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Paranoid Americans are probably leading to more harm to themselves..
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani military delegation became the latest victim of the paranoia permeating US airports on Monday night, when US security offi ...
In Delhi: Market named after Dr. Khan Saeb facing change
Here we come, Khan market The last citadel of south Delhi snobbery is about to fall. Khan Market (KM), where the city’s rich go to see and be see ...
Flood death toll hits 430
Villagers move to safety from a flooded village near Nowshera, in Pakistan's Pakhtoonkhwa province, on Thursday.  ...
Canada's First Female Pashtun Senator
Canada's First Female Pashtun Senator Seeks To Improve Women's Lives In Pakistan, many are opposed to girls receiving education. July 22, 2010 ...
75 years old women sentenced to 40 lashes
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for ha ...
The Central issue for Muslims around the World: Palestine
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Bombs at Peshawar market, school kill 24
* First bomb explodes outside Police Public School killing a young boy * DSP, JI Peshawar leader killed in second blastPakhtunkhwa: PESHAWAR: At ...
News in Pashto about Pakhtunkhwa and its renaming
BBC Pashto news about Pakhtunkhwa:http://bit.ly/aKjFGh Click and hear! د پېلوزي هنر& ...
Air-strikes victims laid to rest in Khyber "Agency" in Pakhtunkhwa
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From Wikileaks thru Youtube. A killing field in Iraq
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War and lies from Afghanistan - Paktia
In this mid-March piece, Starkey explained how he had discovered that NATO's claims about the Paktia incident were false (he recounted that e ...
TOP NEWS: We have a NAME: its Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa -- FINALLY - Umbarak sha
PESHAWAR: It took 109 years to correct a historical wrong and what a journey it has been. It was in 1901, when the North-West Frontier Province wa ...
Two other Sikhs are rescued.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces on Monday recovered two of three Sikhs kidnapped for ransom in the country's volatile northwest, a security o ...
Ba'Jawar taken over by the Pakistan armed forces. Khyber and Orakzai is next.
DAMADOLA: Security forces have taken control of Bajaur’s Damadola, known as the nerve-centre of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and are now bracing the ...
Pakistan Army drops bombs on Orakzai area.
PARACHINAR, Pakistan – Pakistani security forces backed by jets pounded militant hide-outs near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 1 ...
Miliband Kicks out Mossad chief in UK - implication in Dubai hit
Britain's foreign secretary David Miliband has taken the decision to expel an Israeli diplomat after the UK's serious organised crime agency turne ...
Israel Restricts Entry to Haram Al Sharif including Al Aqsa
Israel Restricts Entry to Disputed Jerusalem Holy Place   ...
Pakistan blast kills US soldiers
Three US soldiers were among 10 people killed when a bomb blast hit a convoy near a school in north-west Pakistan. ...
Pashtuns killed in Karachi by MQM
Karachi ethnic clashes 'kill 12' ...
Peshawar in the dark and kept cold.
A spate of bombings in Peshawar has kept the Pukhtunkhwa capital in the headlines in recent times. But unknown to people outside the city, the daily ...
Alamgir Khalil, MPA - narrowly escapes attempt on his life.
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The Problems in Baluchistan
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Children growing-up scared in Peshawar: A video report
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Pashto movies successful .... unique culture has no competition from Bollywood films
Pashto films still rule box office: report Production of Pashto films witnessed a boo ...
Pekhawar Press Club under suicide attack, 3 dead
  PESHAWAR: At least three persons lost their lives and 18 others sustained ...
Zardari tenth richest "sitting head of state" - 2009 -according to Forbes Magazine
LAHORE: If one combines the US magazine Forbes’ 2009 list of wealthiest 793 billionaires across the globe with its list of 15 Richest Royals and the ...
Life in Peshawar: In their own words
Peshawar, near the Afghan border in north-west Pakistan, is ...
Car bomb kills 100 in Pakistani city of Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A car bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 100 people — mostly women and children — as visi ...
Meena Bazaar Bombed, 91 dead
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The day the Rabab was smashed by the Taliban..
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Mohammad Akbar says he prays every day for the Pakistani army to crush the Taliban so he can make sweet music once more without fe ...
Killing Pashto Academy
PESHAWAR: Having failed to sustain pressure from the Pakhtun nationalist Awami National Party-led NWFP government, the University of Peshawar (UoP) ...
"New" justice in Swat; did the Taliban show them the way?
MINGORA, Pakistan – Courts are back in session in Pakistan's Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban mili ...
Swat Taliban murder dies in custody of battle wounds
ISLAMABAD – A feared Taliban commander known for beheading opponents died in custody Sunday from wounds sustained during a fierce firefight with Pak ...
Taliban attack Astarzai village near Kohat, killing 33 with a suicide bomber
September 18, 2009At least 33 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a village market in north-west Pakistan, po ...
US while denying, prove the point that Swat refugees were their creation
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Video: Americans rejoice over death of Baithullah Mehsud
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Mehsud tribesman gets the love of his life killed.
PESHAWAR: The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was one of three killed on Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected US drone in S ...
Aid crisis due to lack of funds for Pasthuns
Aid warning amid Pakistan unrest ...
Peshawar's only luxury hotel blown up - the PC is down.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8092665.stm Rampaging militants kill 11, injure 50 in Peshawar hotel ...
Bomb blasts in Peshawar bazaar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Militants detonated two bombs in a busy market and attacked two police checkpoints in nor ...
Swat: Pakistan army attacks causes "IDP"
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The Sikhs of Swat move to their shrine
Members of Pakistan’s tiny Sikh community have joined an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing fighting in the northwest and rising fear ...
The US acknowledges their role in creating the Taliban:
US Secretary of State acknowledged that the US too had a share in creating the problem that plagues Pakistan today. ...
The Vancouver Chapter of BHRC ( Canada ) is holding a peaceful rally
BALOCH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ( CANADA )   The Vancouver Chapter of BHRC ( Canada ) is holding a peaceful rally on April 23rd, 2009 to protest ...
Shocking Swat Video
To see the video, copy and paste the URL below into your Browser window: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/02/taliban-pakistan-justice-women ...
Pakkhtoons under attack in Hyderabad Sindh also
Two shops of Pakhtoons that sold silk cloth were turned to ashes in Latifabad area of Hyderabad district in Sindh on Feb 22, 2009. This is not an is ...
Dr. Salma Shaheen honored with Pakistani "tamgha"
Salma resolves to make Pashto Academy real centre of research ...
Bilour escapes attempt on his life, 4 died in Peshawar
Four killed in Peshawar in minister assassination bid Wednesday, 11 Mar, 2009 |  | ...
Rakhman Baba's 'kAbar' has been bombed
Pashtun poet's mausoleum bombed in Pakistan ...
Drone fired missile kills 26 in Kurram
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 26 people, many of them Taliban militants, in Pakistan's Kurram tri ...
ANP's Alamzeb Khan killed in remote controlled bomb.
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The Music has died, the laughter has died, there is nothing but crying
Militants killing laughter and music in NWFP Monday, 09 Feb, 2009 | 08:28 AM PST | hr ...
Give us your thoughts: Would a Muslim politician ever get charged for hate against another religion?
Islam film Dutch MP to be charged ...
Wali Khan's (late) house in Swat bombed
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Army opens fire on angry protesters in Hangu
Pakistan Army "Jawans" defends themselves from their fellow compatriots, claiming "self-defense"Saturday, 10 Jan, 2009 | RAH | ...
The Sitituation in Sawat: Taliban Rule
Swat diary: 'Taliban rule now' ...
US airline "AIR TRAN" targeting Muslims, kicking them off flight
Nine Muslims removed from US flight Friday, 02 Jan, 2009 | 04:29 PM PST | hr { border: none 0; border-top: 3px solid #666666;/ ...
Taliban take over Sawat valley in Pukhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgen ...
Taliban swear on the Qur'an to allow girls to study
Monday, 29 Dec, 2008 | 10:31 AM PST | hr { border: none 0; border-top: 3px solid #666666;/*the ...
Video captures children blown up by the Taliban.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11283205&ch=4226714&src=news ...
Malik Naveed IGP Pukhtunkhwa states 154 policemen lost lives in 2008
PESHAWAR: NWFP Inspector General of Police, Malik Naveed Khan said on Wednesday that NWFP police have lost 154 policemen and w ...
"jahil" destroying schools in Pekhawar
Dec 22, 2008 PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Militants attacked three English-medium schools in the city on Monday, set their five buses on fire and ransacked ...
“The Frontier Gandhi – Badshah Khan: A Torch for Peace.” - The Movie released.
December 23, 2008 Twenty years after his death, freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan came alive on screen here Thursday when a do ...
Pashtun girl band creates a stir
Zeb and Haniya have struck a c ...
