WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump's latest pick for national security adviser, John Bolton, says the United States cannot walk away from the war in Afghanistan because of the larger threat from the Taliban, the Islamic State terror group and al-Qaida....
Read More »Afghanistan, US Seeking to Protect Families of Taliban Leaders Looking for Peace
WASHINGTON, Top Afghan officials see a genuine chance for peace with elements of the Taliban and the Haqqani network but worry the latest effort at reconciliation could be undermined, both by internal rivals and by Pakistan and other foreign influences...
Read More »PAKISTAN, ADB INK LOAN ACCORD TO IMPROVE POWER TRANSMISSION
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Government of Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a loan agreement worth 260 million U.S. dollars to improve power transmission network in the South Asian country. According to a statement issued by t...
Read More »Turkish deputy PM slams US statement on Afrin operation
Ankara, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdag on Monday criticized the US statement on the ongoing operation in Syria's Afrin region, saying Washington did not comprehend the reason for Turkey's move.In a message posted on his official Twitter a...
Read More »Yemeni Man Seeks Guantanamo Release After 16 Years
WASHINGTON, Lawyers for a longtime Guantanamo Bay detainee asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to intervene after the Trump administration disregarded a review board's decision clearing him for release.Moath al-Alwi has been held in Guantanamo for mo...
Read More »CM Punjab congratulates Premier of China for his re-election
Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has congratulated Premier of China Li Keqiang for his re-election.In his felicitation message, the Chief Minister expressed his best wishes and said that under Premier Li Keqiang's leadership China has emer...
Read More »HSBC Report: India Most Vulnerable Country to Climate Change
LONDON, India is the most vulnerable country to climate change, followed by Pakistan, the Philippines and Bangladesh, a ranking by HSBC showed on Monday.The bank assessed 67 developed, emerging and frontier markets on vulnerability to the physical impa...
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