US President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that “appeasement with North Korea” will not work, after Pyongyang claimed it had successfully tested a missile-ready hydrogen bomb. “North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test,” Trump said. “Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.” His comments came hours after the US Geological Survey ...

PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Times congratulates Eid-ul-Adha to all the Pashtuns/Afghans and Muslims around the world. The Pashtun Times hopes this Eid would bring lasting blessing, happiness and peace to the people of Afghan/Pashtun land and the world. The Pashtun Times

KABUL: President Mohamamd Ashraf Ghani on Friday said attacks on religious places was attack on Afghanistan and carried out by miscreants. Addressing reporters after the Eid-ul-Adha prayer at the mosque of Presidential Palace the president said he was proud of Afghanistan for having national unity and religious harmony. The president congratulated Eid-ul-Adha to the entire nation special to security forces of the country. “I ...

The verdicts are the first to be issued since Bhutto, the first female prime minister of a Muslim country, was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack nearly a decade ago, sparking street violence and plunging Pakistan into months of political turmoil. ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court Thursday branded former military ruler Pervez Musharraf a fugitive in ex-prime minister Benazir ...

A resolution was signed and jointly issued by the Pakistani parliament, government, and military in response to the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia. The resolution was passed amid growing frustrations among the Pakistani politicians following the hard stance adopted by President Donald Trump, mainly regarding the persistent support the terror groups receive in the country. The resolution ...

KABUL: Officials in Islamabad are concerned regarding the possible blocking of the transit route to Central Asia and Europe by the Afghan government, it has been reported. The concerns have been shared by the authorities in Islamabad amid deteriorating diplomatic ties between the two neighbors. Sources within the Pakistani government have said the step could be taken due to the ...

EDITORIAL: And the tale is on. Every year a small of chunk of Pashtun population on both sides of the Durand Line celebrate this day. The day of Pashtunistan. Perhaps not in vogue now in the occupied parts of Pashtunistan by Pakistan, but yes, since the fall of Dr. Najeeb’s government in 90s, this day was not commemorated in the ...

FRANKFURT [Germany]: The Sindh representative political party, the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), under their independence movement, held an international conference, represented by Balochistan, the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Pashtunistan, and the China-Occupied Xinjiang and called on the international community to support and acknowledge the oppressed historic nations’ right to national independence. These nations said that they have been languishing under the ...

ARG/KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday chaired a high level meeting in ARG Palace amid persistent tense situation along the Durand Line. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said the meeting was also attended by the special representative of the UN secretary general to Afghanistan. The statement further added that President Ghani that relentless shelling ...

KABUL: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed to create transparency in the Afghan security forces funding provided by the United States, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday, Eklil Hakimi, minister of finance and Robin L. Fontes, US Army major general, signed the MoU requiring the combined security transition command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to assist Kabul in strengthening the Afghan forces. ...