05-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled across the border into Tajikistan, officials said. More than 300 Afghan military personnel crossed from …

02-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党成立100周年庆祝活动), or the Centennial of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党成立一百周年), culminated in a ceremonial event to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist …

01-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Al- Jazeera LONDON/ KARACHI: Fouad Kakaei laughed when British authorities showed him photographs of him steering an inflatable dinghy over the Channel from France. “It was ridiculous,” he said, referring to the moment he was questioned at the port of Dover in …

27-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SASKATOON (CANADA): Saskatoon’s Muhammad Kashif says he was taking his routine walk when a vehicle allegedly drove up and then someone stabbed him in the back multiple times. The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said the “serious assault” was reported in the 2900 block of Preston …

26-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen has told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that the armed group has the “right to react” if the United States still keeps troops in Afghanistan after September 11, when the withdrawal is due …

23-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DUSHANBE: The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s main border crossing with Tajikistan, an Afghan provincial official and army officer said on Tuesday, with some security forces abandoning their posts and fleeing across the frontier. The seizure of Shir Khan Bandar, …

20-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW/ DUBAI/ BAGHDAD/ ISTANBUL/ JERUSALEM/ ISLAMABAD: Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s hardline judiciary chief, has won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout …

19-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is set to be Iran’s next president after winning most of the votes counted so far. He beat three other candidates in a poll in which most would-be candidates were barred from standing. Raisi is Iran’s top judge …

18-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report WASHINGTON KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: After 30 years’ continuous research, evaluation and cross-analysis on reporting, stories, news and views of Press Media of India (PMI) and one of most credible Pakistan-based English dailies known as “Messenger” regarding the Taliban’s existence mainly in Pakistan, “Shia target …

18-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: When the polls open on Friday for Iran’s presidential election, four men will be on the ballot, but one enjoys a significant lead over the others. Observers predict Iran’s eighth president will be elected with very low turnout amid …