Posts published in “Day: March 13, 2016”

At least 41 Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation by the Afghan national security forces in western Herat province of Afghanistan, the defense officials said. The latest casualties to the Taliban insurgents during the Afghan forces operations comes days after the Taliban insurgents suffered heavy casualties during infighting which lasted for several days. Led by the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces, the operation was conducted in Shindand district where at least 200 Taliban insurgents…

Two loyalists of the terrorist group of Islamic State (IS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed in the explosion of their own bomb in eastern Nangarhar province. The incident has taken place in Achin district in which three other insurgents also sustained injuries. “Two armed men belonging to Daesh were killed and three others wounded when their own bomb exploded on them in Mazdaki Kandaw area of Achin district,” states…

KABUL: The US and NATO forces ex-commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell has asked for further role of the US in Afghanistan over what he called slow and inefficient decision-making process. Campbell added that he had pressured “civilian leaders” in the months before he left Kabul earlier this month, did not providing details of the recommendations he made to senior leaders.  However, he suggested the US government to expand its role in advisory mission…

Former minister of interior Mohammad Omar Daudzai slammed Pakistan for what he said was the planned sabotage of the Afghan peace process and accused Islamabad of interfering in Afghanistan’s internal issues, something Pakistan has always denied. Daudzai, who is also a member of The Council For The Protection and Stability of Afghanistan (council made of former Afghan Jihadi figures), accused Pakistan of meddling in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and exploiting the peace process in…

Jabha-i-Milli Afghanistan leader Anwarul Haq Ahadi on Saturday said the government’s efforts at peace had failed to produce any result and called the peace process a “failure.” Addressing hundreds of people at a party gathering in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Ahadi said Pakistan had either no influence over the Taliban or it was not sincere in the Afghanistan reconciliation process. “The Afghans were hoping for peace, but it has now appeared to…

U.S President Barack Obama questions why America should avoid sending its forces into Pakistan to kill al-Qaeda leaders and he silently questions why Pakistan, which he believes is a dysfunctional country, should be considered an ally of the U.S, The Atlantic reported. In its “The Obama Doctrine” article, where the U.S president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world, it was stated that Obama also questioned the role that America’s Sunni…

AFTER the tension-filled events of the past two weeks, the focus has finally shifted to cricket itself with the Pakistani men’s and women’s teams flying out to India on Saturday for the ICC World T20. Needless to say, players and officials on both sides of the border, and millions of fans, must have heaved a sigh of relief following the recent events that witnessed allegations and counter-statements from Indian and Pakistani politicians. This clearly took…

After weeks of uncertainty laced with irresponsible remarks and political drama, Pakistan have finally been given the green light to participate in the World Twenty20, a development that came only after the men’s team’s match with India was moved from Dharamsala to Kolkata and security assurances were given from Indian governmental quarters. Pakistan had earlier sent a delegation to assess the security situation in India, which was left far from convinced, prompting a darker shadow…

After over a week of unnecessary drama, as the Indian government refused to address Pakistan’s concerns about security for the T20 World Championships, we finally received a letter from the Indian home ministry and the Bengal government giving us assurances of the safety of our players. Had Pakistan refused to participate in the tournament, it would have been a significant blow to international cricket with politics once again coming in the way of good sense.…

ISLAMABAD: The Rs320 million spent on telemetry system installed at 23 sites in the Indus basin, including dams, barrages and canals some 12 years back, has gone down the drain, as the system is virtually non-operational becoming a liability for the country. The government is still sustaining Rs22 to Rs44 million loss annually on account of salaries being paid to the staff deployed at the said sites. The system was installed to monitor inflows and…