by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 1, 2023Calls are growing from different quarters urging the government to request China for a map revision, after a new map released by the northern neighbour on Monday did not show the Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas inside Nepal. Nepal’s new map issued in May 2020 had included the three areas, which are currently under Indian control. Nepal government had issued the new map after India a…
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By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 20, 2023 at 8:29 PMThe Deputy Defense Minister, Mohammad Qassim Farsad, said that the neighboring countries of Afghanistan are not returning aircrafts that were taken there during the collapse of the former government. He said their failure to do so is due to pressure by the US. Speaking at a press conference reporting on the annual activities of the Defense Ministry, he said that the number of these aircraft…
Report in Dawn, Aug 2nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan grapples with an increase in militant attacks seemingly emanating from across the border, a top White House National Security official has called the threat “more ideologically diverse and geographically diffuse”, underscoring the need for keeping pace with the threat level. “More broadly, today’s terrorist threat is more ideologically diverse and geographically diffuse than that of two decades ago. Al-Qaeda, ISIS and associated forces have expanded from Afghanistan…
report in Dawn, Aug 1st, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police killed a wanted terrorist during a search and strike operation in Kulachi tehsil here on Monday, an official said. He said on a tip-off that armed suspects were present in the forest near the Yadgar police checkpost, a heavy contingent of police led by DSP Kulachi Sagheer Abbas Gilani and SHO Faheem Mumtaz Khan reached the spot and surrounded the area. The official said the police…
By Sardar Shafaq IN TOLOnews, June 23, 2023 at 9:43 PMThe head of the press directorate of the Khost educational department said that around 13,000 students, both boys and girls, lack access to schools in many districts of the province. The press director for the provincial education department, Abdul Kabir Sangin, said that deteriorated economic conditions caused thousands of children who are eligible for school to be deprived of education. “Nearly 13,000 girls and boys…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, June 14, 2023Recently, several Chinese investors have traveled to Maidan Wardak to assess potential business opportunities in the central Afghan provinces, official sources said. During the visit, Chinese investors met with the governor of Maidan Wardak province Qari Bakhtyar Mouaz and stated they are interested to build production plants of kitchen utensils, wire nets, and diapers, according to reports. The report added, these foreign investors would like to…
report in Dawn, June 10th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred during an exchange of fire between police and unidentified assailants in Shahbazkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Thursday night, an official said. He said a team of Shahbazkhel police post had set up a picket on the Bannu-DI Khan section of the Indus Highway after receiving information that six armed motorcyclists believed to be terrorists were seen roaming in the town. The official…
report in The Morning, June 11, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to visit India next month on his first official tour since assuming office as President, it is learnt. A highly-placed Government source told The Sunday Morning that the President was expected to visit India between 20 and 30 July. It is also learnt that 21 July has been tentatively set for the meeting between Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wickremesinghe is also…
report in The Morning, June 11, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to visit India next month on his first official tour since assuming office as President, it is learnt. A highly-placed Government source told The Sunday Morning that the President was expected to visit India between 20 and 30 July. It is also learnt that 21 July has been tentatively set for the meeting between Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wickremesinghe is also…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, June 08, 2023 at 9:48 PMA blast occurred near the funeral of the former deputy governor (acting governor) of Badakhshan in Badakhshan province, a local official said. Mazuddin Ahmadi, the head of the information and culture department of Badakhshan confirmed for TOLOnews that the explosion took place in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan. Mazuddin told TOLOnews that Safiullah Samim, the former commander of Baghlan police, was killed in…