Afghan Taliban visit to Pakistan sparks talks
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Afghan Taliban visit to Pakistan sparks talks

PESHAWAR: The governor of Kandahar and Deputy Head of Military Intelligence of Emarat-e-Islami, Haji Mullah Shireen visited Islamabad to engage in talks with Pakistani authorities sparked diplomatic talks in Pakistan. This visit comes against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two neighbouring countries over cross-border terrorism, particularly concerning the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The discussions

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Afghan Govt Closed Torkham border
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Afghan Govt Closes Torkham border

LANDIKOTAL: Torkham border remained closed for several hours after tension raised between Pakistan and Afghaniatan over the installation of signboard at near Torkham border on Wednesday. A border official said that Emarat-e-Islami raised concerns when they started installation of a signboard with the welcoming slogan on it. He said they had written welcome word in

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Pak-Afghan traders say hurdles at Torkham decline trade volume with Afghanistan
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Pak-Afghan traders say hurdles at Torkham decline trade volume with Afghanistan

TORKHAM BORDER: Traders and businessmen on Friday demanded of the Pakistan and Afghan governments to jointly workout for the removal of hurdles at Torkham border crossing that caused the decline business activities at severe low level on both sides of the border. It was stated in a meeting held at Torkham border between Pak-Afghan joint

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Tribals Demand Resuming Tribals Affairs Ministry in Afghanistan
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Tribals Demand Resuming Tribal Affairs Ministry in Afghanistan

…The Tribal Affairs ministry was closed after Emarat-e-Islami takeover of Afghanistan PESHAWAR: A delegation of Shinwari elders, elected members and traders met with Afghan council general here in Peshawar and condoled over the tragic death of eight Afghan truckers who had lost their lives in Torkham landsliding last week. The delegation, led by Tehsil Chairman

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Pakistan trade with Afghanistan hits 90% increase
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Pakistan trade with Afghanistan hits 90% increase

…As Afghanistan Govt Bans Child Laborers At Torkham border LANDIKOTAL: In the past few weeks trade with Afghanistan 90 percent increased as Afghan government took steps including banning child laborers who used to work for years as tool to smuggle goods from and to Pakistan via Torkham border, officials said on Monday. Talking to reporters

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Trade volume with Afghanistan hits $161n in 3 months - official
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Trade volume with Afghanistan hits $161m in 3 months – official

…Says smooth trade relation with Afghanistan would also increase jobs for indigenous people.  PESHAWAR: A senior custom official on Thursday said that trade with Afghanistan rapiddly increasing as Pakistan exported 161 million dollars goods to Afghan in the past three months via Torkham border. Talking to The News collector custom Torkham Amjad-ur-Rehman said that not

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11 feared killed, 28 wounded as roadside bomb hits bus in Afghanistan 1
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11 feared killed, 28 wounded as roadside bomb hits bus in Afghanistan

    Eleven  people have been killed and 28 others wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus in Afghanistan just hours before the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, the interior ministry said Monday. Interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian confirmed the casualty figures  reporters but gave no further

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50 Talibs killed by Afghan forces 2
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50 Talibs killed by Afghan forces

Afghan security forces killed 50 Taliban terrorists and injured eight others in an operation in Lashkargah city of southern Helmand and some other districts, the country’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday. According to Pajhwok Afghan News, the Ministry, in a statement, said that the security forces busted Taliban’s hideouts in the operations in Lashkargah, Garamsir

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Bomb explosion kills four travellers in Afghanistan 3
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Bomb explosion kills four travellers in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb explosion on Monday has killed four civilians in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, Khogyani district, officials confirmed on Monday. According to Shams-ul-Haq Safi, the administrative chief of the district, the four including the driver of the vehicle involved in the bomb explosion were traveling, ANI and NAN reported. “A roadside bomb exploded in

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Eight killed, 28 injured in Afghan gov’s convoy attack 4
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Eight killed, 28 injured in Afghan gov’s convoy attack

A suicide attack targeting an Afghan provincial governor killed at least eight people on Monday , officials said , as the president travelled to Qatar where peace talks with the Taliban have stalled. Twenty -eight people were wounded when the attackers rammed an explosives -filled vehicle into the convoy of Rahmatullah Yarmal , the governor

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