A number of Nangarhar residents have protested over what they said is corruption in the Pakistan consulate in Nangarhar as they have to allegedly bribe consulate staff to give them visas. A Nangarhar official confirmed that people are taking bribes in exchange for processing their visas. A number of angry protestors gathered in front of the Pakistan consulate on Friday to voice their grievances. Some of those who outside the consulate said they need to…
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Pakistani sent to US prison for buying sensitive technology ANWAR IQBAL in Dawn, September 3rd, 2016
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani citizen, brought to the United States from Belgium, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for attempting to export sensitive technology for the Pakistani military, the US Department of Justice has said. On Thursday, a district judge in Arizona, Rosemary Marquez, found the 71-year-old Syed Vaqar Ashraf of Lahore, guilty as charged and sent him to prison. A Justice Department press release said that Mr Ashraf had “previously pleaded guilty to…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech is still resonating in Pakistan. The recently concluded seminar on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Gilgit-Baltistan witnessed numerous charged speeches against India’s alleged subversive activities to sabotage the CPEC project. Last among these speeches came from Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif. He said that the army was ready to go to any extent for peace in the country and its security and stability. The army chief…
China is developing a new generation long-range strategic bomber but the aircraft could be up to eight years away from a maiden flight, according to a military observer. On the sidelines of an induction day for 1,200 air force recruits at the People’s Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University in Changchun, Jilin province, on Thursday, air force chief General Ma Xiaotian said the military was working on a more advanced bomber but gave no details…
Taliban insurgents have seized the strategic town of Janikhail in Paktia province from the Afghan government, a number of civil society activists in Paktia said Friday. Activists in the militancy-riddled district have said that the government did nothing for the district over the past fifteen years and did not even build a district chief’s headquarters – an issue activists believe emboldened the Taliban to make their advance on the area. Amid speculations over the lack…
Kunar provincial governor Wahidullah Kalimzai said on Saturday nearly 300 Daesh militants are promoting the group in the province in order to strengthen their numbers. According to Kalimzai those who recently joined Daesh and returned to Kunar are now recruiting for the terror organization. Kalimzai said that a number of Kunar residents traveled to Nangarhar province to sign up and that they have now returned to Kunar province. “According to our information nearly 300 Daesh…
Reports indicate that President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have formed a joint committee in a bid to overcome the political rift between the two leaders. According to reports, the committee is working on a strategy based on which the political discord over electoral reforms, the roll out of electronic National Identity Cards, the implementation of the amendment to the Constitution and other issues will be resolved. “The committee will work to find…
The Pakistani authorities have claimed the suicide bomber who attacked the court in Mardan city of Pakistan was an Afghan national, in what appears to be a ‘Tit for tat’ policy to respond to Afghanistan’s growing criticisms against Pakistan to allow the Afghan militant groups, specifically the Taliban group and notorious Haqqani terrorist network leadership networks to use its soil against Afghanistan. The attack carried out on Mardan court followed weeks after a deadly attack…
PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban commander Mulla Mohammadi Khan Niazi has quit the Mulla Mohammad Rasool-led Taliban faction in protest against the activities of some of its members for developing contacts with the intelligence agencies in Afghanistan, India and Iran. In a statement, he appealed to other Taliban members to abandon this faction. “I want to tell all Muslims and Afghans that working under the leadership of people like Mulla Abdul Mannan Niazi amounts to damaging one’s…
A top Taliban leader who was in charge of coordinating the group’s suicide attack missions was arrested during an operation in North of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said Saturday that the detained Taliban leader has been identified as Qari Ahmad Khalid son of Mohammad Alim. According to a statement by NDS, Qari Khalid was arrested during a special military operation from Maimana city, the provincial capital fo Farya province. The…
The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan confirmed Anas Haqqani has been sentenced to death by primary court of Kabul on Monday. Insisting on Anas’s innocence and lack of accountability, the group claimed the “American government and the Afghan government both do not have any proof or material etc to keep him in detention.” The group further added that the death penalty of Anas Haqqani is politically imposed. “There are no legal grounds on which the…