Terrorism a crime, says Grand Mufti of S. Arabia
MOUNT ARAFAT, Dec 7: Creating a sea of white robes, nearly three million Muslims converged on a rocky desert hill outside Makkah on Sunday to beg Go ...
Taliban attacking NATO supply trucks enroute from Peshawar to Kabul
More than 90 lorries supplying Western forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire in a suspected militant attack in north-west Pakistan, police say ...
Another day another Bomb in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Dec 5: At least 22 people were killed and over 90 others injured when a car bomb ripped through a congested locality of KoosA Risalda ...
Karachi mohajirs kick out Pakistani Pashtuns
December 2nd, 2008  Source: BBC News Violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi is continuing despite appeals for calm by the main parties. ...
Harsh criticism from Karzai over parallel government
KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai criticized the U.S. and other foreign countries for creating a "parallel government" in the countryside du ...
Karzai looking for a timeline for troops withdrawal
KABUL, Nov 25: President Hamid Karzai demanded at a meeting with a UN Security Council team on Tuesday that the international community set a ‘timelin ...
"Badal" means "to reciprocrate" - in this case to take revenge, an integral part of Pukhtunwali
Pashtun Army Officer Kills 19 SSG Officers September 14, 2007 by erclog   Friday, September 14, 2007www.saag.org By B. Raman Accord ...
Pakistan and US Generals have an understanding about missile strikes
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: The United States not only has an understanding with Pakistan to attack suspected terrorist targets inside its borders but also sh ...
Missile attacks, more of the same, spurs debate about Pakistani sovereignty
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, officials said, killing six alleged m ...
Asfandiyar was the butt of many jokes, now he is back talking back
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New strikes in Ba'Jawar
KHAR, Nov 9: Fourteen militants and four non-combatants were killed when air force jets bombed militants’ hideouts in Bajaur on Sunday.A political adm ...
Ba'Jawaur Strikes part of a new & secret order
Nov. 30, 2008: Since 2004, the Pentagon has used broad, secret authority to carry out about 12 attacks against al Qaeda and other militants in Sy ...
More drone attacks in Puktunkhwa - at least 8 civilians dead
'US strike' on Pashtun militants Damage to civilian life and property is making Pakistan's leaders uneasy A suspected US m ...
Late news: Suicide Bomber hits a police convoy in Mardan
MARDAN Oct 31- A suicide bomber blew himself up near the convoy of a regional police chief in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing three po ...
Secret accord allows Drones unfettered access to FATA
US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen and Navy Rear Adm. Scott van Buskirk, from left, talk with Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, center, an ...
Kids in Pakistan quake zone beg for food
Earthquake area: Children begged for food from trucks passing through Pakistan's quake zone Thursday as the death toll rose to 215 and survivors prepa ...
Photographs of the Earthquake disaster.
For Photographs regarding this disaster click on this link below: http://en.pashtunfoundation.org/picture.php?module=Balakot&page=2   Pash ...
Death toll at One hundred and seventy and rising. Not one house standing in Ziarat.
ZIARAT, Pakistan – A strong earthquake struck before dawn Wednesday in impoverished southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 170 people and turning mud ...
6.5 Magnitude Earthquake hits Qwatta and villages in Balochistan. Many Pashtuns dead.
By SATTAR KAKAR, Associated Press Writer Sattar Kakar, Associated Press Writer  (Only Play Video IF you have high speed internet) Play ...
3 killed in Kabul
Unknown gunmen have killed three people in the Afghan capital, Kabul, including two foreigners, police said. The attack took place in front of the o ...
NATO says it was a mistake - tell that to the NINE dead soldiers families
KHOST, Oct 22: Foreign troops killed nine Afghan soldiers in a mistaken air strike in the southeast of the country overnight, the Afghan defence mini ...
Pakistani airspace routinely violated, schoolchildren killed.
'US missiles' hit Pakistan school A suspected US missile strike has killed at least eight students at a school in nort ...
With Friends Like These
The US vs. Pakistan: With Allies like These   By SIMON ROBINSON / ISLAMABAD Simon Robinson / Islamabad – 1 hr 5 mins ago ...
Pakhtuns killing each other for the Pak government.
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Will a Bankrupt Pakistan kill its own people for money?
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Richard Boucher, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, on Monday said ‘Friends of Pakistan’ were committed to helping ...
We hope that this peace agreement will hold in Kurram
MURREE: The warring Bangash and Turi tribes of Kurram Agency signed a written declaration for permanent peace in Murree on Thursday. The rival tribe ...
Without US help Pakistan would be entering bankruptcy proceedings this week.
WASHINGTON, Oct 16: The international community has agreed to provide $4 billion that Pakistan needs to avoid bankruptcy, but in return Islamabad will ...
Provoking Muslim anger while Muslims remain impotent
Criticising Israel for building a synagogue within the premises of Al Aqsa, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu termed it an aggression against ...
More lies revealed about American airstrike killing civilians
An inquiry by the U.S. military has concluded that U.S. air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed more than 30 civilians, far more than U.S. c ...
Two sets of Laws - PATA to have Sharia
PESHAWAR, Oct 6: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani on Monday approved the summary of the proposed Sharia Nizam-i-Adl Regulation for the troubled Malakan ...
Asfandyar Wali moves into the Presidential Palace for safety
Islamabad, Oct 6 (PTI) Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and his family have been moved to the high-security presidential palace in the P ...
What the Paki Army says, what the ISAF says, and what the people say.
MIRANSHAH, Oct 3: Twenty-one people, two women and a child among them, were killed in a missile attack on a village in North Waziristan on Friday.Acco ...
More chilling details about the suicide attack on the ANP leadership
PESHAWAR, Oct 02 (APP): At least five persons including two policemen and a suicide bomber were killed and 12 others injured in a suicide bomb ...
More details trickling in about the attempt on Asfandyar Wali's life
TARGETED On Thursday, a suicide bomber appeared to have targeted the chief a liberal-leaning Pashtun party based in the northwest, in the town of Cha ...
**HOT NEWS FLASH****** Suicide attack on Asfandyar Wali
Oct. 2, 2008: I have just learnt from my sources that there was a suicide attack on Asfandyar Wali Khan at his home at Wali Bagh. This happened just ...
Punjabi politicians and their paradigms shame Pakistan whether as President or prisoner
With some overly friendly comments to Gov. Sarah Palin at the United Nations, Asif Ali Zardari has succeeded in uniting one of Pakistan's hard-line mo ...
Thousands of Pashtun family from FATA going to Afghanistan to escape violence
A spike in violence along Pakistan's border has driven tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in eastern Afghanistan, the U.N. reported Monday and ...
We are caught up in someone else's war, but where do we make our case?
Pashtuns Say They Are Caught In Someone Else's War      With recent cross-border attacks by U.S. forces inside Pakistan's t ...
New archaeological discoveries in Afghanistan
Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins o ...
Why the Pakhtun people are ignorant? Another opinion.
Need for Pushto centreTolafghan, KabulA COLUMN titled ‘The Pushto Holocaust’ on a website from Kabul says, “The international killers have got a ready ...
Pakistan's PM, Gilani's Car shot up
Taliban Claim attack on Paki PM's car Reports suggest a sniper was on a hilltop near the Islamabad highway and sh ...
ISAF crosses into Pakistan from Afghanistan - kills atleast 20
Twenty killed in 'US-led' South Waziristan raid Wednesday, 03 Sep, 2008 | 11:34 PKT hr { border: none 0; border-top: 3px solid # ...
Ro'jaye ceasefire does not hold in Kurram
PARACHINAR: Despite talk of ceasefire and desire expressed by rival tribes to maintain peace during Ramazan, eight people were killed and several othe ...
In the Kurram, the Turi's and the Bung'gach keep fighting
PARACHINAR, Aug 25: At least 31 people were killed and 44 others injured in clashes between Turi and Bangash tribes in Kurram Agency on Monday.Reports ...
Ahmed Faraz passes away into the better world.
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Poet Ahmad Faraz passed away in Islamabad on Monday night. He was 78.His funeral prayer will be offered at the Islamabad Graveyard ...
First Olympic Medal for an Afghan in Beijing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)—Noor Ahmad Gayezabi said a silent prayer while watching the small family TV with his 13-year-old son. “Help Nikpai. Help Nikpa ...
Internally displaced persons level is alarming, Your help is needed!
The situation is alarming and is worsening. Approximately Ten Thousand registered internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Bajaur, Swat &a ...
Mardan to generate Power from Solid Waste
MARDAN, Aug 6: An agreement has been reached between the Tehsil Municipal Administration and the South Asia Power Project Company (SAPPC) to install a ...
Rockets rain on Mardan
MARDAN, Aug 5: Eight rockets fired from Shakar Mora in the suburbs of Mardan landed in different areas of the city early on Tuesday morning.According ...
Missiles from a Predator fired in S Waziristan
PESHAWAR, July 28: A missile apparently fired from a Predator drone killed at least six people on Monday in a compound in South Waziristan, near the A ...
