PARTLY FACETIOUS: Zardari sahib has the best teeth in town “Do you know what is the overarching focus on our airwaves?” “Our fatalities on the 16 March attack by the... Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am
Pakistan Pakistan carries out anti-terrorist operations inside Afghanistan, confirms FO Afghanistan's defence ministry says its security forces targeted Pakistani troops at border in response to air strike Updated 18 Mar, 2024 11:39pm
World Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan KABUL: Mechanic Zabiullah Momand revs his sports car engine outside his garage in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul before... Published 22 Feb, 2024 05:10pm
World Afghanistan envoys aim for future meetings with Taliban: UN DOHA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said international envoys to Afghanistan hope for... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Editorials Unrealistic expectations EDITORIAL: Islamabad would be disappointed that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s trip to Kabul didn’t quite prove ... Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am
Opinion Maulana tries, and fails For what it’s worth, Fazlur Rahman’s trip to Kabul has left me five hundred rupees richer. I bet with a... Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am
Opinion Senators drop a bombshell Whatever the Senate of Pakistan did yesterday was expected, it is highly disappointing nevertheless. With the... Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am
World Taliban balk at UNSC plan for special Afghan envoy KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) plan for a... Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am
World ‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support PARIS: Afghan activist Rita Safi has harsh words for western governments she said have failed to deliver on promises... Updated 28 Dec, 2023 06:57am
Pakistan Pakistan-deported Afghans waiting for US resettlement WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deportation drive has repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the... Updated 26 Dec, 2023 09:30pm
Pakistan ‘Secret talks with TTP’: FO squashes rumours ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Thursday categorically rejected reports about any alleged secret talks between the... Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am
World Taliban intelligence forces detain Afghan journalist NEW YORK: The Taliban must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdul Rahim Mohammadi and stop... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
World UK defence ministry fined for Afghan data breach LONDON: The UK defence ministry has been fined £350,000 ($440,000) for disclosing personal information of 265... Published 13 Dec, 2023 11:36am
Editorials ‘Gender apartheid’? EDITORIAL: One cannot help but agree with Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that the Afghan government has imposed ... Published 10 Dec, 2023 03:33am
Pakistan Afghans who worked with Washington: US says wants to accelerate visa processing ISLAMABAD: The United States has conveyed to Pakistan that it is actively exploring all possible options to... Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am
Editorials ‘Stern message’ to Afghanistan EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s “stern message” to Afghanistan, that any further cross-border attacks would elicit a... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
World Afghanistan’s Taliban government slams lack of invite to COP28 KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the... Published 30 Nov, 2023 07:23pm
Pakistan Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:09pm
Pakistan Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met foreign minister in Islamabad this week, an Afghan embassy... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Enough is enough Enough is enough. The growing belligerence of the interim Afghan government had become intolerable, to say the ... Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Pakistan Undocumented Afghans go underground KARACHI: After living in Pakistan for years, thousands of Afghans have gone into hiding to escape a government order... Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am
World Seven dead in Afghan capital bus explosion: police KABUL: Seven people died and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police ... Published 07 Nov, 2023 10:42pm
World Some Western arms for Ukraine ending up in Taliban’s hands: Putin MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that some Western weapons supplied to Ukraine were finding... Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am
Pakistan Pakistan opens more centres at border to expedite Afghans repatriation PESHAWAR: Pakistan opened more centres at a border crossing with Afghanistan on Friday to expedite the return of... Updated 03 Nov, 2023 04:28pm
World ‘Babies are suffering’: Afghans fear for kids at crowded border crossing TORKHAM: Khalida’s young son fell ill while they were on the road to Afghanistan, racing to leave Pakistan under... Published 02 Nov, 2023 12:04am
World Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative BEIJING: The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping’s huge ‘Belt and Road’... Updated 19 Oct, 2023 09:25pm
World Taliban official in Beijing seeks to deepen economic ties with China BEIJING: An official in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government told AFP Wednesday that the country was seeking deeper... Published 18 Oct, 2023 07:54pm
World Taliban to join China's Belt and Road forum, elevating ties KABUL: Taliban will attend China’s Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring... Updated 14 Oct, 2023 07:40pm
World Suicide bombing at mosque kills 7 in Afghanistan KABUL: A suicide bombing ripped through a Shia mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least seven... Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am
Pakistan Caretaker FM Jilani defends decision to expel illegal immigrants BEIJING: Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani defended on Thursday an order that all illegal... Updated 06 Oct, 2023 11:29pm