Rashid, a leg-spinner with 347 international wickets across formats, underwent lower-back surgery in November but remains part of the traveling squad which will play the opener on Thursday in Mohali. “He is not fit (but) he is traveling with the team. We hope he gets fit soon,” Zadran told reporters. “Without Rashid, we will struggle […]
The UN mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to open schools for girls, saying a year-long ban on keeping girls out of high schools was shameful and “entirely avoidable.” The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and […]
Onion and tomato, much in use in our cooking, witnessed a massive rise in prices in recent weeks as flash floods washed away entire crops, thereby compounding the food emergency situation in the country. To deal with this crisis, the government decided to issue permits for imports from neighbouring countries to minimise the transport time […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Thursday emphasised the need for stability in Afghanistan as Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari met his counterpart in the Taliban administration, Amir Khan Muttaqii, for the first time. “The two sides agreed that peace and stability in Afghanistan was vital for regional development and prosperity,” Foreign Office said in a […]
State news agency Xinhua reported on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Afghanistan’s “relevant parties” to exterminate terrorism and offered to provide additional assistance to the war-torn nation. Afghanistan and China both share a land border, and the Taliban has formed a new government in Afghanistan. As U.S.-led foreign soldiers concluded their 20-year presence […]
Minister for Interior Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed on Sunday said that the incident involving the daughter of the ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan “was not an abduction” at all. “This is an international conspiracy. An agenda of RAW,” he said while speaking to Geo News on the program “Naya Pakistan”. He was referring to the Indian […]
Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan; an Afghan commander has said. Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what […]
Turkey will not take new steps to resolve disputes around US-made F-35 jets and Russian-made S-400 missile systems with the United States, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday. The US sanctioned Turkish government officials last year over Ankara’s acquisition of S-400s from Russia. Washington also officially kicked Turkey out […]
According to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that Pakistan firmly embraces the Afghan peace process and that a secure, healthy, and peaceful Afghanistan is in the best interests of the country in general and Pakistan in particular (ISPR). As per the media […]
Chief of army staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived in Kabul on a day-long visit, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Bajwa on Monday said that Pakistan will always support the Afghan peace process based on the common harmony of all. The COAS reiterated that a […]
