10-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Abdul Qadeer Khan, revered as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, has died at 85. The Pakistani atomic scientist, hailed as a national hero for making his country the world’s first Islamic nuclear power but regarded by the West …

10-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington pulled its troops from Afghanistan and the hardline group took over the …

08-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KUNDUZ/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A powerful explosion has targeted a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz and left over 50 martyred while hundreds other injured, a senior Taliban official and witnesses said. The blast occurred during the weekly Friday prayer …

08-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ PARIS : Since it took power in August, the Taliban has been on a desperate quest to have its Islamic Emirate recognized internationally as the official government of Afghanistan but so far, those attempts have yet to bear fruit. …

  08-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies AMSTERDAM/ BRUSSELS/ KARACHI: Croatia, Greece and Romania have carried out hundreds of illegal pushback operations at the European Union’s external borders since early 2020 as part of a “violent campaign” to deny access to asylum, a new report alleges. The findings, published on …

07-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report HARNAI/ QUETTA/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: At least 20 people have been killed and more than 200 wounded after an earthquake strikes Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, local officials say, with rescue teams attempting to clear debris and gain access to the area. The 5.9 …

06-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DAYKUNDI: The Taliban killed 13 more members of the Shia Hazara ethnic group, including a 17-year-old girl, in the central province of Daykundi, shortly after they took power in Afghanistan, according to a new report from Amnesty International. On …

04-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ KOHDAMAN/ ISLAMABAD: Children are dying of starvation in Afghanistan, local and international sources said Saturday, following warnings that a million youngsters there could face life-threatening malnutrition by the end of the year. In Ghor, one of the affected provinces, at …

03-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in disarmament talks with some factions of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, as the government seeks stability in the country in the backdrop of a fast evolving situation in Afghanistan. PM …

01-10-2021 SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ LISBON: The Taliban on Thursday violently cracked down on a small women´s rights demonstration, firing shots into the air and pushing back protesters, journalists witnessed. A group of six women gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul demanding the …