Peshawar most polluted city of Pukhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR, July 27: Portraying a bleak picture of environmental degradation, the NWFP Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) has declared the provincia ...
President Bush has some insight:
NEW YORK, July 7: US President George Bush has said that the biggest challenge for the next President of the United States would be Pakistan and not I ...
At long last, a Jirga decides to kick out those mischief making Uzbeks
WANA, July 7: Local Taliban and tribal elders decided at a meeting on Monday to expel Uzbek militants and their local collaborators from the areas of ...
Pakistan Forces strike back to protect Peshawar against the Taliban
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead S ...
Pakistani Forces Attack Islamic Insurgents Outside Peshawar
Pakistani paramilitary troops attacked a stronghold of Islamic militant insurgents between the country's northwestern provincial capital and the Afgha ...
Is the threat to Peshawar over blown?
Pakistan and the battle for Peshawar Peshawar is such an important city for Pakistan that it can be hard to write about it without sounding sh ...
Taliban planning Pehawar's takeover
KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan: Pakistani forces blew up a militant leader's headquarters and pounded other suspected Taliban bases with mortar fire Saturday ...
Taliban poised to takover Peshawar while the residents sleep
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: In the past two months, Taliban militants have suddenly tightened the noose on this city of three million people, one of Pakis ...
Student refuses Harvard scholarship to protest Mohmand attack
ISLAMABAD, June 18: A Pakistani student, Samad Khurram, refused his Harvard University scholarship award presented to him by the US Ambassador Anne W ...
World Hepatitis Day leads to startling revelations about the disease
PESHAWAR, May 19: More than 2.2 million people in the NWFP and Fata have been infected with hepatitis B and C. This was revealed at an awareness semin ...
Dre Mehsuds to meet Owais Ghani
TANK, May 19: A Mehsud tribal jirga which will meet NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani on Tuesday is expected to demand reopening of closed roads to help ...
US in cohoots with the Punjabi Central govt of Pakistan, more attacks on Pukhtunkhwa?
WASHINGTON, April 30: The United States said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s latest attempt to end militancy in the tribal region by engaging the militan ...
Adeel, Jagra elected senators
PESHAWAR, April 28: Awami National Party’s senior vice-president Haji Mohammad Adeel and Pakistan Muslim League-N’s secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhag ...
Karzai attacked while watching military parade.
KABUL, April 27: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed on Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gu ...
Suicide attack against the Police but many civillians among the dead
MARDAN, April 25: A police officer and two civilians were killed and 37 people were injured when an explosives-laden car exploded near a police stati ...
Finally a ray of hope for justice for Pukhtuns within Pakistan, BUT do not count your chickens just yet ...
Panel formed to review FCR: ISLAMABAD, April 24: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced on Thursday formation of a nine-member cabinet commit ...
Pak Army destroying Peshawar Parks
PESHAWAR, April 21: Cantonment Board authorities have turned a portion of a British-era public park into a car parking lot on the directives of the Co ...
UK agrees with ANP's approach to reconciliation in the "Terror of War"
PESHAWAR, April 20: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband supported the coalition government’s policy of using peaceful means to end militancy and ...
The new Chief Minister talks a good talk.
PESHAWAR, April 10: NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has said that a broad-based jirga will be convened to rid the province of the growing la ...
Lots of new Ministers for NWFP - no representation for key areas
PESHAWAR, April 2: The 21-member cabinet of the NWFP was sworn in by Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on Wednesday at a ceremony at the Governor’s House.Twe ...
The Pukhtunkhwa Chief Minister designate speaks his mind.
WHEN the Awami National Party romped home in the February elections, many an analyst described it as a vote for peace and rejection of elements pract ...
Politics in Pukhtunkhwa - No Education or jobs but plenty of poverty
PESHAWAR, March 18: Coalition governments have never been a good experience — at least in the North-West Frontier Province, which has a history of sho ...
Pakh'tana honored at the International function. Pak embassy conspicous by its absence.
WASHINGTON, March 10: Dr Begum Jan, who received the international women of courage award from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday, beli ...
US Drone makes a kill
WANA, Feb 28: Eight suspected militants, four of them Arabs and two from Central Asian states, were killed and three others wounded in a missile atta ...
ANP making plans for forming its government.
PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Awami National Party, which has won majority of seats in the province, is yet to finalise the name of its nominee for the chief mini ...
ANP lays out their agenda - first priority is to give the province a Name
CHARSADDA, Feb 19: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that their party was ready for negotiations with other parties to form ...
NA-4 Projected winner Arbab Zahir
2008 Election ResultNA-4 Peshwar-IV  2008 Results : Arbab Zahir Winner Winning Party Winning Candidate Votes Polled for Winner Runneru ...
Asfandyar Wali is PROJECTED to win his seat to the National Assembly.
2008 Election ResultNA-7 Charsadda-I   Party Winning Candidate Votes Polled for Winner Runnerup Party Runnerup Candidate ...
Key facts regarding Pakistan's election today.
PAKISTAN holds elections for the lower house of parliament and provincial assemblies on Monday.Following are some facts about the elections:— The elec ...
More chilling details about the suicide attack on the ANP leadership
Update Feb 11, 2008: The death toll in the bombing of a political gathering on Saturday has risen to 27 with more than 50 people wounded in the attac ...
Suicide Bombing in Pukhtunkhwa aimed at Afrasiab Khattak
A suicide bomber struck at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 25, police and civil ...
SWAT skiing suffers - people suffer.
The government and army’s claim of restoring normality in Swat notwithstanding, tourism in this highly picturesque region received a major set-back as ...
Pakistan Air Force and Army tanks being used against Mehsud Pakhtanu
TANK, Jan 26: Jet fighters and ground forces bombed suspected locations of militants in Touda Cheena and other parts of the South Waziristan Agency o ...
US ready to invade FATA along with Pak Army.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25: The United States remains “ready, willing and able” to assist Pakistan and partner with the Pakistani armed forces as they take on ...
World’s first oil paintings found in Afghan caves
TOKYO, Jan 25: Forget Renaissance Europe. The world’s first oil paintings go back nearly 14 centuries to murals in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan caves, a Jap ...
Danger: Shoddy schools built in FATA - now Pakistan claims it has no money to fix them.
PESHAWAR, Jan 15: The authorities have declared 163 buildings of public sector schools dangerous in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where liv ...
Swat: The Taliban are coming ...wait, they are here already?
Waiting for the critical level in Swat By Shehar Bano Khan IT is term time at the Sangota Public High School, but life is not as usual for its 95 ...
Filming of "The Kite Runner" runs into controversy
Kite Runner flies into controversy Book-lovers and movie-goers are eagerly awaiting the release this November of the film version of ...
NWFP to be renamed Afghania.
PESHAWAR, July 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government has finally decided to seek a non-controversial name -- Afghania -- for the NWFP which has b ...
Heavy rains in Pukhtunkhwa cause misery and homelessness
NWFP rivers in high flood; PESHAWAR, June 29: Water levels have risen in all rivers in the province following widespread rain and troops have been ...
All foreigner, please go home - especially those prone to violence.
  Uzbeks, Go Home   The Pashtuns are beginning to get impatient with their “guest fighters,” the Uzbeks, and want them to l ...
Government is an "occupier" by force in QwaTTa suburb.
QUETTA, March 20: The Balochistan Assembly unanimously adopted on Monday a resolution urging the federal government to stop the administration of th ...
Is there a name in our future?
PESHAWAR, March 1: The NWFP government has sought advice from a constitutional expert and an author of the 1973 Constitution, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, o ...
Cheney comes, Akhund is found ... who else is the ISI hiding?
  PESHAWAR, March 1: Pakistani security forces have captured Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, deputy to the elusive Taliban chief, Mullah Mohammad Omar, ...
US forced penetrate deep into Pakistan, if they have to .. Senate hearing.
They said the Taliban threat is greater now than it was a year ago, and they agreed that the Pakistan government can and must do more to get at the la ...
US concerned about Talibanization of FATA
Efforts urged to curb Al Qaeda: Cheney, on surprise visit, holds talks on Fata situation, Afghanistan By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: During ...
Taliban style warnings received by many barbers.
BARBERS in a Pakistani tribal region have received Taliban-style warnings from religious zealots warning them against cutting or shaving beards.Noti ...
In Bajaur Agency, the Taliban are now pushing the stop button on music players
Khaar, 26 Feb. (AKI/DAWN) - A little known organisation in the Pakistani tribal region of Bajaur, the Mujahadeen Bajaur, has distributed pamphlets i ...
Talibanization: Give us evidence says Pak govt to US govt !
 Feb 23: Pakistan must protect civilians in its tribal areas from attacks by the Taliban, which have soared since Islamabad signed peace deals ...
President Bush supports the idea of involving Pashtun tribes against Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network continue to operate from the area that straddles the Durand Line, says the US State D ...
