The government of China is considering the specific requests of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan has said. During a meeting with the National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the Chinese envoy, Yao Jing reaffirmed his country’s commitment to support Afghanistan. In his return, Atmar thanked Chian for supporting Afghanistan and updated the Chinese envoy regaridng his to Russia, insisting on regional allies consensus in fight against terrorism.…
Posts published in August 2016
LAHORE: Jamaat Islami secretary general Liaqat Baloch has demanded the government stop Indian home minister Rajnath from participating in the Saarc conference in Islamabad next week as a mark of protest against the continued killings of Kashmiri Muslims by the Indian army and to express solidarity with the innocent Kashmiris. “It must be clear to the governments of both Pakistan and India that unless Kashmir issue was on top of the agenda, no talks between…
The writer is Islamabad/Rawalakot based analyst. Beyond all expectations, Pakistan Muslim League-N has stood victorious in the recent Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Several heavyweights including the ex-premier Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhary, were not only defeated, his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf got reduced to a political non-entity in the region. Pakistan People’s Party, ruling the AJK since 2011, ran a formidable election campaign but was also wiped out from the political scene where it could…
HONG KONG — A political candidate in Hong Kong has been barred from running for office, after government officials said Saturday that his support for the territory’s independence from China made it impossible for him to uphold the legal duties of a lawmaker. The government previously said candidates for the legislative election in September must declare that they recognize Hong Kong as an “inalienable part” of China or face disqualification. The candidate who was disqualified,…
The writer is a security analyst. THE potential gravity of the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s threat has only just begun to dawn. The recent spate of terrorist attacks across the world — unleashed by IS-inspired or affiliated individuals and groups — indicate that most assessments downplayed the threat it poses as a global terrorist outfit. IS is operating both on the ground and in cyberspaces. In cyberspaces, it is infecting the minds of Muslim…
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) led by Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri will announce to launch protest againstModel Town massacre and corruption of the incumbent government on July 31 “July 31 will be a beginning point of a movement. It will reach its terminal point with thorough obliteration of the incumbent rulers,” PAT Chairman Dr. Qadri said while talking to media here on Friday. Replying to a query regarding the progress in Model Town carnage case, the PAT…
The Khanshin district in southern Helmand province has reportedly fallen to Taliban control after hours of heavy gun battle between the Taliban insurgents and the Afghan security forces. The security officials confirmed that heavy gun battle erupted among the Afghan forces and the Taliban insurgents late on Friday night. Provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zawak confirmed heavy clashes are still underway in parts of the district however he did not comment regarding the fall of the…
CHITRAL: Afghanistan-based militants slaughtered two shepherds in the Bamburet Valley and herded their 300 sheep to the neighbouring country, official and local sources said on Friday. Though the identity of the militants wasn’t known, normally the Pakistani Taliban who fled to Afghanistan after the military operation in Swat and the rest of Malakand Division carry out such cross-border attacks. The sources said that two Kalash shepherds were grazing sheep in Ghari, the summer pasture in…
LANDI KOTAL: The Frontier Corps along with the Khasadar and Levies personnel have taken effective control of almost all checkposts and hilltops in the Khyber Agency’s remote Bazaar Zakhakhel area along the border with Afghanistan. According to information gathered from the security forces and political administration, the FC and Khasadar personnel fortified their position in the strategic Mishtari camp – the forces headquarters in Bazaar Zakhakhel. They have also established joint checkposts in Tsasubi Kandaw…
WASHINGTON: Taliban leader Mullah Mansour’s death has exacerbated fighting in Afghanistan and left the future of the Afghan peace process uncertain, warned an official US report released on Friday. In its quarterly report to Congress, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) observed that in the second quarter of this year, the Taliban gained new territory and now control 19 of the country’s approximately 400 governing districts. “Mullah Mansour’s death shuffled Taliban leadership,…
PESHAWAR: A high-level Taliban delegation from their Qatar political bureau visited China recently and held talks with Chinese officials on different issues, sources said Friday. According to a dispatch of the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), it was the first visit of a Taliban delegation to any country after the installation of Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada as the new Taliban amir. “The delegation visited China for discussion on issues related to Afghanistan and China. The delegation discussed…