“Only pushing the Taliban to the table of peace negotiation wouldn’t suffice, making the talks result-oriented is a must,” Aziz AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: Adviser to the Pakistan’s Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said the recent spate of terrorist suicide attacks in Kabul undermined the burgeoning …
Read More »AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have arrested a would-be suicide bomber in a military operation in eastern Kunar province, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Sunday. The suicide bomber was held in Marawar district of the province where the arrested terrorist planned to carry out attack …
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Pakistan militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said on on Sunday (Sept 13) they had attacked a paramilitary checkpoint along the Afghan border, in the first such assault claimed by a former faction of the Taleban in several months. A militant affiliated with …
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Kabul: An official said Sunday, a couple accused of adultery was stoned to death by armed militants in northern Afghanistan. “A couple was found guilty of adultery charges during a Taliban court hearing in Qalai Sorkh area of Sozma Qala district,” said Hamid Elmi, head of media relations department in …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Senior leader of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Senator Usman Khan Kakar said that Pakistan has not changed its policy towards Afghanistan and was still hell-bent on annexing the latter as its fifth province. He said that Islamabad was pursuing the policy of “strategic depth” and …
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CHENNAI: Fifteen cadets from Afghanistan were among the 279 cadets commissioned as officers on completion of their training at the Indian Army’s Officers Training Academy here on Saturday. General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief of Army’s Eastern Command, Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi reviewed the passing out parade in which the cadets took part, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), aka Daesh in South Asia, has pledged to eliminate the Durand Line and annex Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan with Afghanistan. An Afghan online news portal Khaama Press, quoted Abu Talult Al Khurasani spokesman of the multinational terrorist group, as …
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KABUL: AfPak Media Exchange delegates called on former President Hamid Karzai at his office. Karzai thanked the delegates of the media exchange program and wished for peace in the region. By Asma Gul Usually people from across the world shy away from going to conflict-riddled countries. And the reason is …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs on Saturday said that one Afghan was killed and 29 injured in Mecca after a crane collapsed in the holy city. The deputy minister for religious affair Diaul Haq Abid said the injured Afghans were shifted to a hospital soon …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ)—Lower House of the parliament— on Saturday urged the government to direct the relevant officials to kick off the distribution of electronic national identification (ID) cards “as soon as possible”. The lawmakers alleged Pakistan of hampering the ID cards issuance process. They said the …
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