Pakhtanu getting killed in Karachi as well.
Two killed in violence in Karachi ...
Peace Jirga
The new initiative in the form of convening of the Peace Jirga recently by Pashtuns in Peshawar, should not only be taken as a good omen, but also a ...
Pashtun Leaders finally counter the Taliban menace.
Taliban do NOT portray the values of the Majority of the Pashtun nation.By Ahmed Rashid in PeshawarHundreds of political leaders and chiefs from the ...
Karzai Wants Closer Ties Between Pashtuns On Both Sides Of Border
Afghanistan: Karzai Wants Closer Ties Between Pashtuns On Both Sides Of Border By Ron Synovitz Afghan President ...
Afghans released from Gitmo claim they were innocent.
Guantanamo detainees go to Afghanistan By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer ...
United they stand?
United they standBy Mohammed A.R. Galadari 8 October 2006 DESPITE its initial reservations, Kabul has apparently come round to appreciating Islamab ...
Doha-based Pashto poet releases book
Doha-based Pashto poet releases new book Shahnawaz KhanQatar resident Shahnawaz Khan Yousafzai, (aka Shahnawaz Lala), has published a col ...
PF condemns the detention and grilling of Pashtun journalist by Pakistan "security" forces.
Pakistani intelligence grills Afghan journalist QUETTA, Sep 1 (Pajhwok Afghan News): An Afghan journalist was arrested and later released by Pakista ...
Akbar Bugti murdered by Pakistan Army
Body taken to Islamabad, says Mazari: ‘Let me bury my brother with honour’ KARACHI, Aug 28: Veteran politician Sherbaz Khan Mazari has refuted gov ...
Two-day seminar on local language computing launched
Two-day seminar on local language computing launchedDanish KarokhelKABUL, Aug 12 (Pajhwok Afghan News): A two-day seminar to develop local language co ...
U.S. Forces Push Further Into Afghanistan
U.S. Forces Push Further Into AfghanistanBy PAUL GARWOODThe Associated PressNARAY, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of U.S. soldiers have established their n ...
Pashto messenger launched!
Pashto messenger launched  KABUL, June 20 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Israr Ahmad Karimzai, a whiz-kid web developer of Pajhwok Afghan News, on Tues ...
PONM demands interim government for elections!
PONM demands interim government for elections By Malik Siraj AkbarQUETTA: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) has demanded the establ ...
Achakzai named PONM president
Monday, June 19, 2006 Achakzai named PONM president QUETTA: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movem ...
Pashtun journalist found killed
Pashtun journalist found killed ...
Afghanistan: Concerns At Plan To Use Militia Fighters As Police
Afghanistan: Concerns At Plan To Use Militia Fighters As Police By Ron Synovitz Afghan President Hamid Karzai ( ...
Afghanistan: A Long, Bloody Summer Ahead
Afghanistan: A Long, Bloody Summer Ahead The US and its allies engage in a new offensive in the south, but the insurgents are already on th ...
Troops prepare massive Afghan offensive
A Dutch sniper waits at Canadian ...
US-Pak cyber lovers tie the knot
US-Pak cyber lovers tie the knotLove knows no boundaries.PESHAWAR: The Internet has brought together a 55-year old American woman and a Pakistani ma ...
Pakhtanu in Karachi protest harrasment from the City officials of Karachi.
Saturday, June 03, 2006 When Push(tun) comes to shove, they rally By Aziz SanghurKARACHI: As planned, the Pukhtoon Action C ...
Waziristan could declare Independence.
Taliban take control of  Waziristan When the Pakistan army's front line in its war on terrorism mo ...
Independent Balochistan?
Pakistan battles ethnic guerrillas By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WriterSat May ...
Afghan women start businesses
Afghan women start businesses, help Reconstruct a torn nation   ...
Four killed as dRanu Pakhtanu refuse to disarm
Four killed as dRanu Pakhtanu refuse to disarmPESHAWAR, Pakistan - A paramilitary trooper and three tribesmen were killed on Sun ...
The viceroy of Baghdad
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Communists remember Bhagat Singh!
Hangal vividly remembered the day when Bhagat Singh was hanged. He was a young student in Peshawar at that time. The next day there was a public mee ...
Bilingual daily Sahar ceases publication
Bilingual daily Sahar ceases publicationPESHWAR, Apr 21 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Widely-circulated bilingual daily Sahar closed its publication on Frida ...
Afghanistan: Some questions go "un-asked"
LAST WEEK’S parliamentary debate about the Canadian military commitment to Afghanistan proved to be an absolute waste of time. Rather than taking th ...
Canada says: Our Afghan legacy: Red tape
Our Afghan legacy: Red tape`I have to create a bureaucracy'Apr. 17, 2006. 10:22 AMROSIE DIMANNOCOLUMNISTWe may not be warriors of legend. W ...
Abasin (sic) Yousafzai included in delegation of Ajmal Khattak!
Ajmal Khattak in Kabul after 17 yearsKABUL, Apr 17 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Renowned Pashto poet, writer and nationalist politician Ajmal Khattak Mond ...
Afghan-Pakistan cooperation needed to fight terrorism, says Afghan spokesman
Afghan-Pakistan cooperation needed to fight terrorism, says Afghan spokesman KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan demanded Tuesday that neighborin ...
GIKI: Call for admission
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology  Admission ...
U.S. Military Looks Into Data Sales in Afghanistan
U.S. Military Looks Into Data Sales in Afghanistan By Paul Watson Times Staff Writer ...
Meanwhile in Qatar.
Pak forum elects officialsPak Pakhtoon Welfare Society (PPWS), a socio-welfare body of Pashto speaking people, has announced a new team of office be ...
Pakistani helicopter gunships hit guerrilla compound in "tribal area" which is said to be part of Pakistan, none-the-less
Pakistani helicopter gunships hit guerrilla compound 12 Apr 2006 19:14:01 GMT Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD, April 12 ( ...
Legal books donated to Afghanistan
UK denotes 10,000 legal books to Afghanistan London, April 13, IRNA UK-Afghanistan-Legal Books The professional body of barristers in the U ...
From Charsadda to Australia to commit rape.
THINKING ALOUD: Rape, culture and religion — Razi Azmi Dangerously deformed cultural beliefs combined with poor parenting have not just dest ...
Can a Pashtun be bought ?
Lodi Terror Case Goes to the Jury In closing arguments, two different portraits of Hamid Hayat emerge: a would-be killer, or a man manipulated ...
In Kunar Province: One mans Pashtunwali results in Bombs from Al Qaeda.
Six children killed in rocket attack on schoolPublished: Wednesday, 12 April, 2006, 11:25 AM Doha TimeKABUL: Six young children were killed and 14 oth ...
US Soldiers learning Pashtun cultural language
Troops Learn to Not Offend   Story Images Click thumbnails for full-size image: Breaking News from AP and R ...
Have Hekmatyar’s Radicals Reformed?
Have Hekmatyar’s Radicals Reformed? A powerful faction in the new Afghan parliament may still be controlled by a man regarded as a terroris ...
Unemployment hits warriors
Afghan warriors now battle unemployment By Kim Barker Tribune foreign correspondent Published April 6, 2006, 5:09 PM CDT ...
Pakistani "Taliban"
Pakistani "Taliban" battling for control of tribal region Maintain ties to remnants of ousted Taliban By Declan Walsh, Globe Correspondent  |&n ...
Radio station fired on and destroyed,
Mortar attack destroys religious sect’s radio station in Pakistan (AP)30 March 2006 BARA - A mortar fired by Pakistani security ...
Bird flu in Pukhtunkhwa
March 21: Officials on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of any more bird flu infections in the country after laboratory tests confirmed the presenc ...
War of Words
Kabul vs Islamabad: a war of words Irfan Husain 16 - 3 - 2006 While insurgency rages across their borders, Afghanistan ...
That is a lot of weapons, man!
Biggest Afghan weapons cache seizedKABUL, Afghanistan, March 15 (UPI) -- NATO-led forces in Afghanistan have recovered the biggest cache of weapons ...
Bird flu spreads to Afghanistan
Health News Bird flu spreads to Afghanistan By UPI Mar 14, 2006, 19:00 GMT KABUL, Afghanistan (UPI) -- Five cases of t ...
30 Women & Children dead from a land mine. Why would Pakistan use land mines inside its own territory?
Anti tank mine blast kills 30 in Pakistan   Naseer Kakar Associated Press Friday, March 10, 2006 QUETTA, Pakistan -- A crowded bus ...
Help is on the way ..The US perspective on USAID
As a nation, we must also recognize that our future as Americans is inextricably linked to those we seek to assist. The nation today is threatened l ...
Details of Pakistan Senate Election.
Ruling PML secures thumping victory in Senate Polls ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League and its coalition partners scored a thumping vict ...
A war of Words..
