Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani delivered one of his most scathing speeches about Pakistan’s role in abetting terror in the region at the Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar on Sunday, alleging that without Pakistani state support, the Taliban “wouldn’t survive beyond a month”. In an exclusive interview with Suhasini Haidar, …
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A teenage Afghan asylum seeker in Germany has been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 19-year-old medical student. Maria Ladenburger – reportedly the daughter of a top EU official – was on her way back from a party in the university city of Freiburg when she …
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We see Afghanistan as hub for strengthening links of connectivity: India A secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of Herat of Asia region: Iran Ready to extend every kind of support for lasting peace in Afghanistan: Pakistan AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday blast Pakistan for exporting …
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Afghan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Abdali in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18’s Parikshit Luthra said that Pakistan must make genuine efforts to fight terror. He said, there should be no good or bad terrorists and the fight against terror groups should continue. Here’s the full interview: Do you get …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Emphasizing on higher troop levels in Afghanistan, the commander of US Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, said that he does not want the US forces level in the country to drop “anytime soon”. Votel lauded the US President Barack Obama for his decision in July to keep …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The two-day Heart of Asia summit will take place in India’s Amritsar city on Saturday (today) where terrorism and connectivity would be top agenda. The Afghan government has circulated a draft on regional cooperation against terrorist organizations to all participating countries for approval at the Heart of …
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Afghanistan may seek additional military assistance from India in battling a relentless Taliban insurgency, a New Delhi-based newspaper reported on Wednesday. President Ashraf Ghani is expected to present Prime Minister Narendra Modi a wish list at their meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference in the Amritsar …
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A new budget request includes funding for supplying U.S. Black Hawks in Afghanistan. By Ahmad Shah Katawazai-The latest supplementary budget request, intended to fund U.S. wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, as well as counter-Islamic State (ISIS) efforts, includes $264 million for American-made Black Hawk helicopters. The Black Hawks will …
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AT-BERLIN: Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Shafi Muhammad Burfat condemned arrest of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) commissioner Bashir Naveed and Munir Mengal in Thailand. Talking to Afghanistan Times, Burfat said the Thai government arrested Bashir Naveed and Munir Mengal on behest of the Chinese and …
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Sixty three people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police say. The incident took place on the Indore-Patna Express just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur. Rescuers cut their way through …
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