LAHORE, Pakistan – At least five people have been killed in an explosion outside a major Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said. Many are feared injured, including several policemen, which authorities believe the blast apparently to have targeted a police vehicle. The explosion occurred near the Data Darbar Sufi shrine, one of the oldest Muslim shrines in South Asia, BBC...
The Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum warned government of its “inattention” to Northern Provinces security situation, saying he will decide and retaliate against militants on his own if their concerns was not addressed. Dostum in a gathering surrounded by his advocators, said the Taliban has reached across Maimana city of Faryab, Jawzjan and Blakh provinces, which according to him had no hands in...
Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace in Afghanistan wrapped up with 23-article resolution. Some major demands are: A comprehensive ceasefire from the beginning of the Ramadan month, preservation of achievements of the past 18 years including the constitution, protecting and promoting national security defense system, provision of facilities to the Taliban in Afghanistan following ceasefire, appropriate conduct with the prisoners of both sides, intra-Afghan dialogues...
Farah (The Killid) – At least four districts in southwestern province of Farah has fallen into Taliban’s hand, and six further districts are on brink of collapse as security is loosen, according to local authorities. Shah Mahmood Naemy, Deputy for Provincial Council, in a phone interview with The Killid said, “Khak Safed, Bakwah, Gulistan and Sheb Koh districts are completely under control of...
The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad paid a visit to India Monday, as Doha talks took one-day break on the occasion of Ramadan. Khalilzad held talks with India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and briefed her on peace efforts in Afghanistan, the Indian spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet Monday. “Both discussed role of...
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Kabul – The Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace in Afghanistan wrapped Friday with delegates issuing a 23-Article resolution, urging government and Taliban to immediately declare ceasefire. According to sources, the Jirga delegates have stated the following demands in their resolution: Afghans remain committed to bringing a durable peace in the country. Taliban should listen to the Afghan people, end violence and bloodshed and take part...
YANGON, Myanmar – Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar walked free on Tuesday from a prison on the outskirt of Yangon, after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act spending more than 500 days behind bars. The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a...
Doha talks kept on beating around two controversial and high-demanded expectations: The Taliban dun an urgency of the United States troops withdrawal still in Afghanistan, while the Afghan government insist on a comprehensive ceasefire. In a bid to pave the way for intra-Afghan dialogues and trustworthy negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, the High Peace Council in a...
Herat (The Killid) – Afghans yielded more than AFN5 million during a five-day exhibition of country’s products under tittle the “Lapiz-Lazuli Route Caravan” in western province of Afghanistan. Hamidullah Khadem, head of the Herat Union of Mines and Industries, expressing optimism about the high spectators’ attendance at the exhibition, said to The Killid, “During these five days, exhibitors could sell [Afghan products] from...