A WAR of words is on between Afghanistan and Pakistan. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has repeatedly accused Pakistan of not doing "enough" t ...
PAKISTAN: VISITING US COMMANDER TO DISCUSS "VOLATILE" BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN
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Militant (meaning Pashtun) killed reports Reuter.
By Raja AsgharISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani forces shelled suspected Islamist militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Wednesday after a senior ...
Pakistan Army killing more Pashtun, called "militants".
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan -- Pakistan's army retaliated with helicopter gunships and artillery after pro-Taliban tribesmen clashed with se ...
Bush to Musharraf: infilterate al Qaeda
You must penetrate Al-Qaeda, Bush tells Musharraf Dean Nelson, Islamabad ...
Caught (or was it entrapment?)
TERROR TRIAL Defense admits to tall tales, not crimes Informant says camp attendance never confirmed - Demian Bulwa, Chroni ...
An FBI Sting operation.
From friend to star witness Pakistanis in Lodi welcomed a stranger - an FBI informant. By Crystal Carreon -- Bee Staff WriterMarch 3, 2006 LODI - ...
Waziristan: The Taliban are in control?
Taliban take control of govt buildings in Miramshah By Our Correspondent MIRAMSHAH, March 2: Tension gripped the North Waziristan agency on Thur ...
Al-Qaeda: Once in jail, are they more dangerous?
Riots Bring Concern of al-Qaida 'Schools' By PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press WriterThu Ma ...
Bush makes a suprise visit to Afghanistan.
Bush Makes Surprise Stop in Afghanistan on Way to India By ELISABETH BUMILLER NEW DELHI, Thursday, March 2 — President Bush made a surprise five-h ...
Pakistan Strikes at Wazir Tribesmen
Pakistan Strikes at Wazir Tribesmen Pakistani soldiers and helicopter gunships attacked a suspect ...
Bush Seeks to Draw India, Pakistan Closer to U.S.
POLITICS: Bush Seeks to Draw India, Pakistan Closer to U.S. Analysis by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (IPS) - Bush will spen ...
Karzai visits Wali-Bagh to offer his condolences.
Karzai pays home to Wali Khan, offers condolences PESHAWAR, Feb 17 : President Hamid Karzai on Friday paid home to Pashtoon n ...
Afghan Inmates Riot, Take Over Prison
Afghan Inmates Riot, Take Over Prison Wing By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer ...
He's Welcome In Pakistan
He's Welcome In PakistanBy Ahmed RashidSunday, February 26, 2006; B01LAHORE When President Bush lands in Islamabad later this week, it may be the cl ...
Afghanistan urges Pakistan to stop naming missiles after its heroes
Thu Feb 23, 5:21 AM ETKABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's government said it had askedneighbouring Pakistan to stop naming its nuclear-capable missilesafter A ...
Afghanistan protests, please ..don't
Afghanistan opposes missile names ...
Balochistan: Are we headed toward a separation?
Will Baluchistan fighting lead to its separation? By M V Kamath Sunday, 19 February , 2006, 09:36 ...
Fences can't stop terrorists, says Karzai on visit to Charsadda
Fences can't stop terrorists, says Karzai Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, CHARSADDA: Oppo ...
Pakistan: Airforce dropping bombs on Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 20: Several houses and a school were destroyed on Monday when planes bombed two localities in Dera Bugti tehsil, Jamhoori Watan Party ch ...
Karzai: Gives Warning, speaks from the heart
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that the neighbouring countries, including Pakistan and Iran, should desist from using his countrys so ...
Analysis: Is NATO's Afghan mission doomed?
Analysis: Is NATO's Afghan mission doomed? By GARETH HARDING UPI Chief European CorrespondentBRUSSELS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Has NATO, the world's most p ...
Offensive Cartoons Protested.
Pakistan's Violent Protests Over Cartoons Take a Political Turn By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 15 — Tens of thousands ...
Pukhtunkhwa: Cartoon Protests in Peshawar Leave 3 Dead
Cartoon Protests in Pakistan Leave 3 Dead By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press ...
Overseas Baloch demonstrate ..
A group of people demonstrated before the Pakistan Embassy here to protest the army's offensive against agitating tribal rebels in the country's s ...
Baluchistan is again in the news...
Baluchistan is again in the news, but for wrong reasons. Truth to tell, it has not been as much in the news as it should have been. And it is somewh ...
Letters link students of two worlds
Letters link students of two worlds Afghan kids' concerns differ sharply with those of Canadians KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Children in four Canad ...
Wanted: A Few Good Taliban Recruits
Wanted: A Few Good Taliban Recruits Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Taking a cue from the media-savvy Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban has produced its first fun ...
Offensive Cartoons story follow up.
SAR Danes try to brush aside furor In his white, minimalistic Happy Valley apartment, Anders Pedersen, his fiancee Karina Trebbien and a vis ...
bA'jAwar Agency: Kin of Zawahiri killed.
Zawahiri kin was killed in US raid Published: 12 February 2006 ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf yesterday broke week ...
Pukhtunkhwa: More die in Hangu
37 die in two Hangu blasts, violence By Abdul Saboor Khan HANGU, Feb 10: Death toll on Friday rose to 37 and the number of injured to 91 in two da ...
Description of the Offensive cartoons
The Islamic star and crescent partially symbolizing the face of Muhammad; his right eye is the star, the crescent surrounds his beard and face.Muham ...
Bush Rebukes Muslim Violence, Chides Press
Bush Rebukes Muslim Violence, Chides Press By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent ...
Cartoon Protesters Direct Anger at U.S.
Cartoon Protesters Direct Anger at U.S. By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer 53 minutes ...
Sports: Is Irfan a real Pathan?
Is Irfan a real Pathan? Does he speak Pashto? By Qaiser Mohammad Ali, Peshawar: Irfan Pathan not only poses problems to batsmen with his s ...
Balochistan: Baloch unrest holds Pakistan’s privatisation plans hostage
Baloch unrest holds Pakistan’s privatisation plans hostage KARACHI: A deteriorating security situation in Pakistan’s mineral-rich province of Ba ...
Wali Khan: Karzai to lay a wreath at his tomb Feb. 15th
Karzai to condole with Wali Khan's family PESHAWAR, Feb 7 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Afghan President Hamid Karzai will condole with the bereaved family ...
Balochistan: Congressman tells Bush ...
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: A Republican congressman has urged President George W. Bush to raise the issue of Balochistan with President Pervez Musharraf whe ...
Cartoons - BBC Q&A
Q&A: The Muhammad cartoons row Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad publi ...
Afghan talent show
Afghan talent show a hit four years after the Taliban Fri Jan 6, 10:35 AM ET ...
Wali Khan passes away ................
Pak society mourns politician’s death Pak Pakhtun Welfare Society (PPWS), a forum of the Pakistani Pashto-speaking com ...
Wali Khan passes away from The Nation
Wali Khan passes away (The Nation (Pakistan) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)PESHAWAR, JAN 26 (THE NATION) - Veteran nationalist politician and leade ...
Wali Khan passes away. The end of an Era.
PESHAWAR, Jan 27 Asia Pulse - Pakistan's Khan Abdul Wali Khan, veteran Pakhtun nationalist leader and Khudai Khidmatgar Movement founder Khan Abdul ...
Wali Khan: Indian deputy chairmen sent to attend funeral.
Rehman Khan attends Wali Khan's funeral Charsada (Pakistan), Jan 27: Reflecting the respect Indi ...
Balochistan: IG Balochistan For Political Dialogue
IG Balochistan For Political Dialogue KARACHI: Inspector General of Balochistan police, Chaudry Mohammed Yaqoob claims that the police have concrete ...
Pukhtunkhwa: In praise of Wali Khan - from the "Treasury" Benches.
Treasury, opposition shower late Wali Khan with tributes Staff ReportPESHAWAR: The NWFP Assembly paid glowing tribute on Thursday to veteran nat ...
Pukhtunkhwa: Wali Khan laid to rest
Wali Khan laid to rest PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Thousands of mourners turned up at the funeral of Khan Abdul Wali Khan here on Friday at the Jinnah Park. ...
USA: Muslim Group Asks Radio Host to Apologize
Muslim Group Asks Radio Host to Apologize A Muslim civil liberties group demanded an apology Thursday fr ...
Wali Khan passes away. The end of an Era.
Pashtun leader and “Frontier Gandhi's” son Wali Khan dead Islamabad : Wali Khan, the son of “Frontier Gandhi,” Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, d ...
Pukhtunkhwa: Who are the "Lal Kafir"? BTW: "Lal" in Pashto is called "sooR"!
Pashtuns in Qatar relieved that kin escape US raid in Pakistan Source ::: The Peninsula A Pathan seen operating a crane at a dem ...
She came from Afghanistan, to be loved from the heart
She came from Afghanistan, to be loved from the heart Actions speak louder than words. As she cannot speak Hindi or Urdu, 10-year-old ...
