30-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday responded to a draft bill tabled by US senators regarding a probe of the country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and Pakistan’s alleged support for the Taliban offensive, saying that the proposed legislation is “uncalled for …
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Taliban don’t want conflict in country: Afghan FM
27-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said that the Taliban government does not want conflict in the country; therefore, it would not take the initiative to create one. Addressing a ceremony of the Afghan …
Read More »Taliban hang bodies as warning in Afghanistan’s Herat
26-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ HERAT/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are said to have hung the dead bodies of four alleged kidnappers in public in the western city of Herat in an apparent warning. The gruesome display came a day after a notorious Taliban official warned …
Read More »Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abuses
25-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ CANBERRA: The Taliban’s new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be tolerated. Mullah …
Read More »‘300,000 Shia among 350,000 Muslims killed in Syria’s war’
25-09-2021 By SJA Jafri UNITED NATIONS/ DAMASCUS: At least 300,000 Shia people among 350,209 Muslims have been killed in Syria’s 10-year war, the United Nations human rights office has said, calling the tally an “under-count” as it released its first report since 2014 on the conflict’s death toll. The figure …
Read More »Taliban divisions deepen as hardliners seek spoils of war
24-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: There have been reports of divisions among the Taliban leadership, raising questions about the unity within the group which took over the country last month. The public’s doubts about the group’s unity only increased earlier this month, when Mullah …
Read More »Australian rulers once again proof their incompetence
24-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australian rulers have once again proved that they are only the world’s worst regime but also deal nastiest with citizens and try to be smart unnecessary like they have been indulging in irrelevant matters and non-concerned issues since a long, sources and …
Read More »Australia reveals where it stands in world
23-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ CANBERRA/ NEW YORK: By signing the Aukus pact last week, Australia revealed where it stands in the world: It is taking the side of the US over China. It’s a definitive move for a country in the Asia-Pacific region, experts say. …
Read More »America not seeking ‘Cold War’ with China: Biden
22-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: President Joe Biden told the world Tuesday the United States is not seeking a new Cold War with China, as he vowed to pivot from post-9/11 conflicts and take a global leadership role on crises from climate …
Read More »Saudi Arabia ready to offer ‘good offices’ to ease Pak-India tensions
21-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ KABUL: In a recent interview to an Indian publication, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud said the Kingdom is ready to provide its “good offices” to resolve outstanding issues between India and Pakistan. Speaking …
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