All posts tagged "Afghanistan"
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51BusinessDollars being smuggled to Afghanistan adds pressure on weaker rupee
Dr. Raza Baqir, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has revealed that US dollars are being smuggled into Afghanistan from Pakistan. ...
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42InternationalSome Pakistan interests in conflict with US, will reassess ties, says Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the US will examine its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to determine...
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36InternationalChina announces $31 million aid package for Afghanistan
China has offered Afghanistan 200 million yuan ($31 million, £22 million) in aid, including food and coronavirus vaccines. Beijing has stated that...
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37InternationalDG ISI hosts spy chiefs from Russia, China, Iran and Tajikistan
According to a security source, DG ISI hosted a meeting of spy chiefs from several nations on Saturday to discuss the situation in...
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319InternationalPakistan announces humanitarian assistance for people of Afghanistan
Pakistan has committed to provide food and medicine to the people of Afghanistan as humanitarian help. Three C-130 aircraft of Pakistan Air Force...
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154InternationalTaliban announce new government for Afghanistan led by Mullah Akhund
The Taliban have announced an interim government in Afghanistan, an Islamic Emirate led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhunda. As the West debates...
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49InternationalTaliban claim to have taken Panjshir, last holdout province in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed entire control of Afghanistan on Monday, claiming victory in the important battle for the Panjshir Valley, the final stronghold...
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45InternationalPrivacy advocates raise concerns about US-built biometric system for Afghans
The US built a biometric system more than 15 years ago to register as many Afghans as possible, and now that the...
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66InternationalChina will be our main partner in rebuilding Afghanistan: Taliban
With the help of China, the Taliban will fight for an economic comeback in Afghanistan. According to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, Afghanistan’s economic future...
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55InternationalPIA plane carrying 12.5 tons of medical supplies lands in Afghanistan
Since Afghanistan came under the control of Taliban, the country has received its first shipment through a plane carrying World Health Organization’s (WHO)...
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34PakistanSenate, NA members get briefing at GHQ amid evolving Afghanistan situation
Members of the Parliamentary Kashmir Committee and defence committees of the Senate and the National Assembly (NA) were among those who visited the...
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80InternationalUS completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war
On Monday, the United States (US) concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan, bringing an end to a 20-year war that resulted in the...
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72InternationalWorld Bank, IMF thanks PM Khan for evacuating staff, families from Kabul
Despite the fast-changing circumstances in Afghanistan, World Bank President David Malpass has praised Pakistan’s assistance in rescuing and temporarily relocating their workers and families from Kabul. ...
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72InternationalPutin calls PM Imran to talk about the emerging situation in Afghanistan
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Prime Minister Imran Khan on the phone on the developing...
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170International2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport kill multiple US soldiers among others
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul airport Thursday killing at least 13 people and 15 wounded....
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61InternationalMore than 10,000 people at Kabul airport awaiting evacuation
More than 10,000 people are awaiting evacuation at Kabul airport, the US defence department said at a press conference on Wednesday. Europe...
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178SportsPlayers from Afghan women’s national football team evacuated from Kabul
The Afghan women’s national football team has been evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban’s recent takeover. Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs...
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187SportsAfghanistan ODI series to be held in Pakistan next year
A one-day international (ODI) series between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been postponed until 2022 due to logistical challenges to travel and changing...
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158InternationalTaliban take control of presidential palace as Afghan President Ghani flees country
The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan’s presidential palace after both President Ashraf Ghani and his deputy, Vice-President Amarullah Saleh, left the...
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116InternationalTaliban enter Afghan capital two decades after US-led ouster
Even as foreign diplomats and many locals attempted to flee, Taliban rebels stormed Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday and declared they intended...
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145InternationalAshraf Ghani resigns as Taliban reach the gates of Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani relinquished power as the Taliban formed an interim government on Sunday. President of Afghanistan has resigned after his...
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73InternationalPakistan to bring Turkey & Taliban face-to-face to discuss security of Kabul airport: PM
On Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan would persuade the Taliban to begin direct negotiations with Turkey to secure Kabul International...
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63PakistanAll stakeholders must play their part for Afghan peace: COAS Bajwa
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), has stated that Pakistan has made and will continue to make...
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62InternationalTaliban take Uruzgan, Kandahar, Herat in major offensive
On Thursday, the Taliban took control of Uruzgan, Kandahar and Herat, Afghanistan’s second and third largest cities, respectively, as well as a...
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74InternationalTaliban captures Afghanistan’s third-largest city Herat after taking Ghazni
Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, has fallen to the Taliban, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the armed group in...
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63InternationalTerrorist havens at Pak-Afghan border source of instability: Pentagon
The Pentagon blamed Pakistan yet again for the tumultuous Afghan situation, claiming that terrorist safe havens along the Pak-Afghan border were the...
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73InternationalTaliban tell President Ghani ‘his time is up’
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan was warned by the Taliban that his time had “run out” and that his “war pronouncements, allegations,...
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103International‘US really messed it up’: PM Imran on Afghanistan situation
Prime Minister Imran Khan has remarked that the US “seriously messed it up in Afghanistan,” questioning the US motive for invading the...
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85InternationalIndia, Israel behind hybrid war on Pakistan
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s interior minister, claimed that India and Israel were behind the continuing hybrid war against Pakistan, which had only...
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63PakistanThreat of terrorist sleeper cells becoming active again due to Afghan unrest: DG ISPR
Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations, stated on Saturday that the situation in Afghanistan poses a “danger of terrorist...
