by Kalbe Ali | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government on Monday claimed to have released about 290 Baloch demonstrators held in the wake of a crackdown on a long march organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee. The claim was contested by the organisers of the protest, who said the authorities released about 130 protesters on Sunday night, but not a single person was released on Monday as claimed…
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By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Oct 30, 2023The way the events unfolded on Saturday has given the Awami League rank and file a confidence boost, claim leaders of the ruling party. They said the kind of momentum BNP tried to gather with its grand rally did not come to pass, and it has “hurt the morale of the party activists”. The violence that took place that day was mostly between BNP and…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews,Oct 4, 2023 at 8:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the remarks of the Pakistani official alleging involvement of Afghan refugees in the suicide bombings which have recently ripped the country. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said on X that the Afghan refugees are not involved in the attacks and that Islamabad seeks to harass them under various pretexts. “We deny that if the refugees settled in Pakistan, they would have…
report in The Island, Aug 16, 2023National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (15) said that those who sought to dispute his claim of US involvement in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ouster should follow international media coverage of Pakistan Premier Imran’s Khan’s removal. Referring to agency reports, the former minister said there was no doubt that Premier Khan has incurred the wrath of the US for refusing to condemn Russia over the war in Ukraine.…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, July 22, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has rejected Iran’s claim that Daesh leaders have moved to the country from Iraq, Syria and Libya. Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told ISNA News Agency, “It is not a secret to anyone that the leaders of Daesh and the trained forces of Daesh have moved from Iraq, Syria, and parts of Libya to Afghanistan in recent months.…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 8, 2023Lawyers representing the defendants in the Bhutanese refugee scam started a debate on Wednesday questioning the ‘selective’ prosecution in the case. After government lawyers concluded their arguments on Tuesday on whether to remand the defendants in the Bhutanese refugee scam, those representing the defendants presented their arguments. They argued that the defendants have been charged without adequate evidence and only based on the statements of a select few…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 24, 2023The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, once again emphasized the issue of Iran’s right to the Helmand River. Abdollahian said in an interview with IRNA Govt News Agency that based on the order of the Iran President, Ebrahim Raisi, during the one and half years, the foreign ministry, and the special envoy for Afghanistan, Kazem Qomi, have pursued the matter consistently. Iranian Foreign…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 19, 2023According to defence and counterterrorism experts, al Qaeda and ISIS-K are flourishing in Afghanistan, again turning into a “safe haven” for terrorists who are increasingly posing a threat against the United States. “The terrorist threat environment in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically since August 2021 – and it is getting worse,” Tuesday, Nathan Sales, a former State Department counterterrorism coordinator, made a statement reported by Just…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 17, 2023Iran has reiterated its claim to disputed shared water resources with Afghanistan. On Monday, Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted that he discussed the disputed water resources with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi while they were both in Uzbekistan. “In my recent talks with Mr Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister of the de facto government of Afghanistan in Samarkand city, we emphasized the issue of…
Editorial in Dawn, February 1st, 2023A RECKONING is called for, a reckoning unlike that which this nation has ever seen. It must happen now — or, as surely as night follows day, more bestial acts of violence like that which took place in Peshawar on Monday will continue to claim the lives of innocent Pakistanis. And it must come from those who sowed the seeds of a disastrous policy that is once again reaping a…