KABUL: The Afghan government on Monday expressed concern about what a Cabinet meeting termed ‘misuse’ of Afghan pupils in Pakistani seminaries. Chairing an exclusive meeting the Cabinet, CEO Dr. Abdullah Abdullah stressed the opening of a seminary belonging to the Deobandi school of thought to stop Afghan children from seeking religious education in Pakistan. The meeting, which conferred on problems relating to security ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has asked the tribal elders across the country to maintain security in their respective regions. Hekmatyar made the remarks during a large gathering in Kabul to discuss the ongoing violence and conflict. He said one of the easiest ways to ensure security and stability in the country is to use the influence of ...

The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) appointed by the Apex Court of the country for investigating the money trail leading to off shore companies in Panama owned by Sharif family has proved to be a curious phenomenon. It has representatives of the six federal departments as members but it goes without saying that its pivot is constituted by the members coming ...

Nobel laureate and girls education campaigner Malala Yousa­f­­­zai graduated from college on Friday and used the occasion as an opportunity to join Twitter. The 19-year-old youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize sent out her first series of tweets on Friday evening, symbolising education as the key driving force behind her actions. “Today is my last day of school and my ...

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has demanded serious punishment for the officials involved in harassing Afghan women at the Islamabad airport. A senior Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official was arrested on the charge of sexually harassing an Afghan woman at the airport in Pakistan’s capital. Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, irked by the FIA assistant director’s misbehavior with the ...

For many, coalition is a very much new word, to be clearer it’s a western word which Afghans are not much familiar with it. But since once talk about Loya Jirga, everyone even the Afghan children understands the meaning, taking it as a precious word in resolving any sort of problems through. This history of Loya Jirga goes back to ...

KABUL: The former US ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad doubts the Pakistani military will act against the Haqqani terrorist network and Taliban leadership. Khalilzad made the remarks in reaction to the agreement on joint efforts to fight against the terrorist groups along and on both sides of the Durand Line. “AF/Pak coordinated counter/terror operations? Will see if Paks move against ...

ISLAMABAD: A senior Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official has been arrested on the charge of sexually harassing an Afghan woman at the Islamabad airport. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, irked by the FIA assistant director’s misbehavior with the Afghan lady, immediately suspended him and ordered an an inquiry into the incident. A spokesperson of the Interior Ministry quoted Nisar ...

KABUL: At the head of a high-level delegation, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday flew to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, to attend the second summit on a mega power project. During the daylong visit, Ghani would the meeting on CASA-1000 and hold talks with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on further expansion of relations between the two countries. A statement from ...

PESHAWAR: Haroon Bacha, a noted Pashto folksinger has recently launched his Pashto ghazal album titled ‘Gulrang’, the fiftieth in the run in his 25-year music career. Hailing from Swabi, Panjpir village, he did his graduation from Edwardes College, Peshawar, and later received master’s degree in social work from the University of Peshawar in 1994. Afsarul Mulk Afghan, chairman of Da ...