Afghanistan Trade & investment opportunities ..
       Defining Trade & Investment Opportunities In Afghanistan Conference is Launched 22 ...
US troops learning a few words of Pashto. "tasLeem shA"
Troops take words into action   By Ron JacksonThe OklahomanFort Sill courses teach languages spoken in Afghanistan and Iraq. FORT ...
Pukhtunkhwa: Terrorists Killed in U.S. Strike
Pakistan: Terrorists Killed in U.S. Strike By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer  ...
BBC: Pashtun Analysts believe the targets of low social status, unlikely to feast any leaders.
Musharraf's al-Qaeda hunt crisis ...
NYT: al-Zawahiri "killed" by an American missile?
January 14, 2006 Top Qaeda Aide Is Called Target in U.S. Air Raid By DOUGLAS JEHL and MOHAMMAD KHAN WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - An Amer ...
US missiles blamed for 18 deaths on Pakistan border
US missiles blamed for 18 deaths on Pakistan border Source: Reuters (Adds provincial minister, paragraphs 12-1 ...
Pukhtunkhwa "will get more coverage" - don't believe it till you see it.
PAKISTAN: Regional languages to get more time on TV, radioNew radio, TV channels will feature regional cultures, says Minister for Information and Bro ...
Afghanistan: Public Supports US according to latest Poll.
AFGHANISTAN: Broad Support Found for Govt, Foreign Troops Jim Lobe ...
Afghanistan: Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Al-Qaeda, Taliban!
Afghan Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Al-Qaeda, Taliban; Strongly Supports US and International Presence; Believes Pakistan Is Allowing Taliban to Op ...
Israel: Govt. has suspended contact with evangelist Pat Robertson
By BRIAN MURPHY, AP Religion Writer Israel has suspended contact with evangelist Pat Robertson for suggesting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's ...
First North Waziristan (Wana) now South Waziristan (Miranshah)
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Militants fired rockets at Pakistani paramilitary post in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan ear ...
Kalabagh Dam: A matter of survival for Pashtuns
ANP demands to quit KBD project PESHAWAR: Leader of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandeyar Wali Khan said ...
Afghanistan Reconstruction
Iran's help contributed to Afghans development Tuesd ...
Afghanistan: Devout Democracies
Devout Democracies Self-Rule in the Middle East Will Have a Religious Component, but that Doesn't Mean It Won't Work By R ...
Kalabagh Dam: ANP seeks lawyers’ support against KBD
ANP seeks lawyers’ support against KBD By Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: An Awami National Party (ANP) delegation on Wednesday visited Peshawar High Cour ...
Afghan MPs hold landmark session
Afghan MPs hold landmark session A ...
NASA Confirms Gas, Minieral Reserves In Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 15 [Asia Pulse] - The US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed the existence of gas reserves in northern ...
Conflicting signals on Afghanistan's entry into SAARC
DeepikaDhaka, Nov 10 (UNI) There appears to be a deadlock over the admission ofAfghanistan into SAARC, with India and Bangladesh presentingcontradicto ...
Eco Conference Asks for More Investment in Afghanistan
Thursday November 10, 9:59 AMKABUL, Nov 10 Asia Pulse - The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)has stressed the need for more foreign investment i ...
Central Asian nations meet in Afghanistan to revive trade
Thursday November 10, 2:19 AMKABUL (AFP) - Ten Islamic, mostly Central Asian nations met inAfghanistan to push their aim of slashing tariffs and freei ...
Bookseller of Kabul now running away
Bookseller on the runShah Mohammad Rais, better known as the "Bookseller of Kabul", says he fears blood vengeance after Åsne Seierstad's bestselling b ...
Durand Line
KABUL, Oct 29 (SANA): With all problems their country is facing, it would seem unlikely that Afghans would spare much time to fulminate over a ...
A latter day "Badr i Zaman" -- who remembers those stories ?
US frees two Afghan brothers after three years in Guantanamo Web posted at: 11/3/2005 9:37:18Source ::: LAT-WP Peshawar: Badr Zaman Badr and his bro ...
Earthquake story..Washington Post story
For Pakistani Villagers, A Risky Decision to Stay As Winter Looms, Quake Victims Resist Evacuation to Camps By John LancasterWashington Post Foreign ...
Earthquake story.. 17000 Children dead (BBC)
  ...
Takhar Plans Residential Scheme For Returning Afghan Refugees
Friday October 28, 12:50 PM  ALOQAN, Oct 28 Asia Pulse - The government plans to launch the firstresidential scheme for more than 10,000 returnin ...
First Modern Industrial Park Inaugurated In Kabul
KABUL, Oct 27 [Asia Pulse] - A modern park titled after the name of lateAfghan minister for Mines and Industries Juma Mohammad Mohammadi wasinaugurate ...
Afghans aid troops
Afghans aid troops on treacherous rocky trails Roger Roy Sentinel Staff Writer ...
Afghanistan: Election news : Warlords winning the Wolesi Jirga
Islamists and Mujahedeen Secure Victory in Afghan Vote By CARLOTTA GALL KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 - More than a month aft ...
Earthquake story..The Aftermath (NYT)
Quake's Aftermath: Second Wave of Death By SOMINI SENGUPTA and DAVID ROHDE PARAS, Pakistan, Oct. 21 - A full two weeks afte ...
Language: English or Dari & Pashto in Schools (IWPR)
English Education Sparks Controversy Leading educationalists object to a private school conducting all its classes in English. By Amanullah Nasr ...
Language: English or Dari & Pashto: What goes on a shop sign?
In a clash of commerce versus culture, Kabul traders have reacted angrily to an order to use one of the national languages - Dari or Pashto - more p ...
Taliban: Karzai condemns corpse burnings
Karzai Condemns Burning of Afghan Bodies by U.S. Troops By SULTAN M. MUNADI KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 - President Hamid Ka ...
Earthquake story..Church groups help out.
ACT member in Pakistan delivers shelter kits to remote villages Geneva, October 14, 2005-Despite the many complications of delivering desperately ne ...
Pashtun homosexual faces death, if the story is true. It is difficult to verify.
Pashtun tribesman faces execution for same-sex marriage ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Summary execution may be the fate of a Pashtun tribesman who fell in ...
Gitmo: Detainee's fate still unknown
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- United States Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood, said here T ...
Transcript of the TV show.
TranscriptREPORTER: John Martinkus This is how the Americans are now fighting in Afghanistan - loaded up with guns and loud music. The racks of ...
Taliban: American soldiers burnt their bodies says an Australian report
United States embassies around the world were instructed on Thursday night to counter a potential anti-American backlash after a TV documentary show ...
Taliban: Increase in Bombings & suicide attacks (NYT)
Taliban Step Up Afghan Bombings and Suicide Attacks By CARLOTTA GALL and ERIC SCHMITT KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 - Violenc ...
Earthquake story..Battagram City
BATTAGRAM: Victims of the October 8 quake have called upon the government and the international community to provide them with a large number of ten ...
Earthquake story..1990 Report was ignored by the Pak Govt.
‘Report in 1990 warned of quake’ PESHAWAR: A report in 1990 warned the government that Azad Jammu and Kashmir and five NWFP districts were in ...
Earthquake story..More aid keeps pouring in for quake victims
More aid keeps pouring in for quake victims Pakistani expatriate organisations have contributed more in cash and kind to the earthquake rel ...
Earthquake: An opportunity?
Disaster opportunity? By Arnaud de Borchgrave Published October 15, 2005 Pakistan's worst natural disaster in its 58-year history, which killed te ...
Earthquake story..Balakot - nearest the epicenter
Balakot diary: Vision of hell ...
Earthquake story..BBC
Quake-hit Kashmir linked by phone India has restored telep ...
Earthquake story..Doha
Pakhtoon organisations to set up relief camp IN THE aftermath of the worst earthquake in Pakistan’s recent history, four Doha-based Pakhtoo ...
Song and dance on the terror trail
Song and dance on the terror trail  By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - After spending billions of dollars and devoting thousands of people ...
A big hoax ..
According to a source, who does not wish to be named, due to the sensitive nature of the story, has to the PF that the Gay marriage story which was ...
Earthquake story..Death toll totals don't tally.
Mansehra tops casualty list with 4,957 deaths: Situation grim in Battagram, Battal, Shinkiari, Besham PESHAWAR, Oct 12: The death toll in the devas ...
Earthquake story.. Abbottabad
Massive destruction in rural parts of Hazara ABBOTTABAD, Oct 12 : Devastating earthquake kills another eight hundred peop ...
Some country's have exit visa's - preventing departure.
Many Pakistanis unable to get exit permits for travelling home Web posted at: 10/12/2005 4:25:11 Source ::: The Peninsula Communi ...
Homeless tally hits 2.5 million in quake
Homeless tally hits 2.5 million in quake By Sadaqat Jan Associated Press       MUZAFFARABAD, P ...
