Islamabad: Pakistan has formulated its first policy to prevent and counter violent extremism. Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has drafted the national counter violent extremism policy (NCVEP 2021). The authority’s national coordinator Mehr Khaliq Dad Lak has submitted the policy draft to Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed for approval. NACTA officials described the draft as “a major national policy […]

A global human rights group is accusing all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan of inflicting “extensive” casualties on civilians before the U.S.-backed government in Kabul collapsed and the Islamist Taliban took power last August. The London-based Amnesty International said Wednesday in a new report that the months leading up to the fall of Kabul were marked by “repeated war […]

Sara-e- Shahzadah, Afghanistan’s largest currency exchange market, announced early Thursday that the Afghani had gained some traction and climbed to 95 AFN against the US dollar overnight. This comes after the AFN was trading at 105 Afghanis to the dollar at close of business on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Afghanistan Central Bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, has said the fourth package of […]

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday warned that the world’s inaction on Afghanistan would lead to a massive humanitarian crisis and that any ensuing chaos in the country would strengthen terrorist organizations. Qureshi said in a statement that if the situation deteriorates in Afghanistan, it would not only affect Pakistan, but also other countries in the region and […]