NEW YORK: The Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations is under fire for showing a wrong picture while accusing India of committing atrocities in Kashmir. Maleeha Ludin showed a picture of Palestinian girl who was injured in an airstrike ...
Read More »Ghani warns Pakistan of ‘heavy price’, reoffers dialogue
WASHINGTON: President Ashraf Ghani has warned Pakistan of having to pay “a heavy price’ if the country did not avail his offer of a comprehensive dialogue. “What I’m offering the Pakistan government, the Pakistan security apparatus, is the invitation to a comprehensive ...
Read More »Dean Jones, in India after commentary stint in terror-struck T20 league in Kabul, says experience was eye-opener
INDIA: You don’t visit Afghanistan and come back without experiencing fear. Dean Jones is no different. He was there for 12 days and when he returned to India yesterday to resume his commentary stint, he had this to say about ...
Read More »Tensions rise as Iraq Kurds defy Baghdad in historic independence vote
An officials of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a hotel in Arbil on September 25, 2017. Iraqi Kurds voted in an independence referendum, defying warnings from Baghdad ...
Read More »German Election 2017: ‘Eternal Chancellor’ Angela Merkel wins fourth term
German Chancellor and Christian Democrats party (CDU) leader Angela Merkel (R) leaves the stage after speaking during an election night event at the CDU party’s headquarters in Berlin during the general election on September 24, 2017. —AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
Read More »15 years a long time for US to decide regarding Pakistan’s lies: Karzai
KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed his opposition to the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia as he expressed doubts regarding the latest stance Washington has adopted against Pakistan. Speaking to Foreign Policy in his office ...
Read More »Afghan Air Force UH-60 maiden flight in the presence of top defense officials
KABUL: A top US army general conducted the maiden flight of the newly-supplied UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in the presence of the senior defense officials. (Photos: NATO Resolute Support) The maiden flight was conducted by the US army Major General ...
Read More »Kabul-Delhi ties pose no threat to Islamabad: Abdali
NEW DELHI: Afghan Ambassador to India Dr. Shaida Abdali says New Delhi’s relations with Kabul are not a threat to other neighbours but are aimed at the reconstruction of Afghanistan. In an interview with PajhwokNews, Abdali said Afghanistan could not cut ties with its strategic ...
Read More »German voters head to polls today to decide government
Media predictions and polls cannot decide what must happen as this authority only rests in the hands of voters. Germany looks prone to the effects of what did happen in France–the defeat of right wing populists in France and what ...
Read More »The gathering clouds
Uncertainty about the future of constitutional system is growing as the current civilian setup appears to be losing control over both the external and internal dimensions of the governance in Pakistan. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the newly installed Prime Minister who ...
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