The Earthquake's other impact ..
Commentary: Disaster opportunity? By Arnaud de BorchgraveUPI Editor at Large Published October 11, 2005 Pakistan's worst natural disaster in its 5 ...
Earthquake story..
Pakistan struggles to get quake aid effort underway Pakistan struggled to haul food and shelt ...
Salma Ataullahjan, President of the Pashtun Assoc. says "We are devastated"
Canadians with family in quake zone fear worst By COLIN PERKEL TORONTO (CP) - Members of Canada's Pakistani and East Indian communi ...
Earthquake story..Anger Rising
Anger is growing among survivors of the South Asia earthquake over the apparently slow response to a disaster which has left over 20,000 dead. ...
Earthquake story.. Abbottabad
r Irfan Noor was in the city of Abbottabad when the earthquake struck. He told the BBC Ne ...
Earthquakes ..
Helping hands for Pakhtuns They dig bare-fisted through the rubble. They dig throughout the day and night, beyond all reason they dig with a pa ...
Earthquake: Suffer the little children
Suffer the little children SHOES and books were scattered all around. Mrs Hamida Bibi strained every muscle as she tried to lift a concre ...
Earthquake story..
50 children buried alive as death toll rises By Zahid Hussein Balakot, Pakistan: With hands, picks and shovels, desperate parents ...
Devastating Earthquake stories.. with Links
Boy pulled from school ruins after 48 hoursExpressindia.com, India - 10 hours agoBalakot, Pakistan, October 10: A six-year-old boy was pu ...
Earthquake story..
Pakistan accepts Indian aid offer for quake victims Pakistan said on Monday it would accept r ...
Earthquake story..NYT reporting from Garhi Habibullah, in Dist. Hazara of Pakistan.
October 10, 2005 Pakistan Appeals for Help as Rescuers Dig by Hand By SOMINI SENGUPTA GARHI HABIBULLAH, Pakistan, Oct. ...
World sends aid to Pakistan
By Ralph Gowling2 hours, 54 minutes ago World leaders stepped up efforts to help earthquake-battered Pakistan ...
Earthquake story..
Rescuers Try to Reach Asia Quake Survivors By SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer 1 ...
On Patrol In Afghanistan
On Patrol In Afghanistan: Airlifting troops from enemy territory just one of Delta Company's missions By Chris Austin For The Register-Guard Publ ...
Heart wrenching stories of the Earthquake in Pukhtunkhwa
Many Students among dead in Pukhtunkhwa quake SADAQAT JAN Associated Press BALAKOT, Pakistan - It was just before 9 a.m. and 17-year-old Uza ...
Pakistan likely to extradite Taliban mouthpiece to Afghanistan
Pakistan likely to extradite Taliban mouthpiece to Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (KUNA) -- Pakistan is likely to extradite Taliban shadowy ...
US Intelligence desperately needs Pashto/English speakers for translation
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new language center at the University of Maryland, Goss described the lack of foreign language speakers in U.S ...
A First: Bar Pashtun (42) marries Lar Pashtun (16) but face death threats
Pakistan's first gay marriage prompts tribal death threats (Updated at 2025 PST) PESHAWAR: Pakistani tribesmen have threatened to ...
Abdul Latif Hakimi is captured
Taliban spokesman seized From correspondents in Islamabad, Pakistan 05oct05 PAKISTANI security forces arrested the chief sp ...
Afghanistan: Election news (NYT)
Monitors Find Significant Fraud in Afghan Elections By CARLOTTA GALL KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 - Election officials and ob ...
Election of NWFP AIDS consortium (NAC)
The 1st ever Election (Though Secret Ballet Paper) for Executive Council Members ( 07 Members ) of  NWFP AIDS CONSORTIUM ( NAC ) for the pe ...
The Search For Bin Laden. From 60 Minutes CBS News in the USA
The Search For Bin Laden (CBS) In Iraq and in London, it was a summer of terror. Suicide bombings and al Qaeda were back in the news, along ...
The "Mohmand Rifles" sieze a cache of Arms
PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The paramilitary Frontier Corps has seized six US-made Stinger missiles and a huge cache of arms and ammunitions dumped in a co ...
60 Minutes story about Bin Laden, Waziristan ..
The Search For Bin Laden Sept. 25, 2005 In Iraq and in London, it was a summer of terror. Suicide bombings and al Qaeda were back in the news, ...
America Drama based on a story about Afghanistan
Homebody/Kabul showcases student talent Amanda Gorey September 23, 2005 Homebody/ Kabul, a play in two parts, writte ...
Afghan Army garrison opens in Herat
Afghan Army garrison opens in Herat Afgh ...
Several small news pieces about Afghanistan
THE AFGHAN FRONT 1. WOMEN EXCLUDED AT LOYA JIRGA A woman delegate to Afghanistan's landmark constitutional council (the Joya Jirga) issued a ha ...
DOD Pashto-English Translators face new requirements
New test to better assess language proficiency within DODBy Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service ...
Pakistan army moves into North Waziristan (Miranshah)
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 22: Security forces have arrested 10 suspects, some of them foreigners, and seized ammunition during a search operation in Datakhel ...
"Taliban" news
Taliban Say Islamic Emirate Is Now In 11 Afghan Provinces!Sep 22, 2005 By Ahmad Al-Marid, JUS Afghan Correspondent Taliban spokesman A ...
Taliban vow to increase fighting pressure after elections
By David Brunnstrom KABUL, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Taliban rejected Afghanistan's elections as a U.S. drama and vowed on Wednesday to intensify the ...
AFGHAN ELECTIONS: Low turnout at the Polls
Turnout low for Afghan elections ...
AFGHAN ELECTIONS: Low turnout.
KABUL, Afghanistan (UPI) -- Early returns in the Afghan elections show a lower than expected voter turnout for the parliamentary race. According ...
Afghanistan: Election news
FGHANISTAN: Elections May Be Less Than Free Jim Lobe W ...
Afghanistan: Election news
AFGHANISTAN: Election Day Passes, Peacefully IPSPajhwok ...
Pakistan's Musharraf address Jewish organization
NEW YORK (AFP) - Predominantly-Muslim Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf held unprecedented talks with American Jewish leaders, saying an antic ...
Pakistan-Israel relations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told U.S. Jewish leaders on Saturday that granting the Palestinians statehood would help ...
BBC: Election related stories: 9/18/2005
Elections: Afghan voters speak ...
NYT: Afghans go to the Polls
5,800 Afghans With Many Agendas Seek Office Sunday             By CARLOTTA GALLPublished: Sep ...
Road warriors
ROAD WARRIORS: U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Taliban wages war against a helping hand Villagers seek out Army lieutenant to aid local pro ...
The women of Afghanistan find a leader
The women of Afghanistan find a leaderF Brinley BrutonMonday 19th September 2005 As the country w ...
Radio broadcasts
"Borderline” Radio Program Broadcasts to Afghans and Pakistanis   Photo: Internews/ ...
AFGHAN ELECTIONS INSPIRE BOTH FEAR AND OPTIMISM
AFGHAN ELECTIONS INSPIRE BOTH FEAR AND OPTIMISM By Akram Gizabi Thursday, Septem ...
'God has given me a second life. I feel great'
'God has given me a second life. I feel great'   Sutton Eaves Ottawa Citizen September 7, 2005 This ...
Pukhtunkhwa: Secular ANP wins while Religious MMA loses in Local Elections in
Voters reverse Islamists' rise in Pakistani politics By Ashraf Khan | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor KARACHI, PAKISTAN – Vot ...
Feroz Afridi Stand up to Pakistan Embassy staff - Awesome Dude!
Ethnic divide creates ripples among Pakistani community Web posted at: 9/3/2005 3:2:31 Source ::: The Peninsula Firoz Khan Afridi ...
USTDA CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS SUPPORT
 USTDA CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS SUPPORT Aug. 31 2005 Press Release - U.S. Trade and Development Agency KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The U. ...
US pushes military build-up in Afghanistan
US pushes military build-up in Afghanistan as armed resistance escalates By Peter Symonds 29 August 2005 Use this version to print | Sen ...
SF Chronicle Story:
In the days after federal agents arrested five residents of Lodi in a terror investigation in June, a clean-cut young man who had befriended the s ...
Pakistan to closely watch PM's Afghanistan visit
Pakistan to closely watch PM's Afghanistan visitSheela Bhatt in New Delhi | August 27, 2005 22:58 IST Pakistan is anxiously watchi ...
Pukhtunkhwa: MMA losing elections?
Islamic fundamentalists have been soundly beaten in local elections in Pakistan, a result hailed yesterday by President Musharraf as a “defeat for t ...
"It's one big mess," says Salma
Afghan boy's health failing but stable   Paul Choi Canadian Press Saturday, August 27, 2005 CREDIT: CP Photo, Terry P ...
