Landi Kotal (Pakistan), 16 Oct. 2020 (Express Tribune) Two container truck carrying Nato supplies to Afghanistan were set on fire by unidentified miscreants on Bara Road near Jalandher village in Khyber district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday. A security official told The Express Tribune that the attackers fired gunshots at the trucks, forcing the drivers to abandon the...

Doha, 16 Oct. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) Ashraf Siddiqui The Afghan negotiating teams are close to finalising a roadmap and the rule of procedures for discussion, a top Afghan Taliban official has said. “It is a matter of merely two clauses. We hopefully will remove hurdles in reaching a final agenda of bilateral discussions,” Dr Mohammad...

Washington (USA), 14 Oct. 2020 (The Wall Street Journal) Barron Trump, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s 14-year-old son, tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month and has since recovered, the first lady said Wednesday. In a rare personal essay posted on the White House website Wednesday titled “My personal experience with Covid-19,” Mrs....

Kabul, 12 Oct. 2020 (AlJazeera News) The United States military in Afghanistan has said its forces launched air raids against the Taliban in order to support Afghan government forces amid heavy fighting in the southern Helmand province. Fierce battles broke out in recent days after the Taliban attacked several security outposts on the outskirts of...

10 Oct. 2020 (Anadolu News) 198,867 Voters of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will cast their vote today on Sunday, 11th of October 2020 in 10th Presidential General Elections. The presidential election in the TRNC is held every five years. The age of candidacy for Deputy ship is 25 years old, and 35 for...

09 Oct 2020 (Daily Sabah) The tourism minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said that the government will promote “dark tourism” in Varosha (Maraş), which is now open for public access after being closed for 46 years. Speaking to Demirören News Agency (DHA), Kutlu Evren said that Varosha was one of the...

Doha, 10 Oct. 2020 Tasweer, Doha based new photography Society announced two photographic annual awards Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award and Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Single Image Awards. Objectives behind these new annual awards in photography are to recognize and support photographers from Western Asia and North Africa. The Tasweer photography festival is supported by...

Doha, 08 Oct. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The people of Afghanistan hope for a comprehensive ceasefire after the Intra-Afghan dialogues aimed at ending the 20-year conflict in the country, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said. President Ashraf Ghani was speaking on Tuesday at a lecture on the ‘Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan’, moderated...

Doha (Aljazeera/Bloomberg/QNA) Qatar is renewing efforts to make real estate more attractive to expatriate residents, foreign investors and real estate funds. A new law will add to the limited number of locations where non-Qataris can buy real estate outright, according to a statement released recently. The country will also implement a two-tiered residency program that...

Doha Pakistani community in Qatar hosted recently a farewell dinner at a Pakistani authentic cuisine restaurant PISTACHIO in honour of Mohamed Ali Sobhani, outgoing ambassador of  Islamic Republic of Iran and De. Federico Alberto Camilo, outgoing ambassador of Dominican Republic. Among other guests included Abdul Hakim Dalili, ambassador of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Ashraf Siddiqui;...