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Moscow against Daesh

Russia’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that his country was sharing intelligence about Daesh with the Taliban insurgents. The diplomat believes that it would help Moscow to clip growing wings of the global terror group which is also known as the Islamic State. According to Kabulov …

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Resolution with resolve

The UN Security Council has extended sanctions regime against the Afghan Taliban and other affiliate insurgent groups. The resolution was passed unanimously by the UN Security Council. But, the council also decided to exempt travel ban on a “case-by-case” basis in order to facilitate the Afghan-owned peace process. The ball …

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Fear of collapse

If the history of the National Unity Government is written properly, some steps and reputations of the government are going to be badly bruised. There would not be a single chapter about good statesmanship. Most of the story will be about the blunders in which the authorities have graduated now. …

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Terrorism on airwaves

After the US-led coalition forces ended their combat operations last year in December, reports about emergence of Daesh or the Islamic State had surfaced. Unfortunately, the reports were not taken seriously and the authorities have turned a blind eye to emergence and spread of Daesh. Growing power of the IS …

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Changing tides

After formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) the hopes were high that the new leadership would resolve the challenges that the previous government could not. The previous government was focused on reconstruction of solid foundation for the next government, so it will have no fear of collapse. Somehow, it …

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Taking the cue

Recent statement of the US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, regarding growing power of Daesh or Islamic State is proving how the US has badly failed in the war on terror. According to him Daesh is setting up a regional base in Nangarhar and had fixed …

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Islamic military coalition

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Kabul has invited Afghanistan to join the recently established Islamic military coalition.  The 34-state alliance is aimed at elimination of terrorism from the Muslim countries through exchange of intelligence information, military and security, training and providing equipment and forces where required. The …

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The endless pledges

Comprehensive debates had taken place from time to time over failures and successes of the United Nations since its establishment in October 1945. The failures are more than successes. However, it is not what perturbs Afghans but the war-weary nation is upset over failure of this supreme global body to …

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Overseas workers

Afghan government has expedited work over the mechanism of sending skilled workforce to the foreign countries, especially the Arab states. The first major batch of skilled laborers will be dispatch to Saudi Arabia soon. According to the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD), Riyadh had agreed to …

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No disappointment this time

At last, some of kind of signs of hope emerged. Afghanistan and Pakistan co-chaired the ‘Heart of Asia Conference—Fifth Istanbul Process. The bigwigs from across South Asia, China and the world, made the conference influential. It was marked by a warm welcome by high authorities in Pakistan to the visiting …

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