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Afraid of Revolution?
Sometimes an incident can spur a revolution. When delving into history, we can find ample ...
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Babarra Massacre haunts Pakistani state
Photo courtesy: ANP Peshawar: The 73 years old Khudai Khidmatgars massacre is haunting Jinnah’s Pakistan ...
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I left the country as I didn’t want any further bloodshed, Afghan’s President tells his nation
Afghan’s President Ashraf Ghani address to his nation after he fled to United Arab Emirates: ...
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The words, he uttered?
At last “the soul” spoke out the two forbidden words; Pashtun vs. Military. The later ...
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Pakistan Plunges in Crisis
The situation in Pakistan is becoming more chaotic with every passing day. Who is doing ...
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Fencing the Durand Line is no different than creating the Wall of Berlin: Hussain Haqqani
“The Pashtuns of Pakistan and the Pashtuns of Afghanistan have not only ethnic kinship, but ...
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Inspire and Burn in Hell- Brzezinski!
Zbigniew Brzezinski was a well known American-Polish scholar of International Relations and a former American ...
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Pashtun thrown to the wolves
Pashtun thrown to the wolves BY HABIB KHAN: Bearing seventy three years brutality and oppression ...
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Pashtun Uprising
The upsurge of the youth and ordinary Pashtuns mainly from the FTA in recent weeks ...
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Pashtun Spring: Time to redraw the boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Angry Pashtun tribesmen chanting anti-Taliban and freedom slogans torched the office of the Taliban in Pakistan’s northwestern ...
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PTM and restructuring established narrative
Micheal Foucault’s ‘Power-Knowledge’ thesis emphasizes an entrenched relation between power and knowledge. Neither power nor ...
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Opinion
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The biggest American fuck ups that screwed Afghanistan
The images of the fall of Kabul will forever represent one of America’s biggest diplomatic ...
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The ISI is the enemy of reconciliation between Pashtuns and the West
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Pashtuns’ Uprising: The Art of Resistances
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Pashtun Long March: Opinion
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To Be Young and Pashtun in Pakistan
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War, masculinity, and the Pashtun Long March
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Pashtun protest sparks debate about Pakistan’s counter-terrorism policies
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The protest of the Pashtun: Opinion
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#PashtunLongMarch: Cases like Naqeeb Mehsud are a routine practice
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#PashtunLongMarch – A peaceful resistance
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The power of social media
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We will organize, we shall overcome!
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Naqeebullah Mehsud’s first victory
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There is hardly a man across the tribal belt who has not seen the barbarism of the terrorists in uniform
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Despite Trump, Kabul must know Pakistan still holds the key
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Pashtuns vent grievances in Islamabad sit-in
PashtunLongMarch: Millions of ethnic Pashtuns have endured years of terrorist violence, military operations, and displacement ...
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For Ahamdi community in Pakistan, persecution never ends
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German voters head to polls today to decide government
Special Reports
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Fruit of Faizabad sit-in: Student guns down principal over ‘blasphemy’
I have been taught… to kill… to not be afraid: the killer PAKISTAN: A college ...
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A country in denial – Human Rights violation of transgender community in Pakistan
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Imposed Federation of Pakistan: Pashtuns, Kashmiris, Sindhis and Balochs make firstever independence alliance
Editorial
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Editorial: Manzoor Pashtun and the partisan Pakistani media
Manzoor Pashtun and the partisan Pakistani media EDITORIAL: It is him who ignited and infused ...
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Editorial: If Pakistan was made by Pashtuns’ forefathers, then what it would have been?
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Islamabad sit-in: Pashtuns decry security forces suppressive policies in Pashtun belt
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Editorial: Chaos, terror, the Taliban and Afghan government
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Pakistan: A picture of duplicity in war on terror
World
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Malala completes emotional four-day visit to Pakistan
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is heading back to Britain after completing her four-day ...
