determined to avoid a protracted ...

ANKARA – Turkey’s forcible return of around 30 Afghan asylum seekers just hours after the European Union (EU)-Turkey refugee deal came into force shows that implementing the deal would risk refugees’ lives from the word go, Amnesty International (AI) said. The organization has received credible information indicating that Turkey violated European and international law by forcibly returning the asylum-seekers, who ...

KARACHI: The Foreign Office has stated that 84 Pakistani nationals who are being held at Moscow airport since early morning are likely to be deported by Thursday evening. “The Foreign office is in touch with Russian embassy in Islamabad on the matter,” he said. Russia deported 48 Pakistanis yesterday, who were part of a group that was held after landing ...

The Hezb-e-Islami party led by the notorious militants leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is seeking power-sharing with the Afghan government in exchange for peace deal, it has been reported. The Afghan high peace council is busy negotiating peace deal with the delegation of Hezb-e-Islami party sent by Hekmatyar on 17th March. According to the officials privy to the development, the party is ...

The authorities in Netherlands are planning to close five more prisons as the falling crime rate leaves the cells empty, it has been reported. The decision by the authorities to close the prisons has been taken in a bid to prevent the useless cost incurred by empty cells, the country’s justice minister Ard van der Steur told parliament. Van der Steur ...

Trump and Cruz call for increased surveillance of Muslims after Brussels attacks. ─AP/File WASHINGTON: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Muslims were failing to report suspicious activity and they must do more to help prevent attacks such as those that killed at least 30 people in Belgium. “When they see trouble they have to report it, they are not ...

BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur advises Afridi to stay away from politics. — Reuters/File NEW DELHI: Indian cricket’s secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday warned Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi to avoid giving political statements, the Press Trust of India reported. Thakur, who is secretary Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), took note of Afridi’s statement during the toss of ...