The writer is an independent researcher and journalist. The borderland between Pakistan and Afghanistan, due to its strategic importance, has been historically vital for all the powers that retained authority over there. Being a focal point of the great game, this area was utilised by the British to vie with Russia. Later, it jeopardised the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan after the independence of the former. The most dominant point in this area has been…
Posts published in “Day: September 6, 2016”
The closer integration of the Haqqani militant network into the leadership of the Taliban is changing the flow of the Afghan insurgency this year, with the Haqqanis’ senior leader increasingly calling the shots in the Taliban’s offensive, Afghan and American officials believe. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of Haqqani network, orchestrated lethal attacks against Afghanistan while serving as deputy to the Taliban’s supreme leader, following the revelation of Omar’s death. The Haqqani Network is responsible for…
Twin blasts hit Kabul on Monday, September 05, and resulted in the death of at least 24 people and injury to around 91 others. The blasts took place outside the Ministry of Defense, one after the other. It is more tragic to know that among the dead there are high-ranking security officials as well. Sayed Zaman, the police chief for PD2, and Razaq, the deputy chief of support for the Afghan National Army’s (ANA) Regiment…
A TWIN suicide attack in the heart of Kabul and inside a high-security zone could further destabilise the Afghan government and cause fresh tensions in the already acrimonious Pak-Afghan relationship. If there has been a consistent red line for the Afghan state, it has been attacks by the Taliban in Kabul — the seat of power for the government and the biggest target for insurgents trying to overthrow the state. In his initial reaction at…
At least 13 Daesh militants were killed in air strikes by the Afghan Air Force in Nangarhar province, security officials said Monday. According to officials two other Daesh militants were wounded. The strikes took place in Achin district of Nangarhar province during an operation in the past 24 hours. Troops also confiscated weapons during the operation, said officials. Meanwhile Afghan security forces have killed at least 31 Taliban insurgents in other operations across the country…
The ministry of interior said early Tuesday that the target of Monday night’s bombing in Kabul city appears to have been a charity by the name of CARE (Pamlarana). MoI spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the organization was targeted in a bombing and attackers then entered the building in Shar-e-Naw. He said security forces are combing the building for the gunmen but that it is not known how many there are. Sediqqi added that at least…
ISLAMABAD – The government yesterday announced to carry out the construction of more gates and installation of wires at the Pak-Afghan border. Replying to a question of MNA Sajida Begum regarding the present status of the installation of wires and construction of gate at the Pakistan-Afghan border, Minister of Foreign Affairs in a written reply said Pakistan shares 2600 km long porous border with Afghanistan, where cross-border movement is quite frequent mainly due to cultural…
no hope Pakistan will help Afghanistan with the peace talks with the Taliban group. During an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Atmar said “We have received messages from Pakistan as we have diplomatic relations. Our president has told them we have no hope that they will help us with peace talks.؛ Atmar further added “He told Pakistan that they promised they would go against those who do not want peace talks, but Pakistan did not do this.…
“At present, 2 billion people around the world are suffering from ‘hidden hunger,’ and the number in China is 300 million,” said Wan Jianmin, an academic with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, during a lecture on Sept. 1. Although the quantity of grains is basically satisfactory for the needs of Chinese people, a shortage of micronutrients has caused malnutrition among a high number of citizens, especially those living in remote and mountainous regions, Wan explained.…
Employees at a restaurant in northern China have been making a fortune on the side by stealing their customers’ luxury Chinese liquor and replacing their bottles with counterfeit ones. Police arrested 21 people involved in the liquor-swapping syndicate in Zhengzhou, Henan province, last Tuesday, the Zhengzhou Evening News reported. The waiters and waitresses made more than 600,000 yuan (HK$696,000) in just two months from swapping their customers’ expensive Kweichow Moutai spirits with cheap, fake liquor,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday asked for greater effort in building a strong and modern strategic support force. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks during an inspection of the offices of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force. The strategic support force bears a historic mission, it must strive to be the best in the world and…