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Afghanistan’s cricket sensation Rashid Khan revealed the stark reality of his fame, sharing that he requires a bulletproof car for safety in Kabul and cannot walk freely on the streets. This sobering truth highlights the constant danger he navigates, a stark contrast to the typical life of a global sporting icon. For most global sporting…
Pakistan’s military on Tuesday rejected accusations from the Taliban government that it carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan, where an overnight raid reportedly killed 10 people near the Durand Line.“Pakistan has not attacked Afghanistan,” army spokesperson lieutenant general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on state broadcaster PTV, calling the Afghan administration’s allegations “baseless.”“Whenever Pakistan attacks someone, it…
Representative image (Picture c Afghanistan has approached India with an offer to reopen and develop its long-idle mining sites, hoping to draw investment and create jobs, but Indian industry leaders say the sector requires careful groundwork before any decisions can be made. After a meeting with an Afghan delegation, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry…
NEW DELHI: An Afghanistan Ariana flight from Kabul landed on a runway that is used for take offs at Delhi Airport on Sunday afternoon. Luckily there was no departing aircraft on that runway at that time and the Afghan Airbus A310’s “mistaken” landing did not have serious consequences. Aviation authorities have begun a probe and…
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif said the country was “in a state of war” after a suicide bomber struck outside the Islamabad district courts on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 27. The blast one of the deadliest to hit the capital in recent years has intensified tensions with Afghanistan, with Asif accusing…
Khawaja Asif (File photo) Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif on Friday said the dialogue between Pakistan and Afghanistan has effectively collapsed, noting that the process has “entered an indefinite phase” after negotiators failed to narrow key differences, reported Dawn News.Officials and security sources earlier confirmed there was no breakthrough.“The talks in Istanbul are deadlocked,” a…
Pakistan fired into Afghanistan, breaking the ceasefire, as officials are in Istanbul to resume discussions with Taliban representatives, AFP reported late Thursday evening citing military source and witnesses.“Pakistan used light and heavy weapons and targeted civilian areas,” AFP quoted the Afghan military source saying.“We have not retaliated yet, out of respect for the ongoing negotiations”…
Pakistan’s deputy PM Ishaq Dar (ANI image) Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar has said that a symbolic “cup of tea” in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, turned out to be a costly mistake for Pakistan. He reiterated that such a mistake should never be repeated.Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, Dar criticised the…
An Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday into Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake hit the Kholm area near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif at a revised depth of 28 kilometres, and tremors were felt as far as the capital, Kabul, according to AFP correspondents. The USGS had initially…
Pakistan has issued a stark warning to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after the peace talks in Turkey failed to bear any outcome on Tuesday. Boasting Pakistan’s defence arsenal, its Pakwarned that “not require to employ even a fraction of its full arsenal to completely obliterate the Taliban regime and push them back to the…
