Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah has said that he looks forward to his upcoming visit to Pakistan where he expects to have substantive discussions on bilateral...
Year: 2016
Pakistan Among Top Five Countries Most Hit By Terrorism: Report
Pakistan, along with Afghanistan and Syria is among the top five countries most hit by terrorism, a report said on Wednesday. According to the report, deaths from terrorism in...
South Asia Not on Trump’s Foreign Policy Agenda, Says Expert
Dr Marvin G Weinbaum, an expert on Afghanistan and Pakistan, believes that South Asian region will not be on the priority list of the new US administration after president-elect...
China Stands with Pakistan For Safeguarding Its National Stability: Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sent his condolences to his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Nawaz Sharif over a recent terrorist strike at Shah Noorani Shrine in Balochistan...
Despite 15 years of occupation, Afghanistan’s opium production has only gone up
There was also a significant decline in poppy eradication in 2016. Provincial governors destroyed 355 hectares, or 877 acres, of poppy this year, a 91% decline from the 3,760...
What Has President Ghani Done For Afghanistan?
In Afghanistan, disagreements among senior authorities have left people concerned about their present and future lives. Recent statements by Vice President General Abdul Rashid...
What Is Going On In Afghanistan And Why Is The US Still Involved?
Insurgents have threatened the major northern city of Kunduz twice since 2014, most recently a few weeks ago, and were only expelled with US support. Meanwhile, many other...
Afghanistan Fires 7 from Cabinet In Intensifying Political Crisis
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Parliament has dismissed seven government ministers over the past four days, adding to the woes of a fragile coalition that for months had...
Sharbat Case: From Across Border
For most Afghans Sharbat Gula symbolises the sufferings and hardships that this nation has gone through ever since the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. The...
NSG Still a Far Cry For India As China Insists On NPT Linkage
China on Monday obliquely criticised the India-Japan agreement on nuclear energy by pointing out that all countries are entitled to peaceful use of atomic energy, so long as they...
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