Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says BANGKOK: Myanmar has become the world’s largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in... Published 12 Dec, 2023 11:15am
Pakistan UN SG’s special rep meets Jilani ISLAMABAD: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of United Nations Assistance... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Editorials ‘Gender apartheid’? EDITORIAL: One cannot help but agree with Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that the Afghan government has imposed ... Published 10 Dec, 2023 03:33am
Pakistan Resettlement of Afghans in US: Top US diplomat arrives ISLAMABAD: The United States Special Representative on Afghanistan Tom West arrived here on a two-day visit Thursday... Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am
Pakistan British HC meets Fazl ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, Thursday, called on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief... Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am
World China says Afghan Taliban must reform before full diplomatic ties BEIJING: China said on Tuesday Afghanistan’s Taliban government will need to introduce political reforms, improve... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
World Taliban rule ‘made girlhood illegal’, says Malala JOHANNESBURG: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made... Updated 06 Dec, 2023 02:12pm
Editorials ‘Stern message’ to Afghanistan EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s “stern message” to Afghanistan, that any further cross-border attacks would elicit a... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
Opinion From forced migration to forced repatriation The caretaker government on 26 September 2023 issued the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’. According to the... Updated 05 Dec, 2023 04:13am
World At least seven killed in attack on clerics in Herat HERAT, (Afghanistan): At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Pakistan Gunmen kill policeman guarding polio vaccination team PESHAWAR: A policeman was killed when militants attacked a polio vaccination team on Friday, police said, the latest... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
World At least seven killed in attack on clerics in Afghanistan’s Herat HEART: At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw carrying two Shia... Published 01 Dec, 2023 06:57pm
Pakistan Supreme Court seeks govt reply on plea against expulsion of Afghans, says petitioner ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court began hearings on Friday on a petition by rights activists seeking to halt... Updated 01 Dec, 2023 09:20pm
World Afghan govt slams lack of invite to COP28 KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
World Afghanistan’s Taliban government slams lack of invite to COP28 KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the... Published 30 Nov, 2023 07:23pm
Pakistan Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:09pm
Pakistan Suicide attack on security forces: In a first, Taliban interim govt asked to hand over Bahadar ISLAMABAD: In a first, Pakistan summoned Afghanistan embassy’s representative on Tuesday and asked the Taliban’s... Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am
Sports Afghan spin king Rashid Khan out of Australia’s BBL with back injury ADELAIDE: Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan pulled out of Australia’s Big Bash League Thursday with a back... Updated 23 Nov, 2023 03:58pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The two women and their first husbands “You know I was reminded of Camilla Parker Bowles.” “The woman who would be Queen.” “You have taken a... Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am
Pakistan Afghan border trade resumes after Pakistan suspends new visa rule PESHAWAR: Cross-border trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan was back to normal on Wednesday, officials in both... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 10:46pm
Sports India to host Afghanistan for T20 series in January India will host Afghanistan for three Twenty20s in January, the first time the two sides will meet in a multi-match... Published 22 Nov, 2023 11:12am
World Cologne mosque: Germany blasts Taliban official’s appearance BERLIN: Germany on Monday condemned an appearance by a Taliban official at a mosque in Cologne, with the interior... Updated 21 Nov, 2023 07:16am
Sports Cricket World Cup: Ten highlights AHMEDABAD: After 46 days and 48 matches, huge totals, shock wins, heartbreaking losses, records and controversies,... Published 20 Nov, 2023 12:31pm
Pakistan Ashrafi highlights reason behind expulsion of illegal Afghans ISLAMABAD: Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and the Pakistani Diaspora in Middle... Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am
Pakistan Afghans driven from Pakistan rebuilding lives from ‘zero’ TORKHAM: Rocked gently on his mother’s knees, a fly on his nose, a baby sleeps fitfully in a tent in a barren border... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 10:30pm
Print Afghanistan: Govt will continue to find ways to facilitate transit trade: FO ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that it is finding ways to felicitate Afghan transit trade and also introducing... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 09:40am
Pakistan Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met foreign minister in Islamabad this week, an Afghan embassy... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Print Gohar explains how Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan can expand economies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan can tap into new markets and expand their economies by leveraging... Updated 15 Nov, 2023 08:47am
Print Afghanistan urges Pakistan to release ‘thousands of containers’ from port ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to release thousands of containers of imports it said were stuck at... Updated 15 Nov, 2023 08:45am
World Pakistan opens new border crossings to expedite Afghans’ repatriation Many Afghans have opted to go home voluntarily to avoid deportation Updated 13 Nov, 2023 10:25pm