Posts published in “Day: February 1, 2016”

Bangkok: In Myanmar’s most dramatic change in more than 50 years fresh-faced MPs loyal to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi filed into a grandiose parliament to form the country’s new ruling party on Monday – 115 of them former political prisoners who spent years shackled in the country’s decrepit jails. Hundreds of novice politicians including poets, singers, writers, lawyers, teachers and doctors took seats alongside representatives of a military dictatorship whose proxy party was…

The police chief of Sarkanu District of eastern Kunar province has been killed in a landmine explosion. Brigadier General Abdul Habib Sayedkhil, police chief of Kunar province said the incident took place on Saturday. He said police chief of Sarkanu District was on patrol when his vehicle struck a landmine in Tur Ghar area. Reports suggest that at least three other security men were also killed and as many wounded in the blast. No group…

Presidential Palace ‘ARG’ has shown a strong reaction to the report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) which shows that Taliban have brought more areas under their control and that Afghanistan proved even more dangerous than it was a year ago. A spokesperson for the Presidential Palace while acknowledging that the fighting intensified in 2015 says that Afghan forces were able to defend and force militants to flee. “It does not mean…

ISLAMABAD: Afghan religious scholars have issued a fatwa, declaring peace negotiations in the presence of foreign forces is “against Islamic injunctions”. “Americans want to force the valiant Afghan nation to surrender under the excuse of peace. We hope our Mujahideen will not be deceived through these tactics… and not hold peace talks until even a single invading soldier stays in Afghanistan,” the fatwa issued by Ittehad-e-Ulema-e-Afghanistan read. “We wish they would stand by their commitments.”…

Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed on enhancing security measures along the joint border to counter terrorist activities. The decision was made during a meeting of the visiting Afghan National Army delegation and Pakistan’s top military commanders in Islamabad. “Eight members delegation of Afghan National Army headed by Corps Commander Lieutenant General Mohammad Sharif Yaftali visited Corps Headquarters and called on Corps Commander Lieutenant General Hidayat ur Rehman,” a statement released by Inter Services Public Relations…

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has rejected reports of Pakistani media about a meeting of Massoud Andrabi, acting chief of NDS, and Let. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar, Director General of Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). A high ranking NDS official told Khaama Press this afternoon that such reports are rumors and the chief is not scheduled for a visit to Islamabad these days. Earlier, Pakistani media reported that NDS chief and Director General of…

ISLAMABAD: Intelligence agencies of Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold rare talks aimed at bridging their trust chasm on Feb 4, a senior official disclosed on Saturday. The chief of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), Masoud Andarabi, will come to Islamabad for a meeting with the Director General of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar. The visit takes place as the two countries resume their cooperation for getting the Afghan reconciliation process…

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the Pathankot air base attack has dented the nascent dialogue process between Pakistan and India. “Matters between India and Pakistan were heading in the right direction but the Pathankot incident has disturbed the peace process,” he told reporters in Model Town on Saturday. The premier was in Lahore to convey his condolences over the death of the father of former district nazim Mian Amir Mehmood, who is the…