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Islamabad Taken No Action on Given List of Pak-Based Terror Camps: MoD Pakistan has not taken any action on a list of 32 terrorist training camps and 85 militants that was handed over to Islamabad by Kabul earlier this year, Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"We have provided 85 targets to Pakistan, but they havent taken any action. Pakistan should eliminate those terrorists... |
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Hekmatyar accuses supporters of federalism for attempting to spark ethnic violence The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused the supporters and those demanding federal system for hatching conspiracies and attempting to spark ethnic violence in the country.
In his meeting with the local tribal elders of Paktia province, Hekmatyar once again expressed concerns regarding... |
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Moscow To Host SCO Contact Group Meeting On Afghanistan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Tuesday that Moscow will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) contact group meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday.
According to the foreign ministry, the meeting will be attended by the deputy foreignministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization... |
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High-Level Russian Delegation to Visit Kabul for Trade Talks The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday said a high-ranking delegation of Russian officials will visit Kabul soon to discuss investment opportunities in Afghanistan.
"A delegation of sixteen Russian investors led by the countrys Water and Energy minister will visit Afghanistan... |
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Takfiri Terrorisms Next Station Could be Southwest Asia The life of the takfiri terrorist groups, especially ISIS, is coming to an end in Syria and Iraq thanks to the popular resistance forces support for the Arab countries national armies. However, experts unanimously rule out obliteration of the Daeshism (from Daesh, Arabic acronym for ISIS) in the... |
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The best policy for Iran is to focus on the "look inside" strategy Donald Trump and Americas increasing recession in pursuing its principles and returning its government to targeted policies based on the containment of regional power in Iran through the threat and political pressure revealed in its recent speech to the United Nations (as in the time of George W.... |
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Trump threatens to bypass Congress to scrap Obamacare US President Donald Trump has threatened to use an executive order to cut off some of the key elements of former President Barack Obamas signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act.
According to US media reports, Trump is likely to draft details of an order that would instruct three key agencies... |
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US could face retaliation over illegally seized properties: Russia FM Russian properties “illegally seized” by the US government must be returned to its embassy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Lavrov warned Tillerson in a phone conversation on Monday that Washington should be prepared for consequences... |
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Hezbollah chief says US helps Daesh, does not allow it to be eliminated The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah says the United States does not want Daesh Takfiri group to be destroyed and is providing Takfiri terrorists with assistance through its bases in Syria.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks while delivering a speech at a ceremony held in al-Ain town... |
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In Catalonia, large group of demonstrators oppose independence Hundreds of thousands of people have led a protest march in Barcelona, the capital of Spain’s semi-autonomous Catalonia region, against a campaign for independence of the region from the mainland.
Around 350,000 people took part in the rally in central Barcelona on Sunday, municipal police... |
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Irans IRGC to treat US troops like Daesh if blacklisted The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran will treat US troops like Daesh terrorists who will have to move their military bases farther from Irans borders if Washington blacklists his force.
Major General Mohammad Ali Jafaris warning on Sunday came after reports that... |
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What Did Saudi King Look for in Russia Visit? Saudi Kings unprecedented visit to Russia Wednesday has unleashed a barrage of speculations about the real intentions driving the trip at a time the region is experiencing fresh developments. Despite the fact that Moscow and Riyadh have a relatively long history of diplomatic relations, Salman bin Abdulaziz... |
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Karzai to ask govt leaders for Loya Jirga regarding new US strategy The former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is expected to ask the Afghan government to convene a Loya Jirga, grand council of the tribal elders, to discuss the new US strategy for Afghanistan.
In an interview with the BBC Pashto service, Karzai said he will ask the government leaders in coming to... |
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Gen. Raziq confirms Taliban chiefs visit to Helmand The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq confirmed the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada visited southern Helmand province nearly ten days ago.
Gen. Raziq said a number of the members of the Quetta Council of the Taliban as well as some operatives... |
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Taliban reacts in panic as Black Hawk helicopters handed over to the Afghan forces The Taliban group reacted in panic regarding the handover of the first batch of the modern UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan security forces.