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Norway parliament fails to protect Afghans from horrors of war
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Crunch time for Merkel to build coalition or face new polls
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Saudi Arabia arrests 11 princes, including a prominent billionaire, dozens of ministers
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Putin visits Tehran for talks on Syria, nuclear deal
Russia
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Russia ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan, says Putin
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West is threatening Russian sovereignty: Moscow MPs
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Putin greets Ghani on 98th Independence Day of Afghanistan
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Russia opposes privatization of Afghan war
US
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‘Stand behind my decision,’ says Biden on US withdrawal
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Intl community to reiterate its commitment to Afghanistan at Kabul Process: US
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Trump proposes $5b in aid to Afghan security forces
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New rules of engagement in Afghanistan: Trump
Pakistan
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Babarra Massacre haunts Pakistani state
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Controlled democracy – Not a good going
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Pakistan and Imran Khan Face a New Crossroad
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Afraid of Revolution?
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Defiance breaks out in Pashtun paramilitary
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The repressive policies of the military establishment in Pakistan continue
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The Pashtun Uprising: Thousands of Pashtuns rally in Pakistan against state sponsored terrorism
Miscellaneous News
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Pashtun Tahfuz Movement (PTM) and media concerns
Pashtun Tahfuz Movement (PTM) staged a sit-in in Islamabad for more than a week under ...
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Mercy Corps International to establish 450 pistachio fields in Afghanistan to underbring opium cultivation
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The Pashtun Long March: Reviving the nonviolent creed of Bacha Khan
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Pakistan has given us nothing but lies and deceit, says Donald Trump
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Former military dictator calls himself ‘liberal and greatest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba’
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Top US general in Afghanistan: No change in Pakistan’s behavior
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Afghanistan forced Pakistan to stop fencing Durand Line
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US-Canadian couple held in Afghanistan, kept in Pakistan: CIA chief
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Pakistani military admits links between ISI and militant groups
Popular Opinions
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Dead end of the Afghan policy
In recent times Pakistani political and military leadership has come around to the position where ...
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The fundamental contradiction
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Here’s why activists in FATA oppose Obaid-Chinoy’s latest project
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FATA’s wounds
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National question and the state
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The merger question
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Contours of the endgame
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Rules of the game
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Why Trump is right to get tough with Pakistan
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The militancy front
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Who rules Pakistan?
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The rise of clerics as the new class in Pashtun society
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The myth of accountability
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Baloch in the eye of storm
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Pakistan won’t change its support for terrorism inside Afghanistan
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Inspire and Burn in Hell- Brzezinski!
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The Role of Music in Islam – Keynote speech by Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri
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Justice for Mashal
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Where Pakistan stands in multi-polar world?
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Civil society and civic life in Afghanistan
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Pakistan and abuse of religion
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The Witch-hunt
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Closing the border
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The Iqbal Chair Delay —How long will the Pakistani Government keep the University of Heidelberg’s South Asia Institute waiting
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Pashtun profiling
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Self-policing: The colonial system of Frontier Management through “traditions” and “jirgas”
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The Last Chapter
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How not to end the Afghan war
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Returning to North Waziristan
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Failure on terror front
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Mindset or System?
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States within a state
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Justice for Waziristan
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Transit Route – The most Viable Route for Peace Building in Afghanistan
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Terrorism and its effects on Pakistan and the region
Afghanistan
I left the country as I didn’t want any further bloodshed, Afghan’s President tells his nation
Afghan’s President Ashraf Ghani address to his nation after he fled to United Arab Emirates: ...
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‘Stand behind my decision,’ says Biden on US withdrawal
US President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw ...
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The ISI is the enemy of reconciliation between Pashtuns and the West
Benjamin Gilmour’s feature film Jirga remedies maladies of guilt with bravery and redemption. It is ...
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Karzai supports Taliban leadership’s decision for ceasefire
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed the announcement of ceasefire by the Taliban group ...
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Unprecedented protest in restive Afghan province pushes for peace
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Hundreds of Afghan men and women are participating in an unprecedented ...
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Pak FM speculate new cold war between US and Russia in Afghanistan
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khwajah Asif speculates the start of a new cold war ...
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Karzai condemns Kunduz airstrike
KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the recent airstrike on the Dasht-e-Archi district in ...
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Afghanistan: IEC Chief confirms October date for Parliamentary Elections
KABUL: Afghanistan’s election authorities have set October 20 as the date for long-delayed legislative and ...
