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Pakistani forces detain 40 Afghan refugees in Quetta Pakistani forces have detained Afghan refugees in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Police have detained these Afghans from the surrounding areas of a Pakistan Air Force base called ‘Khalid Air Base’.
According to police, the arrested Afghans were residing in Quetta illegally... |
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US updating contingency plans for possible war with Russia: US officials The United States is updating its contingency plans for a potential war with Russia for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to US officials.
The US Defense Department is re-evaluating its Cold War era military plans following increasing tensions between Washington and... |
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Sayaf: Certain individuals looking for chance to make chaos in Kabul A prominent Jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayaf has said that certain individuals exist in Kabul who are looking for a chance to make chaos.
He said that security forces need to be praised for their sacrifices but to eliminate enemies “they have to be removed from our lines.”
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Twenty Afghan female football players participating in HLCTP in Japan Twenty Afghan female football players have been sent to Hiroshima city of Japan to participate in the Hiroshima Leadership and Communication Training Program.
The women belonging to the Afghanistan Women’s Football team left Afghanistan on September 14 and scheduled to return to Kabul on September... |
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Hundreds Attend Ceremony In Memory Of Rabbani Hundreds of high-ranking Afghan officials, MPs, dignitaries and other guests attended the official ceremony on Sunday to mark the 4th anniversary of the assassination of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Guests filled the Loya Jirga tent in Kabul for the commemoration ceremony which was addressed... |
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Look at the United States efforts to expand its forces in West Asia Ansar news agency: By looking at global developments and Long-term strategies of the United States, we will find that Washington in any way does not want to leave Afghanistan and even Iraq. Despite costing billions of dollars in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States looses a large number... |
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Afghan Govt Rejects Pakistan's Claim It Attacked Peshawar Air Base The Afghan government rejected claims on Saturday that it was behind Friday's attack on a Peshawar Air Base after the Pakistan government accused Afghanistan of having carried out the attack.
Twenty nine people, including 16 worshipers at a mosque and 13 airmen and soldiers died in the attack.
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Syrian girl dies in another boat tragedy off Greece Another refugee boat incident has left a five-year-old Syrian girl dead off the Greek coast, bringing to three the number of children whose bodies were washed up during their perilous sea journey to Europe in recent days.
On Saturday, Greek coastguard found the corpse of the girl, who went... |
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Saudi jets kill 76 in fresh raids on Yemen Unabated Saudi airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 76 people, injuring around 130 others across the kingdom’s impoverished southern neighbor, Yemen.
Saudi jets pummeled the Yemeni capital Sana’a over Friday and Saturday, killing 35 people and injuring more than 120 others.... |
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Britain might be forced to reduce interest rates The Bank of England's chief economist has warned of further cuts to the UK's interest rates over ‘another' financial crisis.
Interest rates in the UK may have to be cut further from their record low level as Andy Haldane highlighted signs that the global financial crisis is... |
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Taliban Changing Military Strategy in Afghanistan Due to the intervention of foreign forces in Afghanistan, this country has for long been suffering from increasing violence. Over the past two decades, the intervention of foreign forces in Afghanistan were aimed to support proxy wars in the country. With the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan... |
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Muslims flock to haj despite deadly crane collapse The crane accident that took place a week ago saw more than 400 people injured, yet this has done little to deter the pilgrims.Pilgrims from around the world have begun massing in Saudi Arabia for the haj, one of the biggest gatherings on the planet, undeterred by a crane collapse that killed 108... |
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Islam and democracy in the age of democratization Nineteenth century French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1831 work "Democracy in America" discussed what he calls the "great political problem of our times." The "organization and the establishment of democracy in Christendom," according to Tocqueville, "is the great... |
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Foreign Ministry: Kabul wont allow its soil be used against neighbors The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again reiterated that Kabul won’t allow its soil be used against neighbors.
Shakib Mustaghni, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed these comments in response to the claim of Pakistani officials that the latest attack in Peshawar... |
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Pakistan Blame Afghan Militants For Air Base Attack Pakistani military spokesman, General Asim Saleem Bajwa, said on Friday that security forces have concluded the gunmen who killed 29 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar, including 16 worshipers at a mosque, earlier in the day "came from Afghanistan".
