RAWALPINDI: Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omer Zakhilwal met with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif today. Issues related to bilateral relations with particular reference to Pakistan and Afghanistan border management were discussed. According to the tweets by Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa, both sides showed a resolve to fight terrorism and bring peace in the region. Issues related to Torkham border were also discussed and traffic would resume back…
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Kabul: The Afghan government is finalising a peace deal with the insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, possibly paving the way for a political return for one of the most notorious figures of Afghanistan’s modern history. Some details remain unresolved, but a confidential draft agreement, seen by the Guardian, sheds light on concessions the Afghan government is willing to grant insurgents at a time when attempts at reconciliation with the Taliban are floundering. Central to the deal…
BEIJING — Chinese prosecutors have charged one of the Communist Party’s top former officials, Ling Jihua, with taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, according to a report on Friday by Xinhua, the state news agency. Mr. Ling is one of the highest-ranking officials to be taken down under the sweeping anticorruption campaign run by President Xi Jinping and his ally, Wang Qishan, who manages the party agency in charge of discipline…