The Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said the major terror sanctuaries are located in Pakistan, emphasizing that Islamabad must eliminate the safe havens for its own and regions stability. Atmar made the remarks during his speech at ...
Read More »Stranded Afghans return as Torkham and Chaman crossings open for two days
KABUL: Several stranded Afghans started returning to the country as the two key crossings along the Durand Line were reopened after almost eighteen days. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Monday announced that the Torkham and Chaman crossings will be open for ...
Read More »145 rockets hit Kunar; Pakistan still to shun shelling into Afghanistan
KABUL: In the latest shelling, Pakistani troops have fired at least 145 missiles in the two district of eastern Kunar province, local official said on Tuesday. These missiles landed in Sarkano and Khas districts of the province, no reports of ...
Read More »Security pact with US was signed because of Taliban’s war and horror: President Ghani
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Afghan government was forced to sign a security pact with the United States because of the war and horror of the Taliban group. Speaking during the inauguration of the new parliament session, ...
Read More »5 Pakistani soldiers killed during clashes along Durand Line
KABUL: At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed during clashes with the militants along the Durand Line, the Pakistani officials said Monday. The Inter Services Public Relations, media wing of Pakistani military, claimed that the soldiers were killed after a ...
Read More »Pakistan holds no authority to merger as FATA was never regular part of Pakistan
It seems that high-ranking officials in Pakistan are looking toward anarchy, where despite to take bold steps to resolve the already worsened situation, created by the continued ignorance and providing sanctuaries to various national and international terrorists groups, but they ...
Read More »Durand Line will remain line; Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate term on Durand Line: Karzai
KABUL: Reacting to the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former President Hamid Karzai has said that the government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line, a de facto ...
Read More »Afghanistan to airlift citizens if crossing points with Pak is not reopened within two days, says Afghan ambassador
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal on Saturday said Pakistan does not have a justification for the continued closure of crossing points with Afghanistan on Durand Line, and that his country might send in chartered flights to airlift stranded Afghans in ...
Read More »Ghani discuss Afghan forces development plan, other key issues with Trump’s adviser
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and the US national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster discussed issues of mutual interest including security, counter-terrorism, Afghan forces 4-year development plan, and election. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said ...
Read More »The Afghan Challenge for President Trump
The longest and the pricey war in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent in the election narrative of the recently concluded cacophonous presidential campaign in the United States. A war that drained the US exchequer by 600 billion and witnessed the death ...
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