KABUL: More than 3,000 additional US troops are their way to Afghanistan in line with President Donald Trump’s new strategy, media reports said on Tuesday. Defense Secretary James Mattis told a news conference at the Pentagon he had signed the order to send more troops to the war-torn country at the end of last month. The troops — half of them from ...

EDITORIAL: Why Pakistan has been supporting the Taliban and other terrorist outfits amid at continuing perpetuate the very long war which has gripped Afghanistan since 2001. It has been years that Pakistan has a difficult and strained relationship with Afghanistan. Maybe Pakistan fears of Afghan strength due to various reason, thus supporting and harboring militants. The roots of the Afghan-Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Tuesday termed United States (US) President Donald Trump’s refusal to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in New York over the pretext of being busy as “degrading” to Pakistan. PM Abbasi is likely to meet US Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York, where the premier will ...

PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party Central President, Asfandyar Wali Khan has said the new US policy on Afghanistan and South Asia is very much dangerous for Afghanistan and Pakistan, calling on the Trump administration to prioritize mediation instead of fueling war in Afghanistan. In his exclusive interview with Salim Safi in Jirga Program at Geo Television, Asfandar Wali Khan said, Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said Pakistan needs to bring its house in order before asking the world for investment. Speaking at a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor related seminar, Iqbal said, “I will repeat what Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif have already said — we need to bring our house in order before we ...

Regional cooperation is important for regional peace and stability. It is regional cooperation through which regional countries can coordinate their efforts to bring an ever lasting and durable peace and stability in the region. This cooperation could also plays an important role in social and economic development of the region. Without regional cooperation peace, stability and economic growth is not ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says hate creates divisions among peoples while hope removes distance, stressing the need for efforts to promote amenity. Ghani, who arrived to New York on Monday evening to attend the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, made the remarks in his address at a Global Hope Coalition event. A statement from the Presidential Palace in Kabul said ...

GENEVA: Pakistan has urged the Swiss authorities to take action against “Free Balochistan” posters that have been put up in Geneva, the media reported on Monday. Ambassador Farukh Amil, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, in a letter written to Ambassador and Permanent UN Representative Valentin Zellweger said the posters that appeared in the area around Rue de ...

KABUL: The Iranian officials have expressed concerns regarding the growing cultivation and production of saffron in Afghanistan, saying the country has turned into a serious rival endangering the saffron industry in Iran. Iran’s Saffron Exports Development Fund board of directors’ member Farhad Saharkhiz quoted by the local IRNA news agency said saffron production in Afghanistan has turned into a serious ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar accused the political parties for sparking tensions and differences among the people. Hekmatyar made the remarks during a meeting with the members of the institute of youths for change. He claimed that Hezb-e-Islami is the only party that has greater influence across the country and the other parties have became a reason for ...