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A system based on patronage works only if the patron accepts certain responsibilities.The US-Israeli war against Iran is forcing a new look at the nature and limits of alliances in the 21st century.In the second half of the 20th century, international politics rested on a relatively simple logic. The world was divided into blocs. Strong powers offered […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 19 (ANI): Pakistan has decided on a 'temporary pause' in the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against the Afghan Taliban in view of Eidul Fitr and at the 'request of brotherly Islamic countries,' Information Minister Ataullah Tarar announced on Wednesday, Dawn reported.The minister made the announcement in a post on the social […]

Five-day cessation announced as mass funeral held for some of hundreds of victims of airstrike on rehab centrePakistan has announced a five-day pause in strikes against neighbouring Afghanistan, as a mass funeral was held for some of the hundreds of victims killed in Monday’s attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.The Afghan Taliban government […]

Afghans search for loved ones at Kabul rehab centre hit by Pakistani airstrike - Afghanistan

By Vishu AdhanaLondon [UK], March 18 (ANI): Calling Pakistan's recent actions a threat to wider regional stability, Former Afghanistan Deputy Information Minister Zardasht Shams has urged India to play a more proactive diplomatic role as tensions between Kabul and Islamabad sharply escalate.His remarks come after a Pakistani airstrike on a drug […]

Geneva [Switzerland], March 18 (ANI): In an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Fazal ur Rehman Afridi, a Pashtun human rights defender, accused Pakistan of committing 'war crimes and crimes against humanity' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan.'Pakistan should be held accountable […]

Bulldozers have been digging pits in a cemetery in the Afghan capital ahead of a mass funeral for some of the victims of what officials have said was a Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night

Former Afghan soldier who worked with American military in Afghanistan died just 24 hours after being arrested by immigration agents in Texas

KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have begun work on eight water supply networks in Panjshir province, eastern Afghanistan, to provide clean water to local communities, according to the official media Bakhtar news agency on Wednesday. According to the report, the networks, costing a total of 442,000 U.S. dollars, are being implemented across […]

Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country and has ​170 warheads but Afghanistan does not have a nuclear arsenal

New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Former Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Dilip Sinha, has said that the ongoing war involving Iran is likely to turn into a prolonged war of attrition, as it continues to drag on despite intense pressure from the United States and Israel.While speaking to ANI, Sinha said, 'This war is likely […]

Speaking on Tuesday at the start of a defence council meeting at the lyse Palace, Macron firmly rejected calls from US President Donald Trump for allies to help reopen the strategic waterway, which Iran has blocked. We are not a party to the conflict, he said, adding that France would never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in […]

Witnesses say they saw a military plane circling before huge explosions and fire that burned people in their beds

Pakistans Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday announced a pause in strikes on terrorists and their support infrastructure" in neighbouring Afghanistan for Eid al-Fitr,feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.The pause will take effect at midnight Wednesday and remain in place until midnight Monday, said Tarar.The decision […]

KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Around 300 Afghan nationals have been released from prisons in neighboring Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan during the past week, according to local media Tolo news on Wednesday. According to the report, the individuals re-entered the country via the Spin Boldak border crossing in Kandahar province. The detainees had […]

KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered 54 kg of illegal drugs and arrested four individuals on charges of involvement in the illegal business in the western Afghanistan Ghor province, said the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs in a statement on Wednesday. "The suspects were apprehended along with 54 kg of narcotics (type F) from the […]

Geneva [Switzerland], March 18 (ANI): Pashtun human rights defender Fazlur Rahman Afridi, speaking on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has accused Pakistan's military establishment of carrying out widespread human rights violations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.Afridi claimed that civilians are […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - A mass funeral for some of the hundreds of victims of a Pakistani strike on a Kabul drug treatment center was held in Afghanistan on Wednesday, with the Taliban government promising retribution but leaving the door open for talks to end the conflict. On a rainswept hillside above Kabul, Afghan Red Crescent Society volunteers […]

KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Victims of an attack on a drug rehabilitation center in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, as well as their families, are entitled to reparations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement on Tuesday. The attack on the center must be investigated promptly, independently and transparently, and those responsible held […]