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Pashtun, Baloch activists discuss atrocities by Pakistan Army in FATA

KABUL: The Pashtun and Baloch activists recently gathered in Afghanistan’s Kabul to discuss about the atrocities carried out by the Pakistan Army in their region. Held under the aegis of the National Movement of Afghanistan, a political party, it invited delegates, including Wakil Shah Faqirzada and Rashid Khattak from Peshawar and Mashal Takar, founder of Great Afghanistan Movement from Canada. ...

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Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad attempting to start Afghan peace process

The foreign minister of Pakistan Khawaja Asif has said Islamabad is attempting to resume the Afghan peace process in a bid to end the ongoing violence in the country. Asif, quoted by local media outlets, has said Islamabad has called for a meeting in Muscat of Oman and has requested all the concerned groups to participate in the talks. He ...

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Australia’s Dean Jones appointed as interim head coach of Afghan cricket team

KABUL: A former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has been appointed as the interim head coach of the Afghan national cricket. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the appointment of Jones late on Monday. The cricket board of Afghanistan in a statement said Jones has been appointed as the interim head coach and will accompany the Afghan team during the 4-day ...

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Cost of leaving Afghanistan would be ‘much higher’ than staying: Stoltenberg

KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jeans Stoltenberg has announced no withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying, the cost of staying in Afghanistan was higher, but the cost of withdrawal could be much higher. Stoltenberg, after holding talks with Romanian prime minister, said this it in his speech at the plenary session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest. He applauded Romania’s contributions ...

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Thousands protest to demand tribal area reforms in Pakistan

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, are demanding reforms in the restive northwestern tribal region. Lawmakers, activists, and supporters of nearly half a dozen major political parties gathered in front of the Pakistani Parliament to demand the unification of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the neighboring northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A majority of the ...

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German conservative parties say they agree on migrant limit

GERMANY: Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Social Union say they want to limit the annual migrants to 200,000. Germany’s conservative parties said on Monday that they have agreed on a law limiting the number of migrants allowed to enter the country every year though parliament has the power to change the figure in the future. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ...

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NATO commander says Taliban and their supporters will never win

KABUL: The commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission and the US forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said the Taliban and their supporters will never win. Speaking during a ceremony for the transfer of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan forces, Gen. Nicholson said the war against terrorism is not only the war in Afghanistan and ...

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Ghani asks Taliban to carefully opt between peace and violence

AFGHANISTAN: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again called on Taliban group to renounce violence and join peace process, insisting that the option lies with the group and therefore they should be specific in their review. Speaking during a ceremony for the transfer of the UH-60 Black Hawks to the Afghan forces in Kandahar Airfield, President Ghani said the Taliban ...

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Top US officials to visit Islamabad with tough message from President Trump

Senior US officials are expected to visit Islamabad at the end of this month and earlier next month amid reports the officials will deliver tough message by President Donald Trump to the Pakistani officials regarding the circumstances surrounding the fight against terrorism. US and Pakistani officials privy of the scheduled visit are saying that the senior US officials expected to ...

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Pakistan can’t hide its global isolation: Waziri

“The entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism”     KABUL: The Ministry of Defense on Sunday strongly rejected Pakistan foreign minister’s remarks regarding the Afghan security forces capability, saying ‘the entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism.” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif during his ongoing trip to Washington had alleged that the Afghan security forces were unable to ...

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