Germany’s energy utilities look set to receive refunds of billions of euros after the government’s tax on their use of nuclear fuel rods was declared illegal by the country’s top court. Between 2011 and 2016, nuclear power operators made payments of more than 6bn euros (£5.2bn) to the government. The Constitutional Court has ruled the tax was “unconstitutional and void”. ...

PESHAWAR: The father of lynched Mardan university student, Mashal Khan, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking the government’s help for relocation of his daughters and himself to Islamabad in light of alleged security threats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the family’s hometown of Swabi. Muhammad Iqbal Khan in his petition requested the provision of living arrangements and ...

KABUL: Afghanistan beat Maldives in a football match by 2-1 played in United Arab Emirate (UAE), the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Wednesday. AFF spokesman, Syed Kazami, told media, the friendly match was played in Dobai city on Tuesday night. One minute silence was observed before the start of the match to pay respect for the victims of recent ...

EDITORIAL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday officially opened the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Cooperation Conference, saying that six days ago, 13 brave Afghan policemen gave their lives to stop a sewerage truck packed with military grade explosives from entering the diplomatic compounded, a direct violation of Geneva accords. He put the death toll to 150, saying the victim ...

KABUL: A top leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan has declared his opposition regarding the appointment of a Pakistani national, Sheikh Aslam Farooqi, as the new leader of the terror group in Afghanistan. He has called the appointment of Farooqi as an attempt by the Pakistani military intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). ...

TEHRAN: Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the legislature that ended with four attackers dead. Pirhossein Kolivand, the head of Iran’s emergency department, was quoted by Mizan Online, an Iranian state-run news website, as saying that 12 ...

“What will it take to convince Pakistan that a stable Afghanistan helps them and helps our region?” KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani lashed out at Pakistan at the Kabul Process on Tuesday, alleging that it is waging an “undeclared war of aggression” against Afghanistan. Issuing a stinging rebuke aimed towards Pakistan before a gathering of 23 nations, the European Union, ...

KABUL: A relatively heavy explosion rocked Herat city in West of Afghanistan this afternoon with the local officials saying at least seven people were killed. Provincial governor’s spokesman Jilani Farhad confirmed the incident has taken place near the entrance of Jame mosque in Herat city. He did not disclose further information regarding the casualties incurred to the people but a ...

Mian Iftikhar says only name of student wing of his party mentioned in the report PESHAWAR: ANP general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain has shown resentment over mentioning the name of the student wing of his party in the report of joint investigation team for Mashal murder case. He said that the ruling parties were not named in the report despite ...

Zbigniew Brzezinski was a well known American-Polish scholar of International Relations and a former American National Security Advisor who served during the Carter administration (1977-1981). He profoundly influenced US policy in dealing with tumultuous world events during the late 1970s, such as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979) and the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979). The US policy along with ...