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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reportedly cautioned Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar of “spoilers” in the Afghan peace process, suggesting to be vigilant. During a meeting with the Hekmatyar in Islamabad, Qureshi reaffirmed Pakistan’s desire to further strengthen “the close fraternal relations between the two countries”, according to …

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has raised the estimated cost of commissioning a new fleet of ground-based nuclear missiles to replace the Minuteman 3 arsenal, that has been in continuous operation for 50 years to $95.8 billion, officials said Monday. The estimate is around $10 billion from four years ago. The …

BEIJING – The Chinese military has said it hopes India will honour its promise to quickly repatriate a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the parties have been locked in a tense standoff. The Chinese Defense Ministry released a statement on Monday saying the soldier helped herders …

NIMRUZ – At least five Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) were killed, and further two were wounded, after their vehicle hit through a roadside mine in Kang district of Nimroz province, local authorities confirmed Tuesday. Bahram Haqmal, head of provincial Governor’s press office, said the incident occurred at …

ISLAMABAD – The World Bank has appreciated the Pakistani government’s ongoing reform efforts, particularly in the areas of power, governance and finance, and could strengthen its assistance to support the reform process in addition to balancing a mix between the mode of financing the projects and program loans. Hartwig Schafer, …

TEHRAN – Iranian Defense Minister, Amir Hatami, has said that Iran is ready to sign “military and security” agreements with the Gulf states. Stressing the importance of Gulf security, Hatami said on Monday that any threat in the region, following the normalization of relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates …

KABUL – The British Embassy in Kabul has announced that the country is committed to supporting Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) with £70 million next year. The British embassy in a press statement on Tuesday said that London pledged its support for the ANDSF at the general meeting …

DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kazakhstan signed a deal worth $6.1 billion during Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin’s two-day visit to Abu Dhabi last week, under which the two countries will implement more than 20 projects in a wide range of economic sectors. As part of his …

MAIDAN SHAHR – At least five civilians were killed and nine more were wounded in two roadside bomb blasts in Jalrez district, Maidan Wardak province, early on Tuesday morning, the provincial governor’s office said. A statement by the governor’s office says that five of the wounded are women and four …

KARACHI – Former prime minister and Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said that the people of Afghanistan consider Pakistan as their second home. He said this during a meeting with Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Pakistan Foreign Office on Monday. Hekmatyar is on a three-day visit as part …