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Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: In according to Pakistan government’s decision of management on the Durand Line, no one is allowed to enter Afghanistan without passport at Torkham from Sunday (January 1st 2017). However, tribesmen from Shinwari and Afridi tribes are exempted of passport and visa restrictions and they are allowed to travel between …

At least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, have died in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister has said. Suleyman Soylu also revealed police were still hunting for the “terrorist” who attacked the Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT). For hours after the attack …

“Without improved economy, administration and army, Afghanistan will not have a future at all. Afghanistan will disappear, will fall apart,” says Putin’s special envoy to Afghanistan AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russia’s special envoy to Afghanistan said that Moscow has no peace plan for the war-hit country. In an exclusive interview with …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Three Afghan migrants killed and 10 others, including six children, wounded in traffic accident in Serbia. The Serbian interior ministry said the other day that a passenger car, driven by a suspected smuggler, swerved off the road and hit a barrier in a quest to flee from …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR:  An Afghan national was injured whereas eight other captured as a result of Pakistani troops firing on the Durand Line at Khyber Agency on Tuesday. Pakistani officials claimed that all these Afghan nationals were making attempts of entering Pakistan without visa, passport and other valid travelling documents. …

AT-KABUL: The US President Barack Obama approved $ 3.4 billion annual defense budget for Afghan security forces under – the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017. In addition to that, announced $ 400 $ 900 million funds to Pakistan in a condition on a defense Secretary Certification that is taking …

The six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi became an internet sensation after pictures of him dressed in an improvised Lionel Messi jersey – made out of a plastic bag – went viral. But now Murtaza finally got to meet the Argentine footballer in Doha. The Afghan boy’s dream of meeting his idol came …

The war on terrorism in Afghanistan cannot be won as long as militant safe havens exist in neighbouring Pakistan, a former American general told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The war is not winnable under the current policy. We cannot win, and that’s the reality of it. We’ve got sanctuaries in Pakistan,” …

  DUBAI: The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a party struggling for freedom, said on Wednesday that Pakistani secret services agencies including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were abducting its party members aimed at suppressing the independence movement. Chairman JSMM, Shafi Muhammad Burfat, urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US President Barack Obama disclosed that the United States cannot wipe out the Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan. “I don’t want to paint too rosy a picture. The situation in Afghanistan is still tough. War has been a part of life in Afghanistan for over 30 …