The Taliban group spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in a statement said "US commander & Ashraf Ghani must remember that our fight is not based on technology... |
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Mr Afghanistan Wins Gold At World Amateur Championships Afghanistans bodybuilding champion Ahmad Yasin Salik Qaderi won gold in the 90kg weight division category at the WBPF championships in Mongolia.
Afghanistans Ahmad Yasin Salik Qaderi Won gold at the 9th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships (WBPF) in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar on Sunday.
Qaderi... |
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Taliban chief attempting for cease fire with ISIS group The Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada has reportedly started efforts to end the conflict with Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group.
A source in South of Afghanistan privy of the development has said the leader of the Taliban group has instructed his fighters to end the war with the terror... |
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Rallies held across Spain against Catalonias planned secession People in at least 50 cities across Spain have held demonstrations in support of the country’s unity, which is apparently at risk amid a plan by the northeastern region of Catalonia to declare independence.
Tens of thousands gathered in the capital Madrid and also Barcelona, the regional... |
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Google to use balloons to give Puerto Rico cell service The US Federal Communications Commission said late on Friday it had approved Alphabet Incs application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services. The FCC said on Friday that... |
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FBI stopped Daesh attacks on New York subway, Times Square in 2016 Daesh-inspired terrorists planning to attack targets in New York City have been arrested with the help of an undercover agent.
US justice authorities revealed on Friday that FBI agents had stopped three Daesh sympathizers from carrying out coordinated attacks on New York concert venues, subway stations... |
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Spain braces for more protests over Catalonia Spain braced for more protests Saturday despite tentative signs that the sides may be seeking to defuse the crisis after Madrid offered a first apology to Catalans injured by police during their outlawed independence vote.
Catalan leaders had threatened to declare independence unilaterally and Spanish... |
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Chomsky Explains Reasons behind US Animus towards Independent Iran Noam Chomsky, well-known American historian and Philosopher, says the US is animus towards Iran because Washington cannot put up with an independent state in West Asia.
Professor Chomsky, in an interview to Tom Dispatch website, said " Iran has long been regarded by US leaders, and by US media... |
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Iranophobic Allegations in Service of Saudis Regional Interventionism Following Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979 and thus death of Nixons “Twin Pillars Policy” that designated Iran as its military and security pillar and Saudi Arabia as the political and economic one, Riyadh sought reducing Iran’s influence in favor of achieving regional dominance... |
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President Ghani likely to visit Pakistan after Pak delegations Kabul visit President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is expected to visit Pakistan in the near future amid reports the visit will take place on invitation of Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwas invitation.
The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar has told news outlets in Afghanistan and Pakistan that the... |
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Taliban says not tired of war as US-led invasion enters its 17th year The Taliban militants are saying that the group is not tired of war as the US-led invasion that toppled the regime of the group has entered to its seventeenth year.
The group in a statement claimed that they represent the Afghanistan nation and call on the American forces to withdraw.
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Electoral Commissioners Under Fire By Coalition Council The Cooperation Council of Political Parties and Coalitions on Sunday called on government to fire the chairmen of the electoral commissions and all the commissioners because of their allegiance to government which they said would affect their neutrality during elections.
Members of the council said... |
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US Hands Over Two More Black Hawks To AAF The US Air Force handed over two Black Hawks to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at an official ceremony in Kandahar on Saturday.
President Ashraf Ghani and US Forces Commander Gen. John Nicholson attended the event at the Kandahar Airport, the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.
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Berlin drops probe into US, British mass surveillance of German telecommunications, internet Prosecutors in Germany have dropped an investigation into alleged hacking of information from German citizens and officials by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and its British partner.
The prosecution service said Thursday that the charges against the NSA were dropped due to lack of concrete evidence... |
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Former President Karzai slams US new policy on Afghanistan Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lambasted the United States new policy toward his country, saying it carries a "message of war and bloodshed" in the region.
Karzai made the remarks in an interview with the BBC Urdu on Wednesday, adding he believed that Washingtons new policy "has some hidden... |
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Europes cancer drugs mostly ineffective: Study European regulators approved 39 new cancer drugs between 2009 and 2013 despite having no evidence that they worked better than existing medicines, or at all, researchers said Thursday.
The number represented more than half of 68 treatments to become available for European cancer patients during this... |
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