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North Waziristan would be Constructed on the Basis of Modern Planning: Political Agent Kamran Afridi
Political Agent North Waziristan Agency Kamran Afridi in an Exclusive Interview with The Pashtun Times ...
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I intensely refuse to recognize the Durand Line: Begam Nasim Wali Khan
Interview with Begam Nasim Wali Khan on Pashtun National politics and Durand Line Begam Nasim ...
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a Project to Change Fortunes: Dr. Said Alam Mehsud
Exclusive interview with Dr. Said Alam Mehsud; Physician, Researcher and Leader of the Pashtunkhwa Ulasi ...
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The Durand Line can’t separate Afghans: Hamid Karzai in a historic interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES
The Durand Line is not a claim but an aspiration and a historical right ...
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Afghanistan’s long tradition of cultural exchange – Interview with Nasruddin Saljuqi
On May 22, 2017, Pakistani band Khumariyaan performed to a packed theatre at Trinity College ...
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Causing destruction in Afghanistan won’t help Pakistan, former president of Afghanistan ‘Hamid Karzai’ talks to THE PASHTUN TIMES
Karzai said that the path to Pakistan’s interests in Afghanistan is through friendship, brotherhood and ...
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Romania: Protest and Corruption. A young Romanian student discusses the conflict with Angelina
Protests in Romania: Alice Strete discusses with Angelina Merisi: Alice, you are a young Romanian ...
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Fencing the Durand Line is no different than creating the Wall of Berlin: Hussain Haqqani
“The Pashtuns of Pakistan and the Pashtuns of Afghanistan have not only ethnic kinship, but ...
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The Pashtun Times is a small effort by very clear headed individuals projecting the Pashtuns’ issues
The Pashtun Times is a small effort by very clear headed individuals projecting the Pashtuns’ ...
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England-based Pashtun doctor wishes to see his dream of Pashtunistan comes true in his lifetime
“Dr. Naseem, a Pashtunistan-lover says he must be buried in England instead of sending his ...
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‘Pakistan should apologize to Bangladesh for the horrific brutalities in 1971’
HEIDELBERG: Message of a Bengali student to Pakistan: “Pakistan should apologize to Bangladesh for the ...
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Lila Miran, a French girl who studies in the Uiniversity of Heidelberg, wants to travel to Pakistan by road, and to learn Attan- the Pashtun national dance in Peshawar.
Lila Miran, a French girl who studies in the Uiniversity of Heidelberg, wants to travel ...
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Babarra Massacre haunts Pakistani state
Photo courtesy: ANP Peshawar: The 73 years old Khudai Khidmatgars massacre is haunting Jinnah’s Pakistan ...
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The ISI is the enemy of reconciliation between Pashtuns and the West
Benjamin Gilmour’s feature film Jirga remedies maladies of guilt with bravery and redemption. It is ...
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‘Manzoor Pashteen is the voice of millions of Pashtuns’
Speech at UN Office in Geneva by Aurang Zeb Khan Zalmay: ”PTM, Pashtun Tahfuz ...
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PTM and restructuring established narrative
Micheal Foucault’s ‘Power-Knowledge’ thesis emphasizes an entrenched relation between power and knowledge. Neither power nor ...
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Transformation of social, political leadership in Pashtun society
The world has been changing fast, so does the Pashtun society. The transition from mundane ...
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The Pashtun Uprising: Thousands of Pashtuns rally in Pakistan against state sponsored terrorism
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of ethnic Pashtuns — led by the young activist ...
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Has PTM taken the road less travelled by?
PESHAWAR: Removal of the chairman of the organising committee of the National Youth Organisation – ...
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Pakistan’s security establishment all out to undermine rightful Pashtuns’ rights movement
Crooked tribal chiefs of Mamandkhel tribe to hold “solidarity rally tomorrow Friday to undermine Pashtun ...
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‘Free Balochistan’ campaign in Switzerland irks Pakistan
GENEVA: Pakistan has urged the Swiss authorities to take action against “Free Balochistan” posters that ...
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Exiled Baloch leaders hail Trump’s Afghan strategy
WASHINGTON: Exiled leaders from Balochistan province have welcomed the Afghan strategy announced by US President ...