Afghanistan: Sikhs rebuilding gurdwaras (from the Indo-Asian News Service)
Afghanistan: Sikhs rebuilding gurdwaras Gurinder Randhawa - Indo-Asian News Service 25 Aug 2005 When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan S ...
Rockets in N Waziristan, a Vilayat of Pukhtunkhwa
Rockets fired at Govt. installations in N. Waziristan MIRANSHAH: Some unknown persons fired rocke ...
Election results in Pukhtunkhwa
 LG polls 2005 results In NWFP, Independent candidates won 80 seats of UCs Nazims and Naib ...
What the PAK govt. wants you to believe..
Border-crossing by anti-Karzai forces being prevented by Pakistan Pakistan Time ...
US troops offensive
AP: U.S. troops begin Afghan offensive By Daniel Cooney, Associated Press Writer  |  August 13, 2005 KANDAGAL, Afghanistan --U.S. Ma ...
Sindhi Baloch speak on behalf of the Pashtun as well..
Sindhi, Baloch dissidents protesting in US tomorrow By Khalid HasanWASHINGTON: Sindhi and Baloch dissidents plan to mount a protest outside the ...
Musharraf's Vs Mullah FazlurRahman By Rashid
LAHORE, Pakistan Since the July 7 bombings in London, Pakistan's military ruler, President Pervez Musharraf, has again come under severe internation ...
Still no Pashtunkhwa!
Attempt to rename border province flounders Web posted at: 7/21/2005 1:42:11 Source ::: Internews PESHAWAR: An attempt ...
Wana tribals chant anti-US slogans while burying jihadis
Wana tribals chant anti-US slogans while burying jihadis Islamabad: The attack by US forces in Pakistan’s remote North West Frontier Pro ...
Pakistani troops killed 17
Pakistani troops killed 17 people yesterday, including women and children whom the military called combatants in a region bordering Afghanistan. ...
Karzai ally lynched as Taliban violence rocks Afghanistan
By Justin Huggler 18 July 2005 A tribal leader and ally of President Hamid Karzai has been kidnapped and hanged by the Taliban as violen ...
Kazakhs were among the rebels killed
ISLAMABAD, July 18 (RIA Novosti, Yevgeni Pakhomov) - Kazakhs were among the rebels killed on Sunday by Pakistani security forces in Northern Vaziris ...
AFGHAN WARLORD CONVICTED in UK
London, 18 July (AKI) - A powerful Afghan warlord, Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, has been convicted in a British court of t ...
From the BBC: Islam wants peace...
Muslim leaders in call for action ...
Hasba bill will be blocked: governor NWFP
Hasba bill will be blocked: governor PESHAWAR, July 14: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has warned the provincial government to desist from e ...
NWFP PA passes Hasba bill (from Dawn)
NWFP PA passes Hasba bill PESHAWAR, July 14: The NWFP Assembly on Thursday passed the controversial Hasba bill with a majority vote amid mild prot ...
More about the HASBA law...
‘Hasba bill to isolate MMA’ By Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD, July 9: The NWFP government’s plan to enact a new law to create religious watchdogs h ...
Stung in an Afghan 'hornets' nest'
Andrew North BBC News at US Camp Tillman, Afghan-Pakistan border A routine mission for a small unit of US troops based here turned into a fight ...
US need new tactics in war against terrorism
US need new tactics in war against terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan - Lajbar Khan, July 6, 2005 The Afghan government has already called for a ...
Please help ..and this is what will happen after Kalabagh dam.
Pukhtunkhwa seeks donors’ help for flood victims By Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR, July 3: The NWFP government has appealed to donor and charity or ...
Hasba Law & now Hasba Police.
Hasba law gives more powers to ombudsman From Dawn Newspaper. By Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR, July 3: The government has proposed to enhance po ...
From the NYT: US Troops ..
U.S. Troops Still Missing After Crash in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, July 1 - Still searching for a small reconnaissance team, hundreds of ...
Policy Statement of Awami National Party On Relations With Afghanistan
  Peshawar June 4, 2005 - Regional cooperation is a historic requirement of our times for nations and states to achieve the goals of socio-eco ...
NYT: Just Answer the Question ...(about search engines)
By JAMES FALLOWS Published: June 12, 2005 SEARCH engines are so powerful. And they are so pathetically weak. When it comes to digging up a sp ...
Canadian Politics
Canada PM wins no-confidence vote BBC Thursday, 19 May, 2005 Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has survived a no-confidence motion by a single vo ...
How a Fire Broke Out?
The story of a sensitive NEWSWEEK report about alleged abuses at Guantánamo Bay and a surge of deadly unrest in the Islamic world. By Evan ...
Canada Politics
Canada defection boosts coalition BBC Tuesday, 17 May, 2005 A top member of Canada's opposition has defected to Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liber ...
Fanning the flames in Uzbekistan
Karimov cracks down May 16th 2005 From The Economist Global Agenda Soldiers in Uzbekistan are reported to have fired on a crowd, killing perhaps h ...
MR.OSAMA, ARE YOU OK?
by B.RamanDear Mr. bin Laden,Are you OK?2. One has not heard from you since  October 29, 2004, when you had sent a recorded message through the ...
AFGHAN VIOLENCE!
HIZBUT TEHRIR BEHIND AFGHAN VIOLENCE? by B.Raman “This is the biggest protest campaign in Afghanistan since the ouster of the Taliban regime. This ...
Al-Qaeda's Canadian recruits
Al-Qaeda's Canadian recruits 'highly prized': report Last Updated Sun, 15 May 2005 16:09:01 EDT   OTTAWA - The majority of al-Qaeda recruits ...
Pakistan police brutality claim
Pakistani  rights activists have accused the police of brutality after they used force to break up a rally in support of a mixed sex road race in ...
Koran desecration report 'wrong'
US  magazine Newsweek has said it was wrong to report that a copy of the Koran was flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. It said a U ...
Balochistan
 Bugti for joint front to get rights - sees bleak future of Balochistan M Niamat Betini QUETTA: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Nawab Akbar ...
Pakhtun Woman - Pilot
A Dream Coming True----A Pakhtun Woman Fighter Pilot in the Making.May 13, 2005 The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy has been all-male for more than ...
Pashto Academy invites material for cultural museum, art gallery
By Sher Alam Shinwari - The statesman Peshawar, May 14, 2005 PESHAWAR: Monthly Pashto literary journal 'Pakhto' published from Pashto Academy Unive ...
Crisis in Baluchistan
Deepening crisis in Baluchistan province eyewitness report from the Pakisani province of Baluchistan Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (cwi ...
ANP to continue struggle for rights..
ANP to continue struggle for rights, Asfandyar reiterates   Our correspondent http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/may2005-daily/10-05-2005/nation ...
Brave initiative -Amnesty to Taliban
Brave initiative The Frontier Post, May 11, 2005 http://www.frontierpost.com.pk The Afghan reconciliation commission’s offer of amnesty to ousted ...
A great Pashtun - Late Abdul Jalil Wajdee
News: A great Pashtun - Abdul Jalil Wajdee died in Toronto Toronto, May 7, 2005 A renowned Pashtun poet and writer Abdul Jalil Wajdee died in Toront ...
Celebrating an Old Language
REVIEWS: Celebrating an old language http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books14.htm By Sher Alam ShinwariPushto Adabi Chaman Tal, a Pushto literary or ...
Ghani Khan - life & poetry
PTV Peshawar show on Ghani Khan Baba  life & poetryPESHAWAR: PTV, Peshawar recorded a grand show highlighting the life and art of the legen ...
Al-Libbi - The Libyan Islamist
How al-Libbi was nabbed By Rahimullah Yusufzai http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/index.html Friday May 06, 2005-- PESHAWAR: Abu Faraj al-Libbi's luck ...
Afghan girls kick down old barriers
Afghan girls kick down old barriers By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0504/p01s03-wosc.h ...
Bose’s daughter-in-law revisits history
Bose’s daughter-in-law revisits history May 4, 2005 -Staff Report PESHAWAR: Krishna Bose, the daughter-in-law of Subhash Chandra Bose, Indian indep ...
Musharraf has excelled Alexander the Great... - US
Musharraf has excelled Alexander the Great, says US official (the thinking of the evilest incarnation of the most evil empires of the past)  Khal ...
Generals Vs. Generals
Generals Vs. Generals By Shaheen Sehbai (Mr. Shaeen was the editor of Jang News paper) WASHINGTON, April 29: General Pervez Musharraf cannot, and do ...
A self-started move to break media standstill
A self-started move to break media standstillPress ReleaseGHAZNI, May 03, (Lawang Bimonthly) -- More than two decades of war inAfghanistan plunged the ...
Afghan Arrested in New York Said to Be a Heroin Kingpin
Afghan Arrested in New York Said to Be a Heroin KingpinBy JULIA PRESTON, Published: April 26, 2005 An Afghan tribal leader designated by the Bush a ...