The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks after violence flared in neighbouring Myanmar, where the stateless Muslim minority has endured decades of persecution. The top Buddhist leader is the latest Nobel peace ...

KABUL: The Afghan history and culture’s historic friend Nancy Dupree, a well known American historian, died at the age of 90 in Kabul. Nancy was admitted to a hospital due to an illness she was suffering from and died late on Saturday night. Born in India to American parents in 1927, Madam Nancy for the first time moved to Afghanistan ...

KABUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan and help them restore bilateral ties, the Presidential Palace said on Sunday. During a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, the Turkish president said he was ready to play his role in rehabilitation between the neighbors. President Ghani thanked his Turkish counterpart for his support in ...

KABUL: Patriotism costs lives of people in the countries likes Afghanistan that comes under target of superpowers, former president, Hamid Karzai said. “Being patriotic is a crime in Afghanistan and the patriotic people are killed,” Karzai addressed a gathering Saturday in Kabul to mark Ahmad Shah Massoud’s death anniversary, saying that Massoud lost his life in this way. “Massoud was ...

“We will take the risk to go to every corner of the country. We want our children to learn how Afghans used to live.” For older Afghans the films would be a reminder of happier times and for the young generation, a glimpse of Afghanistan’s peaceful past that may help raise hope for its future. The Taliban, who banned popular ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former skipper Shahid Afridi has opted to withdraw from the Afghanistan cricket league, Shpageeeza League, amid persistent tensions between the cricket board of the two nations. Afridi informed regarding his decision late on Friday night citing family issues as the main reason behind his decision. Very thankful to AFG gvt, @ACBofficials &MuslimYar sb. Speenghar Tigers to invite me. ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly reacted at the airdrop of the offensive leaflets aimed at attracting the local support against the Taliban, calling it a psychological war against the Afghan people. In a statement released by the Office of the former President, Karzai said the presence of the American forces and the violations committed by them has ...

KABUL: The Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said the country cannot fight Afghanistan’s war in Pakistan, apparently gesturing towards the demands by Kabul and Washington to eliminate the sanctuaries of the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist network based in the key cities of the country. The remarks by Gen. Bajwa could be a gesture of ...

BEIJING: Pakistan and China agreed that the solution to the Afghan conflict “has to be fundamentally political”, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday. Asif, who arrived in China at the start of his regional outreach for consultations on the new US policy on Afghanistan and South Asia, addressed a joint press conference after his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in ...

Germany is a highly-coveted partner on the international stage. As a respected global power, it needs a strong mandate from the upcoming elections, says former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Germany is a haven of stability in today’s international scenario, and one of the world’s most sought-after economies. This is why its national election on September 24 is currently one of the most-watched ...