KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s volatile first vice president, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, has unleashed a tirade in which he appeared to issue a veiled threat that he might turn his wrath against his own government if disrespect of him and his Uzbek constituency continued. General Dostum’s term as vice president had already been marked by emotional outbursts, including vowing that he and his Uzbek militia fighters would lead the northern war against the Taliban if…
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The Afghan government is not ready to divulge the details of recent secret talks with the Taliban in Qatar, a source close to the National Security Council (NSC) said on Monday. Reports indicate that a team of Taliban peace negotiators held secret peace talks with representatives of the Afghan government in Doha, Qatar last week. According to reports published in western media, head of Afghanistan’s spy agency – the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Mohammad…
At least 21 Taliban insurgents including one of their commanders were killed in ongoing military operations in southern Helmand province, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement. The operation was launched almost a week ago in Lashkargah city to clear the insurgents. The group’s commander Nazim was also killed on Monday, according to the statement. Ground troops meanwhile also received air support during the operation and are advancing in Bolan area of the city,…
The Afghan border police forces have suffered casualties in an attack on security posts located along Torkham near Pakistan, the local officials in Nangarhar said Tuesday. The provincial governor’s spokesman in Nangarhar Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the incident took place late on Monday night but he did not disclose further information regarding the casualties of the security forces. However, another official in Torkham said at least 8 personnel of the border protection police forces lost their…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected the request of a Chinese company regarding award of a contract for Pakistan’s Dasu Hydropower Project of $7.99 Billion. The top court further ruled that reasons for dismissal were to be recorded later. The M/s Power Construction Corporation China had requested the top court for reconsideration of Dasu Hydropower Project Contracts MW-01 and MW-02, the project known as Dasu Dam. The Dasu Project comprises of four…
A married man with debts of 3 million yuan (HK$3.4 million) has been arrested in eastern China for allegedly selling the two-year-old son he fathered with his mistress. The 33-year-old man, surnamed Chen, wrested the boy from his mother’s arms before fleeing Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on October 17, three days after he was beaten up by his creditors, Thepaper.cn reported. Later that day, Chen boarded a train with his son to Hunan province and sold…
Chinese people believe that a strong central leadership is indispensable for the rise of the country, and highly anticipate further confirmation of the role of the core leadership by President Xi Jinping during this period of historic significance, according to a poll recently released by a magazine affiliated with the People’s Daily. The survey, conducted by the People’s Tribune, a magazine affiliated with the newspaper, through questionnaires, face-to-face and telephone interviews, as well as online…
Eight disgraced senior party officials were thrown behind bars and more made high-profile confessions on state television in the Communist Party’s effort to build momentum for a key four-day meeting that ends on Thursday. The sixth plenum – the Communist Party Central Committee’s most important meeting ahead of next year’s major leadership reshuffle – is focused on imposing stricter rules and codes of conduct on cadres, especially senior officials. Since the dates of the plenum…
Among the 1.3 million Chinese seeking stable jobs in civil service this year, nearly 10,000 are vying for a single post welcoming visitors for one of China’s largely symbolic minority parties. The job in the reception office of the China Democratic League’s central committee, the most sought-after post in the civil servant recruitment for 2017, had attracted 9,837 applicants shortly before the application deadline at 6pm on Monday, the China News Service reported. Although China’s…
The Awami League has announced names for several posts in its Central Working Committee, a day after its National Council, when it re-elected Sheikh Hasina the President and made Obaidul Quader the new General Secretary. Organising Secretaries Ahmed Hossain, Md Misbah Uddin Siraj, BM Mozammel Haque, AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury got two new comrades, Enamul Haque Shamim and Barrister Mahbiul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel. During the last term, Shamim…
The author is a freelance writer, blogger and an IT consultant The impoverished but proud parents would have been happy the day their sons got selected for the police force. With lots of prayers their moms would have sent them to their training academy to earn them the title of a Policeman. But one thing they didn’t know was that a few other sons of equally impoverished parents have already been blessed and assured by…