report in ToloNews, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:48 PMIn response to the ban on women attending university and working for NGOs in Afghanistan, the US State Department has imposed new visa restrictions on a number of current and former officials of the Islamic Emirate.7 The US State Department in a press statement said that the Islamic Emirate cannot expect the respect and support of the international community until they respect the human rights and fundamental…
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by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023Since the formation of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government in the last week of December, ministers seem to be competing with each other in giving directives to various departments. However, experts find no meaning in such directives other than publicity of the ministers’ actions. They say their on-the-spot instructions would not resolve any problem. The ministers should have a strong command at the policy level and…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023 As a Chinese technical team started a feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway, India has almost completed a detailed feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway project, officials at the Department of Railways said. The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between the two neighbouring giants who are competing for influence in Nepal. In late December, a six-member Chinese team representing the China…
by Shahid Khan in the Nation, Jan 16, 2023PESHAWAR – Police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) have shot dead the facilitators of the militants who had martyred a DSP and two other cops the other day, CTD official said. The official said that soon after the attack that claimed the lives of DSP Sardar Hussain and two other policemen, the police and CTD personnel launched a search operation in the precincts of Sarband police station.…
report in Daily FT online, Jan 14, 2023A high-level delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by its International Department Vice Minister Chen Zhou will visit Sri Lanka from 14 to 18 January. This will be the first official visit of the Chinese party to Sri Lanka in the New Year of 2023, after the 20th CPC National Congress. The delegation is scheduled to meet leaders of the Government and political parties and…
REPORT IN The News, Jan 12, 2023PESHAWAR: A police post was attacked with a grenade in Tarnab and a commando of the Counter-Terrorism Department was wounded during an encounter with alleged terrorists in Abshar Colony in the provincial capital on Wednesday. “The CTD commandoes arrested four terrorists after an encounter in Abshar Colony on Warsak Road. One policeman was slightly injured when the terrorists opened fire on the CTD raiding team,” an official said. The…
Says State Department spokespersonReport in The Daily Star, Jan 8, 2023US State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks at the daily briefing, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 25, 2022. File photo: Reuters/Nicholas KammThe US will be watching Bangladesh’s next parliamentary elections closely and supports constructive actions for a genuine electoral process that is peaceful and transparent. “We welcome the words of Sheikh Hasina and her government that they want free and fair…
report in ToloNews, Jan 30, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, is due to visit to Pakistan, Germany, and Switzerland to consult with partners, Afghans, and humanitarian relief organizations regarding shared interests in Afghanistan, the US State Department said in a statement. West’s trip will be from January 29 to February 4. “The Taliban’s recent edicts have presented the international community with extraordinary challenges as we seek to support the…
Report in Dawn, January 1st, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested five suspected militants during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab. The CTD claimed to have conducted 24 IBOs in different districts of the province to effectively counter the menace of terrorism. CTD officials said the arrested suspects were identified as Asrar Ahmad, Farooq Shah, Saifullah, Syed Shahzaib Iqbal and Ahmad Khan, who allegedly belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 20th, 2022ISLAMABAD: At a time when terrorism is rearing its head in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a critical report by an intelligence agency has highlighted “capacity gaps” in KP’s counterterrorism department, revealing that CTD spends less than 4pc of its budget on operations, with zero allocation for procurement. The report, shared during a recent meeting of the National Security Committee — a copy of which is available with Dawn —…
Raised our concerns with Dhaka, says State Dept officialReport in The Daily Star, Dec 16, 2022US Ambassador Peter Haas and embassy staff had to wrap up a meeting in Dhaka early on December 14 due to security concerns, said US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel. “And we have raised our concerns about this matter at the highest levels of Bangladesh government,” he told a press briefing at the US State Department yesterday. He…