KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has apologized to the victims of the devastating war the party was involved in 1990s, hours after the party signed the draft peace agreement with the Afghan government. A senior member of the party Qarib-ur-Rehman Syed told VOA’s Afghanistan service that “Hezb-e-Islami considers itself a member and party of the people. Hezb-e-Islami ...

KABUL: The Ashraf Ghani administration and the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) on Thursday signed a landmark peace deal after two years of negotiations. On behalf of the government, the agreement was signed by High Peace Council (HPC) Chairman Pir Syed Ahmad Gilani and National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar. Eng. Mohammad Amin Karim and Political Affairs head Ghairat Baher affixed their ...

Achakzai said that blood of innocent Pashtoons are being shed without any reason. “Military, judiciary and other institutions must be subservient to the parliament.” Mahmood Khan Achakzai addressing a public gathering in the memory of martyrs of Quetta carnage.—Asmatullah Khan Kakar QUETTA: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief and veteran Pashtoon nationalist leader, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, termed supremacy of ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has asked the Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif to act against the culprits of Kabul attack based in Pakistan. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani called Gen. Sharif during the National Security Council meeting and asked him to take actions against the culprits who are based in Pakistan. ...

The footage of a wounded Syrian boy has once again sent shockwaves across the globe as it purportedly shows the wounded child being recovered from under the rebel amid fierce clashes in Syria. The distressing footage has refreshed the bitter memories of a Syrian child, Aylan Kurdi, who lost his life as his family attempted to flee the unending atrocities ...

Pashtun leader Mehmud Khan Achakzai says: PM Nawaz should sack officers of intelligence agencies if they fail to trace Quetta attack perpetrators. Intelligence agencies are busy in gathering information about the activities of politicians while terrorists are free to move anywhere. Our intelligence agencies failed to nab terrorists.   ISLAMABAD: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai on ...

Video link: https://www.facebook.com/PukhtoonSocialMedia/videos/880113365455857/ At least 65 people were killed and scores of others were wounded in an explosion in Quetta city, the provincial capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to the local media reports, the incident took place earlier today inside the Civil Hospital which came shortly after the killing of former president of Balochistan Bar Association Bilal Anwar Kasi. Kasi ...

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said state to state relations with Pakistan are a bigger challenge for Afghanistan than the existence of terror groups such as Al-Qaeda and Taliban. In an interview with Geo News, the Afghan President alleged that Pakistan provides sanctuaries to terrorists and trains them, making relations with Pakistan, the bigger challenge for his country. ...

KABUL: A suicide attack targeted the gathering of  a mass demonstration in capital Kabul leaving at least 61 people dead. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) officials confirmed the death toll and said at least 207 others have sustained injuries in the attack. The incident has taken place in Deh Mazang area where the demonstrators had gathered for a sit-in protest. ...

KABUL: Afghan and Pakistani officials to hold first meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on the Durand Line management and security-related issues in Kabul on July 26 (Tuesday), Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a media statement. Pakistan delegation to this meeting will be led by Director General Military Operations. The delegations will include representatives of the concerned ministries and ...