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On Being a Baloch- 26 August, 2006
‘I have been a Baloch for several centuries. I have been a muslim for 1400 ...
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Baloch-Americans demand sanctions against Pakistan
KABUL: The Baloch-Americans during an event, joined by a large number of Afghans have appealed ...
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Pakistan has arrested senior Taliban leaders, claims Mullah Zaeef
Taliban’s former Ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Adul Salam Zaeef has claimed that Pakistan has detained ...
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Taliban announce stout support for TAPI gas pipeline project
KABUL: The Taliban on Friday announced stout support for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project, hailing it as ...
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A book review: My life with the Taliban
“My Life With The Taliban” A Book Review by Zahid Khattak Abdus Salam Zaeef, a ...
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US sanctions 6 Taliban and Haqqani network financiers and facilitators
KABUL: The United States Department of Treasury on Thursday announced that six individuals supporting the ...
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German runaway girl who converted to Islam found in Iraq
BERLIN: A German girl who ran away from home shortly after converting to Islam has ...
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US drops its largest bomb on Daesh caves in Nangarhar
WASHINGOTN: US forces dropped a huge GBU-43 bomb on a series of caves fighters loyal ...
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ISIS in Afghanistan release new distressing execution photos
KABUL: The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have ...
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4 ISIS militants hailing from Pakistani and Tajikistan killed in Nangarhar
KABUL: Four foreign loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group ...
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The ISI is the enemy of reconciliation between Pashtuns and the West
Benjamin Gilmour’s feature film Jirga remedies maladies of guilt with bravery and redemption. It is ...
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Angelina Jolie’s animated film about Afghan girl nominated for Oscar award
An animated film produced by Angelina Jolie depicting the life of a young Afghan has ...
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Theatre actor Sumbul Khan shot dead in Mardan
PAKISTAN: A female actor based in Mardan was shot dead on Saturday. According to local ...
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Sooraj Pancholi charged with abetting Jiah Khan’s suicide
The actress who committed suicide in 2013 left a note, in which she blamed Sooraj ...
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Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan to play for Sussex Sharks in T20 Blast
KABUL: After outstanding performances in a number of Twenty20 cricket leagues during the recent years, ...
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Afghans in semis, eliminate Kiwis from U-19 World Cup
KABUL: Afghanistan eliminated New Zealand from the ICC U-19 World Cup, notching up a massive ...
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Tennis Training
A tennis training program has to meet the demands of an all-round physically challenging, individual ...
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Associate Cricketer of the Year – Rashid Khan
KABUL: Afghanistan’s 19-year-old leg-spinner capped an exceptional, wicket-laden year with the prestigious Associate Cricketer of ...
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Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims come together to save Kamran’s life
The story is irrespective of race, colour, creed or religion, The message it gives says ...
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Peshawar doctors perform surgery to remove 22 metal, glass objects from woman’s stomach
Objects removed from the patient’s stomach include long metal nails, hair clips and pieces of ...
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Private hospitals lay off staff as flow of Afghan patients drops
PESHAWAR: The private hospitals have started to lay off employees after decrease in number of ...
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Surgeons save Brazilian man’s hand from amputation by sewing it into his stomach
Brazilian man’s hand was saved from amputation by ingenious surgeons who put it inside a ...
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Save the Children calls for end corporal punishment at school, after death of a student
KABUL: Save the Children, an organization active in protecting children urged the Afghan government to ...
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Today’s girls, tomorrow’s leaders: Opinion
Happy International Day of the Girl to all girls around the world, especially to the ...
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Peshawar University to set up refugee study centre
PESHAWAR: The University of Peshawar, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, ...
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Politics has no room in universities, says president Ghani
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday stressed the need for fundamental changes in the higher education system, ...
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IJT, Pakhtun students clash at Peshawar’s Islamia College University
PESHAWAR: At least two students were injured and 12 arrested on Tuesday after clash between ...
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Musician wants to save rabab from extinction
Mutrib Mashukhel sets up academy to impart training of string instrument Mutrib Mashukhel plays rabab ...
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Political novice to become Tamil Nadu CM
CHENNAI: A former video cassette seller with close ties to Tamil Nadu’s late leader will ...
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