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Three policemen injured in Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR:- At least three policemen were injured in bomb blast here on Monday evening. Rescue sources said unidentified miscreants target the police personnel with improvised explosive device (IED) in Shakardara locality of Dawoodzai, Peshawar. Three cops were injured in the explosion who were shifted to hospital for treatment. The rescue personnel reached the scene of blast, collected the evidences and started the investigation.http://nation.com.pk/national/21-Jun-2016/three-policemen-injured-in-peshawar-blast

Security forces kill 8 terrorists in Balochistan

QUETTA : Security forces killed eight terrorists of banned BLF outfit and recovered arms cache from their possession during search operation in district Mashkay of Awaran in Balochistan province. According to security sources the operation started on information about the presence of BLF terrorists continued for two days. Eight terrorists were killed in the fire exchange. According to sources security forces recovered arms and ammunition cache, lap tops, hard drive and large quantity of anti-state…

Imran Khan becomes invisible to Islamabad police : by Shahid Rao in in The Nation,June 21, 2016

Islamabad – The federal capital police yesterday expressed ignorance before a local anti-terrorism court about the whereabouts of Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan. The police expressed this ignorance when ATC Islamabad Judge Sohail Ikram resumed hearing of a case against Chairman PTI Imran Khan, Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahir-ul-Qadri and others for torturing SSP Asmatullah Junejo and other policemen during the sit-in of these parties in 2014. During the hearing, the additional SHO of Secretariat…

Torkham: Now what?: by Marvi Sirmed in The Nation, June 21, 2016

The writer is an Islamabad based freelance columnist. More than twenty people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying Nepalese security contractors in Kabul and Hours later when a bomb planted in a motorbike killed at least eight civilians and wounded another 18 in a crowded market in the northern province of Badakhshan. According to Afghan media, Taliban, residing comfortably…

The Afghan conundrum: by Javed Hussain in The Nation, June 21, 2016

The writer is a retired ambassador andthe president of the Lahore Council for World Affairs. The recent skirmishes between the Afghan and the Pakistan forces at Torkham, that caused tragic loss of lives on both sides, have once again highlighted the complexity of the Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. They brought home, not only the latent tensions in their bilateral ties because of their differences on the Durand Line issue but also the adverse fall-out of the continuing…

The porous border: By Saleem Safi in The News, June 21, 2016

The writer works for Geo TV. The recent border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan have created tensions and hostility between the two countries. And the unflinching zeal of hawkish elements on both sides is widening the gulf to an unbridgeable level. This is the direct outcome of Afghanistan’s unpragmatic approach and Pakistan’s inexplicable reluctance to address the complex issue of border management. The Pak-Afghan border, commonly known as the Durand Line, is 2,450 kms and…

Mehsuds and Mansour’s Deaths are Equal by Hujjatullah ZiaJune in the Outlook afghanistan, June 21, 2016

Seven members of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly surrendered themselves to Pakistani authorities among them are Hakimullah Mehsud’s brother Ejaz Mehsud and his uncle Khair Muhammad Mehsud. Hakimullah, who was in his thirties, had been killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan Agency in November 2013. He was buried at an unknown location a day later. He had succeeded his mentor, Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in August…

Editorial: Whose war?: edit in The Afghanistan Times, June 20, 2016

Rejecting to take action against Afghan Taliban, the adviser to Pakistan’s premier on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that his country could not fight  Afghanistan’s war on its own soil”. In these days Islamabad is under crippling pressure from Washington because the former failed to target Haqqani Network, the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Pakistani authorities are turning a blind eye to the reality. No one asked Pakistan to fight Afghanistan’s war but Islamabad is repeatedly urged…

Wolesi Jirga approves defense minister, spymaster By Akhtar M. Nikzad in The Afghanistan Times, June 20, 2016

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga on Monday gave vote of confidence to the nominee for defense ministry Abdullah Habibi, chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, and member of the High Council for Supreme Court Mohammad Zaman Sangari. Stanekzai achieved 161 votes out of 224 present lawmakers and was approved as Chief of National Directorate of Security. Abdullah Habibi got 167 votes in his favor to become defense minister. In the same…

12 Militants Including Taliban Commanders Killed in Helmand Clash TOLOnews.com, 21 June 2016

At least 12 Taliban insurgents including their two commanders were killed in a clash with Afghan security forces in Helmand province, 2015 Maiwand Military Corps said in a statement on Tuesday. The battle took place in Nad Ali district after a group of Taliban fighters attacked a military outpost and started gunfight against the forces, the statement added. It said that the security forces have sized a number of weapons during the clash. No casualty…

Sartaj: Afghanistan should offer Taliban something they can’t gain on battlefield By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Jun 21 2016

The Pakistani foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the Afghan government should offer Taliban something they cannot gain in battlefield in a bid to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. Sartaj further added “We can only bring the Taliban on the table using our influence, but ultimately Afghanistan has to talk with them. They (Afghan government) should strengthen their position on ground and secondly they should offer them (Taliban) something which they cannot gain…