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Hindus, Sikhs In Nangarhar Claim To Be Sidelined: Report in Tolo News, April 7, 2016 at 1901hrsT

A number of Hindus and Sikhs in Jalalabad city, in Nangarhar province, claim that powerful figures have usurped their land. They said this is the latest in a string of problems for them. In addition to having their land grabbed, they said they are also struggling to ensure an education for their children. “People grab our lands and there is no one to look after us and address our problems,” said one local Sikh resident.…

4 ISIS loyalists, 3 Taliban insurgents killed in Nangarhar airstrikes By KHAAMA PRESS – Thu Apr 07 2016, 9:46 pm

At least four militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the militants were targeted in a drone strike in Achin district earlier today. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the airstrike and said at least three Taliban insurgents were also targeted in a separate drone strike. He said the raid was…

Afghans asked to leave Torkham area within three days By Ashrafuddin Pirzada in the News, April 08, 2016

LANDIKOTAL: Pakistani authorities have set a three-day deadline for the Afghan families living alongside the Pak-Afghan border in Torkham to leave Pakistan and go back to Afghanistan, official sources said on Thursday. The local administration has issued an official notice to the Afghan families, asking them to vacate their homes situated in the border town. The Afghans not following the instruction would be forcibly expelled and their homes would be demolished. When contacted, Assistant Political…

‘India-Pakistan standoff halts trade liberalisation talks’: report in The News, April 08, 2016

KARACHI: Commerce minister on Thursday said political tension between Pakistan and neighbouring India has brought to a halt the ongoing bilateral talks on trade liberalisation. “Terrorism-related incidents stopped the ongoing process of trade liberalisation,” said Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan, speaking at the opening ceremony of Pakistan’s first 4-day textile exhibition – TEXPO 2016. The textile fair, organised by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), will be concluding on 10 April. Minister Khan said trade…

JUI-S leader says party still supporting Afghan Taliban

KARAK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) Maulana Yousaf Shah has said that they still support the Afghan Taliban and are proud of their role. He was speaking at the Tahaffuz-i-Islam convention here on Thursday. He said that the JUI-S leaders had always raised their voice against the western powers. He said that the political parties like PML-N, PPP and PTI had no programme to provide protection to the religion and people. Mr Shah…

Talks on Afghan peace likely this month BAQIR SAJJAD SYED in Dawn, April 8th, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States and China are expected to convene later this month to re-examine the blueprint for starting Afghan reconciliation dialogue after their initial plan for talks failed last month because of the Taliban’s refusal to join the process. A meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) is expected to meet later this month, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said at a panel discussion organised by the Jinnah Institute…

Pakistan ready to discuss arms control with India: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday said Pakistan had taken note of US President Barack Obama’s statement after the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and was ready to discuss arms control and restraint measures with India for peace and security in South Asia. President Obama, after the NSS, had called for seeing progress in the subcontinent, by ensuring that Pakistan and India are not continually moving in the wrong direction as they develop military doctrines, FO…

Pakistan not to provide access to RAW spy: By Waqar Ahmed in The News, April 08, 2016

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not provide India an access to its spy/terrorist mastermind Kalbushan Yadav, well-connected sources said on Thursday.     The sources explained that under the Geneva protocols, the victim country is not bound to provide councilor access to a spy. They said the Indian demand for such an access was against all the protocols and practices and a ploy to fool the people and the domestic media on the issue. “The arrest of the Indian…

Vietnam Tells China to Remove Oil Rig From Disputed Waters By VU TRONG KHANH in The Wall St Journal, April 7, 2016 at 1158 AM ET

HANOI—Vietnam’s government on Thursday said it had told China to pull an oil rig from waters between the two countries that haven’t been demarcated and urged Beijing not to drill for oil or gas in the area. China National Offshore Oil Corp. towed the same rig, known as HYSY 981, into a disputed area of the South China Sea in May 2014, triggering an uproar in Vietnam. Anti-Chinese riots broke out in several parts of…

International terror groups trying to expand operations in Afghanistan: Stanikzai By KHAAMA PRESS – Thu Apr 07 2016, 5:07 pm

The acting Afghan defense minister Masoom Stanikzai has said that the international terror groups are attempting to expand operations in Afghanistan with the support of the anti-government armed militant groups. During a meeting with the Afghan lawmakers in parliamentary commissions on defense and internal security, Stanikzai said the Afghan forces will not allow the terror groups to gain and expand foothold in the country. Stanikzai was accompanied by Chief of the Staff of the Afghan…

ISIS acting quietly to expand presence in Afghanistan, Russian envoy says By KHAAMA PRESS – Thu Apr 07 2016, 11:13 am

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group is acting quietly in Afghanistan as the terror group plans to use the country for wider expansion. The remarks by Zamir Kabulov, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan, comes as the loyalists of the terror group have received major setbacks during the recent months as a result of the coordinated air and group operations of Afghan and US forces. HOwever, Kabulov, who…