ISTANBUL (AA) – Struggling with a broken economy, the interim Taliban administration in Kabul is seeking international aid to manage the Afghan refugee influx from neighboring Pakistan. “We call on the international community (including) Muslim countries to help,” Taliban’s nominee to the UN, Suhail Shaheen, told reporters, pointing to the rus...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti accused the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on Saturday of being behind terror attacks in Pakistan. Bugti condemned Friday’s bombing of an Islamic religious gathering and said nearly 55 people were killed. “We know each and e...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – A convoy of paramilitary soldiers was targeted in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing one security official and injuring eight others. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Arshad Khan confirmed that a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary was hit in the attack on Machni Road in Peshawar, the...
ANKARA (AA) — Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government has rejected a UN Security Council report claiming that several terrorist groups, including ISIS, are present in the country and have access to weapons left by US-led foreign forces. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again rejects these baseless accusations and . . . in ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said his country would continue its long-drawn fight against “terrorism” as “surrender is not an option.” “Pakistan will not surrender in front of radicalism, extremism, and intolerance no matter what. This is our home and we...
