The premier also directed the local government to make sure the sick and wounded Rohingya were well taken care of in the hospitals and they receive immediate medical attention. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh can feed 700,000 Rohingya refugees. “We have the ability to feed 160 million people of Bangladesh and we have enough food security to ...

Paradoxically, despite a horrific and seemingly endless war raging around them, there are brave citizens building peace across Afghanistan every day. The United Nations is doing its best to listen to each and every individual who stands up for peace. Indeed, the UN sees these actors as beacons of hope, lighting the way for change. A few weeks back, women ...

PAKISTAN: The foreign minister of Pakistan Khwajah Asif has claimed that the US forces have failed in Afghanistan as he arrived in Tehran on Monday to seek regional and international support in the aftermath of the US strategy declaration by President Donald Trump last month. “Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, during his day long visit to Tehran on 11 September ...

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan should maintain good brotherly relationship with Afghanistan irrespective of the latter’s ties with any other country including India, Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omer Zakhilwal advised Islamabad on Tuesday. According to dawn, Dr Zakhilwal said both the sides will have to respect each other’s sovereignty and move ahead to narrow down their differences for building long lasting trust. He was addressing ...

Modi renews support for Afghanistan, hails Trump policy. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated New Delhi’s strong support to Afghanistan in the fight against the imposed terrorism. “The Prime Minister affirmed that India attaches the highest priority to its ties with Afghanistan,” the Office of the Prime Minister of India said in a statement. The statement further “The Prime ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan as the two sides discussed the current situation in the region. The Office of the former President in a statement said the former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai met with the Ambassador of Pakistan Mr. Zahid Nasrullah Khan in his office on Monday. The statement further ...

Afghanistan has been pressing for greater Indian assistance in defence supplies and capacity building for a long time. Rabbani further said that his country’s friendship with India does not mean hostility to any other country and that it is not a zero-sum game. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday asserted that India will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with ...

The film follows the teenaged Nisha as she struggles to accommodate both Norwegian and Pakistani cultures in her life. Pakistani-Norwegian director Iram Haq’s film What People Will Saypremiered at Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) to a positive response from the audience. The film, which takes some of its inspiration from the director’s life, is based on the life of Pakistani-origin teenager Nisha ...

KABUL: Top Afghan and Indian officials are due to meet in New Delhi, the capital city of India, in the aftermath of the new US policy for Afghanistan and South Asia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan in a statement confirmed that the foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani will meet with the Indian officials during his visit to New Delhi. ...

KABUL: Famous writer and poet Saduddin Shpoon has passed away at the age of 85 at a hospital in the United States of America. He had long been living in America, where he was admitted for medical treatment to a hospital. He breathed his last on Sunday. Shpoon, hailed as a renowned Pashto prose writer and critic, penned some novels and composed ...