ISLAMABAD/DAWN: Fencing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has commenced in an effort to improve the security situation along the international boundary, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army’s media wing, said Tuesday. The construction of the fence will take place in two ...
Read More »Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on Sunday, says a renowned astrologer Abdullah Kandahari
KABUL: Renowned astrologer Abdullah Kandahari has predicted that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Afghanistan on Sunday (June 25). He told Pajhwok Afghan News the month of Ramazan would be of 29 days and the moon of Shawal could be sighted ...
Read More »Modi thanks Ghani for Afghanistan-India air corridor initiative
KABUL: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for the initiative to launch the Afghanistan-India air corridor. Modi expressed optimisms regarding the inauguration of the air corridor as he welcomed the arrival of the ...
Read More »First Afghan-India air corridor flight begins
Those who create crisis, we changed it to opportunity: President Ghani KABUL: The first-ever Afghan-India air corridor flight began Monday from Kabul to Delhi, carrying 60 tons of herbals. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani speaking at inauguration of the first flight ...
Read More »UK media reacts at beating and slapping of Afghan asylum seeker
KABUL: The media in United Kingdom has reacted regarding the beating and slapping of an asylum seeker by sharing the video which purportedly shows the violence against the Afghan man. The video taken by another passenger on board a plane ...
Read More »ICC may grant Afghanistan, Ireland Test nation status
KABUL: The International Cricket Council (ICC) was all poised to grant Ireland and Afghanistan their long-awaited Test status during upcoming annual meeting in London this week, according to a media report. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has submitted its application ...
Read More »Ex-Taliban commander acknowledges the group’s leadership is in Pakistan
KABUL: An ex-commander of the Taliban militant group who has joined the peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, admitted that Taliban’s leadership is based in various parts of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the provincial government of Nangarhar, ...
Read More »Karzai “strongly” condemns Paktia attack
KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack on police headquarters in southern Paktia province. In a statement, the ex-president called the attack an act by the enemy of Afghans against Islam and humanitarian law. The former president expressed ...
Read More »Pakistan confirms two diplomats missing in Nangarhar
KABUL: The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Pakistan on Sunday confirmed that two of its Jalalabad-based Consulate General officials have gone missing. According to the statement issued by the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, the diplomats were on their way to their homeland, ...
Read More »Welcome to Pakistan
Ashfaq Ahmed, a famous Pakistani scholar and writer always emphasized and insisted to have get together with “baabey” (a term used for the senior citizens). Knowledge, information is not only found in books, there is indeed many things that can ...
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