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 ...

Khumariyaan: Interview with Sparlay Rawail This interview was carried out on the 30th May 2017, between this author (Angelina Merisi) and Sparlay Rawail, the lead guitarist with the band – Khumariyaan. The following is a transcript of that conversation. Merisi: Hello and thank you very much for taking the time from your busy schedule to carry out this interview. Sparlay: ...

KABUL: At least 80 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and over 350 others received injures in a horrible massive car bombing blast in Kabul, the capital city on Wednesday morning, officials said. The explosion occurred during rush hour at around 8:25 in a diplomatic area—near to Germany, British and Japan embassies. Roads were packed with commuters, when the explosion ...

Wounded Afghan women gesture at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017.— AFP AGENCIES: At least 80 people were killed and more than 300 wounded when a massive bomb tore through Kabul’s strongly fortified diplomatic quarter during the Wednesday morning rush hour, Afghan officials said. Health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh gave the toll, which ...

BRUSSELS: Wrapping up a day-long summit, NATO leaders on Thursday agreed to do more to fight terrorism and ensure fairer burden sharing. They also reviewed the alliance’s training mission in Afghanistan, and agreed to continue to sustain the mission. The meeting was a strong demonstration of transatlantic unity and resolve, with allies taking important decisions to do more in the ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met Russian foreign minister at the sidelines of the Moscow Conference on International Security held under the title of ‘counter-terrorism’, his office said. “Karzai met with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, discussing the situation of Afghanistan and the region,” Karzai’s office said in a statement. The former president appreciated Russian Federation for cooperating with Afghanistan, ...

PARIS: Partial results from the French presidential election suggest that the centrist Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen of the anti-immigration National Front will face each other in next month’s run-off poll. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen will contest the second round of the French presidential election, initial projections suggested Sunday, after a nail-biting vote seen ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told Trump that  he has commuted an immense atrocity against the Afghan people. “My message to President Donald Trump today is that he has committed an immense atrocity against the Afghan people,” He said in a Twitter post. Karzai further added that Trump has committed atrocity againstthe fellow Afghans, against fellow human ...

MARDAN: A student of Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan was killed and another injured by a vigilante mob for allegedly publishing blasphemous content online, local police said Thursday. At least 15 people were arrested in connection with the incident, which occurred within the university premises. The campus was shut down until further notice. The hostels were vacated and a ...

Malala Yousafzai signs the guest book as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Speaker of the House of Commons Geoff Regan look on. —AP Malala Yousafzai is presented with an honorary Canadian citizenship by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. —AP OTTAWA: Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai received honorary citizenship in Canada and became the youngest person ...