LAHORE: An explosion ripped through a market in Lahore city, the provincial capital of Punjab in Pakistan, leaving 26 dead, several wounded. According to the local security officials quoted by the local media, the incident took place this afternoon in the vicinity of Ferozpur road. The officials are saying that the blast ripped through a vegetable market and was apparently ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said the recent deadly attacks were planned outside the country. Apparently gesturing towards the recent bombings in Kabul city, Hekmatyar made the remarks during a meeting with a group of the youths in his residence. He said the foreigners are seeking their personal interests with the persistent violence and war in the ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the suicide attack in Kabul city as well as the foreign airstrike in the Haska Mina district in the eastern province of Nangarhar. “The former president termed such attacks that cause martyrdom and injury of civilians and damage of residential and public areas against all humanitarian and Islamic norms,” Karzai’s office said Monday. Karzai ...

KABUL: At least 31 people were killed and over 40 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the west part of Kabul city Monday morning, security officials said. Deputy Spokesman for Ministry of Interior Najeeb Danish said that “24 people were killed and 42 others wounded, after a car bomber detonated in PD 3 in west part of Kabul city ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai congratulated the achievement of the Afghan girls’ robotic team in a match held in the United States. “With great happiness, I learned that the Afghan girls’ robotic team who participated in an international robot contest in the United States of America, gained the silver medal and showed the brave Afghan girls’ talent to the world.” ...

NOWSHEHRA: Pashto singer Zarsanga and her two sons were severely injured after being attacked by unknown men in Pirpai Nowshehra. According to reports, the attackers attacked the singer and eight members of her family in Nowshehra. The attackers also reportedly robbed them off their valuables. The Pashto singer and her family members are currently under treatment at a medical facility ...

By Khan Wali Khan Basharmal-The influence and interruption of the warlords, corrupt bureaucrats and tribal leaders in the social, economic and bureaucratic system of the government of Afghanistan, have to go; many such instances derailing the progress of Afghan society. Our weak bureaucratic structure and tribal-based non-technological system of institutional hiring comprise a serious bone of contention for well-qualified Afghan ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Germany has no right to interfere in Turkey’s domestic affairs. “Turkey is a social democratic state based on the law and no one has the right to interfere in its internal affairs,” said Erdogan before leaving on a trip to the Gulf. Several German nationals are among those being held in ...

BERLIN: A German girl who ran away from home shortly after converting to Islam has been found in Iraq, prosecutors said Saturday. The 16-year-old girl, identified only as Linda W in line with German privacy laws, is getting consular assistance from the German Embassy in Iraq, said prosecutor Lorenz Haase from the eastern German city of Dresden. Haase wouldn’t confirm ...

The gloves are coming off as the creeping coup is entering its final stage and is going for the kill. We have been told that the JIT is an extension of the Supreme Court. We already know that it’s also an extension of the premier intelligence agencies of the country that are part and parcel of the security establishment. These ...