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184InternationalUnfair to blame Pakistan for Afghanistan situation: PM Imran Khan
On Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Afghanistan to view Pakistan as a “peace partner” rather than blame it for the recent...
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131InternationalAfghan Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoner release
As the militant group continues its massive march across the nation, an Afghan government negotiator said on Thursday that the Taliban had...
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119InternationalIn guise of airlifting diplomats from Kandahar, Indian planes drop weapons
The double game of the Indian authorities was exposed later that the two Indian planes landed in Kandahar on Saturday to airlift...
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91InternationalBoris Johnson announces end to UK military mission in Afghanistan
Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that launched the “war...
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103BusinessIslamabad, Kabul sign to extend APTTA for 6 months
Islamabad and Kabul signed the protocol for a six-month extension of the Afghanistan–Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010 (APTTA). In a video link ceremony, held on Thursday,...
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89InternationalUS admits it left Bagram air base without informing Afghan govt
The Pentagon on Tuesday admitted it had vacated the Bagram air base, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, secretly without informing the Afghanistan government. ...
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97InternationalTwo soldiers martyred in terrorist attack from across border
Terrorist group from Afghanistan in an attack on military post in Dwatoi, North Waziristan, martyred two Pakistan Army soldiers, according to the military’s...
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315PakistanArmy chief, DG ISI to brief parliamentarians on national security on July 1
Army chief and DG ISI to brief parliamentarians on security matters with special reference to the emerging Afghanistan situation on July 1...
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202InternationalRussia warns of civil war in Afghanistan after withdrawal of troops
Russia warned of the danger of the situation in Afghanistan, saying that there is a “high probability” of a civil war after...
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81InternationalPakistan ready to be US partner for peace in Afghanistan: PM Imran in Washington Post
Pakistan is ready to be a US partner for peace in Afghanistan, but will not host US bases and avoid risking further conflict,...
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242InternationalIslamabad stops official contact with Afghan NSA for disrespecting Pakistan
Pakistan has conveyed its strong reservations to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani over the statements of Afghan NSA Hamdullah Mohib against Pakistan. Pakistan has...
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222InternationalTaliban warns Pakistan against allowing USA to operate military bases
Taliban warned Afghanistan’s neighbour on Wednesday against allowing the United States of America (USA) to operate military bases on their soil after...
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159InternationalGen. Carter facilitates COAS Bajwa meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to examine issues of mutual interest...
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121InternationalKabul attack: Families bury schoolchildren of blast that killed dozens
Afghan families have been burying their children who were killed in Saturday’s car bombing, followed by two more IED blasts, outside Sayed...
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128InternationalUnited States military begins final withdrawal from Afghanistan
On Sunday, United States Army General Scott Miller, the commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, announced that an organized withdrawal of foreign...
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222InternationalPakistan starts issuing smart cards to registered Afghan refugees
The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed the launch of a country-wide campaign in Pakistan in order to verify and update the data...
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182InternationalBiden orders Afghanistan withdrawal from May 1 to end ‘forever war’
President Joe Biden has agreed to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, exactly 20 years after al Qaeda...
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278InternationalUNHCR to facilitate biometric verification of 1.4m Afghan refugees
UN High Commissioner for Refugees is going to facilitate 1.4 million biometric ID cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan and...
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303InternationalMazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar corridor hailed as ‘project of the century’
The project of the construction of Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway track is being regarded as a “Project of the century” by international media. An...
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479BusinessNBP branches in Bangladesh, Afghanistan to be closed
Due to the losses, the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has decided to shut down its branches in Bangladesh and Afghanistan. During...
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590InternationalPakistan cancels 2 lakh fake ID cards held by Afghan refugees
Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 fake computerized national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghan refugees in the country. Talking to reporters...
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521InternationalPakistan to build railway line connecting Chaman and Spin Boldak in Afghanistan
In a great development by the Railways department the railway minister told reporters in Quetta that Pakistan plans to construct a rail...
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464InternationalGunmen kill 22 students, injure more in terrorist attack on Kabul University
According to an eye witness sources of the Kabul attack, the gunmen attacked Kabul University campus and killed at least 22 students...
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493InternationalAfghanistan chief peacemaker Abdullah thanks Pakistan for facilitating peace process
To discuss the Afghan Peace talks, Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation arrived in Islamabad on Monday on...
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429InternationalAfghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as Afghanistan peace talks open in Qatar
Afghanistan government and Taliban forces clash all over the Afghanistan hours after much awaited peace talks resumed in Doha, Qatar. In the...
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542EducationSouth Korea donates $1 million for Afghan refugees in Pakistan
The government of South Korea donated one million dollars for a new UNHCR project to empower Afghan refugees in Pakistan. United Nations...
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863InternationalChina, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal hold an important virtual meeting
Foreign ministers of China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal on Monday held their first joint virtual meeting to discuss the novel coronavirus pandemic,...
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698BusinessPakistan receives first Afghan export since pandemic began
Pakistan received the first Afghan export via three major border points after nearly three months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. After almost 3 months of coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan received...
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575InternationalRecent Surge in Violence Blow to Afghanistan Peace, Experts Warn
The recent surge in violence against civilian targets in Afghanistan has set off debate and experts are questioning the fate of the...
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709BusinessPakistan begins transit trade to Afghanistan via Gwadar port
The government of Pakistan has started trade to Afghanistan through Gwadar port. Pakistan has allowed the import of Afghan bulk cargoes under...
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939BusinessPakistan Will Enter 150 Goods Trucks to Afghanistan Daily
The official meeting at the Torkham border on Tuesday between administrative officials and security has decided the addition in a number of...
