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Things are getting from bad to worse between the two neighbors—Afghanistan and Pakistan after cycles of violence took place in Pakistan. Islamabad without thinking at least once, turned blame finger toward Kabul, while ignoring its support to the militant outfits in their soil for longtime. There is no safe hideout …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is firmly committed to its Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. The NATO decided to stay in Afghanistan with 13,000 troops to train, assist and advise Afghan security force to defeat terrorism and stabilize the war-torn country. Jens …

The line that Mortimer Durand drew across a small map in 1893 has bled the Pashtun heart ever since. More than a century later both sides of that line remain restless. But the mystery behind what actually happened on 12 November 1893 has never been solved. Why did Amir Abdur …

Pakistan established 3 hospitals in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal said the other day that collaboration between two countries in the sector of health will help in improving the relations of two neighbouring countries. He was speaking at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where he met with …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan government “strongly” condemned Tuesday’s suicide attack at the Supreme Court. The bomber blew himself up at the parking lot of the Supreme Court in a rush hour, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 40. All the victims were reportedly civilians. “The people and the government …

WASHINGTON: Urging the Trump Administration to remain open to restart talks with the Taliban, a group of eminent South Asian experts from top US think tanks Monday urged the White House to take tough measures against Pakistan and send a strong signal to Islamabad that it will not be business …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: In connection with implementation of National Action Plan (N) to ensure eradication of terror, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government ordered sealing of a seminary in Tangi town of Charsada district, which is owned and run by a local leader of Maulana Fazal Ur Rahman’s Jamiat Ul Ulema Islam …

AT-PESHAWAR – An Afghan diplomat, serving in Karachi was shot and killed by a security guard inside the Consulate General on Monday morning, Afghan and Pakistani officials confirmed. Mohammad Zaki Abdu, the third secretary of the Afghan consul general was reportedly killed by his personal bodyguard. Karachi police said the …

Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with …

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation the other day criticized US President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travel to the United States from seven mainly Muslim countries. “Such selective and discriminatory acts will only serve to embolden the radical narratives of extremists,” OIC said in a statement on its website. It …