KABUL: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for the initiative to launch the Afghanistan-India air corridor. Modi expressed optimisms regarding the inauguration of the air corridor as he welcomed the arrival of the first flight to New Delhi from Kabul. In a twitter post, Modi said “Happy to welcome the first Air Freight ...

Those who create crisis, we changed it to opportunity: President Ghani KABUL: The first-ever Afghan-India air corridor flight began Monday from Kabul to Delhi, carrying 60 tons of herbals. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani speaking at inauguration of the first flight of Afghanistan-India Air corridor said: “Those who create crisis for us, must learn that we change the challenge to opportunity.” ...

KABUL: The media in United Kingdom has reacted regarding the beating and slapping of an asylum seeker by sharing the video which purportedly shows the violence against the Afghan man. The video taken by another passenger on board a plane bound for Istanbul from London, was widely shared by the media outlets in UK as an individual believed to be ...

KABUL: The International Cricket Council (ICC) was all poised to grant Ireland and Afghanistan their long-awaited Test status during upcoming annual meeting in London this week, according to a media report. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has submitted its application to the ICC for full membership, senior member of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) advisory board has wrote on his ...

KABUL: An ex-commander of the Taliban militant group who has joined the peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, admitted that Taliban’s leadership is based in various parts of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the provincial government of Nangarhar, the insurgent militants has embraced the peace and reconciliation process as a result of meaningful efforts carried out by the ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack on police headquarters in southern Paktia province. In a statement, the ex-president called the attack an act by the enemy of Afghans against Islam and humanitarian law. The former president expressed deepest condolences to the victim families, wishing quick recovery for the wounded people of the incident. A car bomber and ...

KABUL: The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Pakistan on Sunday confirmed that two of its Jalalabad-based Consulate General officials have gone missing. According to the statement issued by the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, the diplomats were on their way to their homeland, Pakistan on Friday, June 16th by car when they went missing. “The matter has been raised with the relevant Afghan ...

Ashfaq Ahmed, a famous Pakistani scholar and writer always emphasized and insisted to have get together with “baabey” (a term used for the senior citizens). Knowledge, information is not only found in books, there is indeed many things that can be obtained through these get together with baabey, but unfortunately, we are only finding out things and solutions in books ...

Book Review: “The Real Pashtun Question: How To Control Religious Extremism, Misogyny And Pedophilia”?  By: Dr. Farhat Taj 2017 Published By: Kautilya Books, New Delhi. Contents: Acknowledgements, Preface, Seven Chapters, Endnotes, Annexes, Abbreviations, Glossary, References, Map. pp.216. Reviewed by Angelina Merisi. Considering the enormous body of literature and scholarly works available concerning the Taliban movements and Pashtun socio-cultural and political ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Thursday’s attack on a mosque in Kabul, saying “like other terrorist attacks it was organized outside the borders”. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the al-Zahra mosque in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, in which, four people were martyred and eight more injured. Among the martyrs was Hajji Ramazan Hosseinzadah, a ...