TEHRAN – US President, Joe Biden, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, agreed in a telephone conversation to work closely on the foreign policy priorities of both parties, including Russia, China and the Western Asia. The White House issued a statement announcing a telephone conversation between the presidents of the United …
Read More »Biden Administration Has to Recognize Pakistan Based on New Ground Realities: Qureshi
MULTAN, Pakistan – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said the administration of US President, Joe Biden, must recognize the world and engage with the new Pakistan based on the new realities on the ground. Speaking to a press conference in Multan on Sunday, he said that Pakistan and especially …
Read More »Greece, Turkey Launch Mediterranean Crisis Talks After 5 Years
ATHENS, Greece – Greece and Turkey on Monday started exploratory talks in Istanbul – after a five-year hiatus – aimed at settling maritime borders, a source of alarming friction over the past year. Last week, Greece doubled its western territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles (22 …
Read More »Guterres Has Good Chances of Getting Re-Elected: Russian Envoy
UNITED NATIONS – The current UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has a good chance of being re-elected for a second term. This view was expressed by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, in an exclusive interview with TASS. “Of course, the current Secretary General has a good chance …
Read More »Afghan Taliban Commander Shot Dead Near Peshawar
PESHAWAR – Gunmen have killed a senior and influential Afghan Taliban commander near Peshawar, a Taliban leader and a family member said on Sunday. The gunmen sprayed bullets at Commander Abdul Samad Mullah Toor when he was offering morning prayers at a mosque in Muslim City area near Tarnab, a …
Read More »IED Explosion Targets Armored Vehicle in Kabul
KABUL – An armored Land Cruiser was targeted in an early morning IED explosion in Kabul’s PD4 area in yet another targeted attack. This time there were no casualties reported, police confirmed. The incident happened at around 7.35am in Parwan-e-Do area of Kabul. However it is not known who the …
Read More »Unknown Gunmen Kill Religious Scholar in Parwan
CHARIKAR – Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a religious scholar in central Parwan province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Sadiq Hashimi, the Parwan crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Maulvi Abdul Raqeeb was killed while heading to Syedkhel district from Jabal-us-Saraj. He was gunned down by unknown …
Read More »Prospects of Pak-Afghan Trade
Afghanistan and Pakistan as neighboring countries, with around 2,600 km long border, rely on each other to a great extent; particularly, in the domain of their trade requirements. Afghanistan, being dominated by insecurity for more than four decades now, does not have strong economic system and requires to import most …
Read More »Qureshi: Biden Administration Should Play Active Role in Afghan Peace Process
KABUL – Pakistani foreign minister has said that the new US administration should play an active role in the ongoing Afghan peace process and the opportunity made available for ending the Afghan crisis should not be missed. Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the remarks during his interview with …
Read More »Report: Half of Poor Children in Afghanistan Face Malnutrition
KABUL – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report …
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