ISLAMABAD – President Ashraf Ghani-led unity government in Afghanistan has won another four-year bailout military aid package worth $5 billion from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to fight the raging Taliban insurgency in his country. This hefty fund is meant to pay and clothe Afghan security forces while providing them with fuel, weapons and ammunition to fight the Taliban. NATO made the pledge in a two-day crucial summit concluded on Saturday in Warsaw apparently…
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THE more significant news from the NATO summit in Warsaw for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been overshadowed by predictably aggressive comments by President Ashraf Ghani and a bristling response by the Foreign Office here. Mr Ghani’s criticism was likely an attempt to keep the pressure on Pakistan and deflect from the hard questions being asked of his own government’s performance.Sensibly, the Foreign Office’s response emphasised the need for cooperative solutions, and other institutions have not…
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KABUL: The High Peace Council faces challenges with the new conditions offered by the Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (Afghanistan Islamic Party), an official for the council said. The government-HIA peace talks began around three months ago, after which both sides reached an agreement and needed more discussion between President Ashraf Ghani and the HIA leadership. But the peace council says that the HIA has set four new challenging conditions. “The council is aware of the HIA’s conditions…
A commander leading the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group was killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province. According to the defense sources, the ISIS commander was identified as Meera Jan and was killed together with his 13 fighters. The sources further added that the operation was conducted in Kot district of Nangarhar province where the loyalists of the terror group are actively operating. At least 5 others…
KABUL, Afghanistan — The early tenure of the Taliban’s new leader, a low-key religious scholar seen as a potential unifier, has been notable for lacking the drama his predecessor seemed unable to shake. But even after two months in the role, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzadaremains something of a mystery to the Taliban rank and file, according to analysts and insurgent commanders. And he has yet to make any high-profile mark on an insurgency that is stretched…
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged for more focus on rooting out militants in Pakistan, joining the Afghan government officials who are criticizing Pakistan for allowing the Afghan militant groups to use its soil for attacks in Afghanistan. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the former President saidthe U.S. has prolonged the conflict with its policies, urging more focus on rooting out militants in Pakistan, where former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar…
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that his government doesn’t want peace from Pakistan, but expects to suppress the safe terrorist networks inside its soil. Speaking in a press conference, Ghani said Monday that the international community had remarkable attention for support of Afghan government against terrorism threats. Ghani said the countries that do not support Afghanistan in peace, stability and struggle against terrorism, would be isolated. “Those [country] who have not support Afghanistan against international…
LAHORE: The country’s imports from India through the land route crossing Wagah-Attari border between the two countries dropped Rs9.625 billion to Rs24.558 billion during the last fiscal year, showed the official data. Pakistan mainly imports soybean, raw cotton, fresh tomatoes, onions, buffalo meat, plastic granules and carbon dioxide from India. The major decline was recorded in the imports of soybean as Rs63 million was spent on its import in 2015/16 as against Rs11.749 billion in…
KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah visited Pakistan Marines forward posts in the Creeks area to meet the deployed troops. During informal interaction with Marines, the naval chief greeted them Eid and spent time with them.The admiral was accompanied by Commander Pakistan Fleet Vice Admiral Arif Ullah Hussaini. During his visit, the naval chief was briefed on the operational matters and efforts in hand to further augment security of the Creeks area.…
Timing is everything. Last December’s decision by China to target the yuan’s value on a basket basis has proved a boon for Chinese exporters, giving Beijing flexibility to guide the yuan amid global uncertainties prompted by last month’s decision by British voters that the United Kingdom should leave the European Union. Unease surrounding that Brexit decision has led to capital flows into many Asian currencies evidenced in part by their subsequent rise versus the dollar.…