The attack on a Pakistani military base... |
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Certain Groups Conspire to Target Youths: Rabbani Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani on Friday warned that certain groups are trying to influence youths to destabilize the country.He asked the Afghan youths to be cautious and to not slide into the hands of certain groups that try to pose threats to the country and people.Rabbani stressed... |
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Social media users slam PG Arab rulers inaction on refugee crisis As an unprecedented refugee crisis is unfolding across Europe, with the foreign-backed crisis in Syria to blame for the bulk of it, many are asking why the oil-rich Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf region are shirking responsibility.
Social media users in the Middle East and other Muslim... |
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UN warns of civilian fatalities in Yemen's Taiz The United Nations says nearly 100 civilians have been killed and about 130 more injured in Saudi Arabia's airstrikes in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz during the past two weeks.
The UN human rights office said Tuesday that 53 of these civilian deaths occurred on... |
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Israel arrests parents of Palestinian boy beaten by soldier in West Bank Israeli forces have arrested the parents of 12-year-old Mohamed al-Tamimi, who was rescued by his family after being beaten by an Israeli soldier last week.
“The Israeli army arrested Basil and his wife, Nariman, as they tried to cross an army checkpoint at the entrance of Nabi Saleh... |
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Millions of Indian workers go on strike over economic policies Millions of workers across India have initiated a 24-hour strike to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies, particularly changes in labor laws.
At least 150 million laborers, including those in the banking, manufacturing, construction, and mining sectors, walked off... |
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Afghanistan, Pakistan likely to resume talks this week Afghanistan and Pakistan likely to resume talks to mend ties after they were badly affected in the aftermath of the deadly Kabul attacks.
Pakistan is mulling to send a delegation to Kabul to take part in the after exchanging harsh comments against each other in the aftermath of deadly attack sixth... |
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Ghani calls for 'national jihad' against bribery Afghanistan president targets corruption As he nears his first anniversary in office, Afghanistan’s president faces daunting challenges on every front, from a deteriorating economy and political infighting to a wave of bomb attacks that continue to terrorize the country’s capital.
Among these challenges, Ashraf Ghani singled... |
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Taliban shadow governor for Faryab arrested before escaping to Quetta Taliban group’s shadow governor for northern Faryab province was arrested before he manage to escape to Quetta city of Pakistan.
The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Qari Salahuddin Ayubi was arrested from Herat-Shindand route on Monday night.
A statement... |
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Young Girl, Boy Commit Suicide in Balkh, Samangan Two teenagers have committed suicide in northern Balkh and Samangan provinces, local officials said on Wednesday.
The first incident happened in Shulgara district of Balkh after a 16-year-old girl hanged herself for as yet unknown reasons, District Governor Sarajuddin Abid said.
"It not yet clear... |
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'We Love Germany!', Cry Relieved Refugees at Munich Station "We love Germany," several young migrants yelled happily as they stumbled out of a train in Munich -- the last stop, they hope, of their long and perilous journey from war.
Whatever fatigue and fear they had was wiped away by the relief of having reached Germany, and seeing a welcoming crowd of people... |
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Yemen Ansarullah fighters, army units shell Saudi Arabia's Jizan Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army units have shelled Saudi Arabia's southwestern city of Jizan as part of their retaliatory attacks against the ongoing Saudi aggression.
Several tanks and armored vehicles trying to infiltrate a Yemeni military base were destroyed in the Friday... |
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Taliban kill 25 militiamen loyal to first vice president Gen. Dostum The Taliban militants have killed at least 25 militiamen loyal to first vice president Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum shortly after he left northern Faryab province.
The incident took place in Khwajah Sabz Posh district after a group of the Taliban militants ambushed the militiamen while they were travelling.
The... |
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110 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Musa Qala Clashes: Officials At least 110 Taliban insurgents were killed in Afghan air and ground force attacks in Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province on Friday, the Afghan National Army's 215th Maiwand Corps based in southern Helmand said in a statement.
In addition, 26 other Taliban insurgents including their... |
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Islamophobia in the West: the conservative and liberal new approach In the west, two distinct approaches are observed in the field of Islamophobia, which are not necessarily opposite. Neo-conservative approach bases on Clash of Civilizations theory that creates an exaggerated horror and terror about Muslims. However, in liberal approach attacks focus on political Islam... |
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The risk of ISIS for Afghanistan Afghanistan sees ISIS and other groups like that as a threat because of ISIS terrorism and Social and political realities of Afghanistan.
On one hand, groups like ISIS can easily influence in Afghanistan due to its security and political instability and cultural and economic poverty. On... |
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