Imran Khan wants open border with Afghanistan
February 14th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan Tuesday told the Afghan envoy here that it was his dream to see an open border between the two neighbours.Imran, also the ... Read more...
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Lions of Khorasan are roaring again
December 11th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Afghanistan, blighted by decades of violence and fundamentalist opposition to modern sports, is - unbeknownst to the outside world - emerging as a football ... Read more...
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Members of anti-Soviet resistance group found in Estonian mass grave
August 26th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by BNO News
TALLINN (BNO NEWS) -- The bodies of ten men have been found in a mass grave in southern Estonia, local media reported on Friday, and officials believe they were members of the ... Read more...
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Osama shares May 1 death with Hitler
May 2nd, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Not just their notoriety, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and German Nazi fountainhead Adolf Hitler also share the date on which their death ... Read more...
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Pakistani official debuts at 79 with tales of the Frontier
September 13th, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 13 (IANS) It is never too late to take a shot at writing. Retired Pakistani official Jamil Ahmad, 79, who spent several years in the tribal regions between Pakistan ... Read more...
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Tom Cruise’s Son To Feature In “Red Dawn” Remake
August 11th, 2009 - 8:03 pm ICT by GD
According to the reports of the Hollywood Reporter, superstar Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's son is all set to feature in the remake of the 1984 classic "Red Dawn." Since it is ... Read more...
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‘US digging itself out of a hole in Pakistan, Afghanistan’
August 6th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Blaming the previous Bush administration for "a culture of poverty" that had starved the US campaign against Taliban, the top US military official says America ... Read more...
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Holbrooke believes Taliban is under intense pressure
July 28th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, July 28 (ANI): U.S.President Barack Obama's Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, believes that the Taliban is under a huge amount of pressure because of the fresh NATO ... Read more...
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Pak Government overwhelmed by NWFP refugee crisis
May 25th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Mardan (Pakistan), May 25 (ANI): The Pakistan Government appears to be hard pressed in trying to contain the refugee crisis emanating from the military offensive against the Taliban and other extremist ... Read more...
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Afghans celebrate victory over Soviet forces
April 28th, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 28 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai hosted a lunch in his fortified presidential palace on Tuesday to mark the 17th anniversary of his country forcing out the Soviet forces ... Read more...
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Afghanistan on course to qualifying for cricket World Cup
April 3rd, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Potchefstroom, April 3 (IANS) Giant-killers Afghanistan remained on course to securing a cricket World Cup berth as they beat Bermuda by 60 runs in the qualifying tournament here.
Afghanistan's second win came a ... Read more...
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Google Earth reveals Afghanistan’’s unknown historic sites
July 22nd, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): A leading Australian archaeologist has safely uncovered historic sites in a remote part of war-torn Afghanistan - all with the help of Google Earth.
David Thomas, a Ph.D. ... Read more...
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Writer Tariq Ali criticises Soviet-era dissidents Havel, Michnik
June 9th, 2008 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Prague, June 9 (DPA) Pakistani-born writer Tariq Ali, a leader of the 1960s anti-Vietnam war movement in Britain, was quoted Monday criticizing iconic Soviet-era dissidents Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik for what ... Read more...
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Italian politician uses the path of satyagraha
March 28th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
Brussels, March 28 (IANS) An Italian politician and member of European Parliament says he has chosen the Gandhian path of non-violent protest called satyagraha as an alternative solution to today's problems. Marco ... Read more...
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