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Malala meets Pak PM Abbasi
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 29 (ANI): The youngest Nobel laureate and prominent Pakistani educational activist, Malala Yousafzai met with Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, the Pakistan Prime Minister's office confirmed the development.
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Malala arrives in Pak nearly after 6 years
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 29 (ANI): The youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan late Wednesday night, after spending about six years abroad.
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Tashkent Conference: US backs direct talks between Afghan Govt., Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], Mar 29 (ANI): The United States (US) has dwelled upon its support for the direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban to end the 16-year conflict in the war-torn country.
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Afghanistan: 26 militants killed in last 24 hrs
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 28 (ANI): As many as 26 militants have been killed in the last 24 hours by the Afghan air forces and ground operations, Afghanistan's defence ministry said.
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Pak PM Abbasi 'frisked' at US airport
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was abased down to any regular person at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York, as viral videos on Youtube show Abbasi being frisked during the security procedure.
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Turkey welcomes Afghan's call for peace process with Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar. 27 (ANI): The Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday welcomed Afghanistan's unconditional call to initiate a peace process with the militant group Taliban.
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Ghani hopeful of ending 40-year insurgency in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 25 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that he was optimistic in ending the four-decade-old insurgency crisis in the country, adding that ongoing efforts for a peace plan was on for national consensus.
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Ex-Pak defence minister calls for special envoy for Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 20 (ANI): Former Defence Minister of Pakistan Asif Yasin Malik has suggested that a 'high-powered special envoy', working directly under the country's prime minister to hold talks with Afghanistan to remove "misconceptions and frictions", thereby ensuring friendly r
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3 killed in motorcycle blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 19 (ANI): Three people were killed in a motorcycle explosion on Monday in Jalalabad city of eastern Afghanistan, according to officials.
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US airstrike kills 13 Taliban militants in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 19 (ANI): At least 13 militants belonging to the Taliban insurgent group have been killed in an airstrike carried out by the United States in Southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
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4 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 19 (ANI): At least four militants belonging to the Taliban insurgent group have been killed in a clash with the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province.
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Ghani invites Abbasi to visit Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar. 17 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday invited Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to visit Afghanistan, in what was seen as an effort by Kabul to normalise its icy relations with Islamabad.
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