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Pak-China youth should strengthen exchanges: Pakistani student

Posted on August 26, 2021 by News Desk

BEIJING, Aug 26 (APP)::The people to people exchanges and communications should be strengthen among the youth of Pakistan and China to further cement friendship between the two countries, said a Pakistani student studying in Xi’an, China. “I think this (summer camp) is one of the […]

Moeed Yusuf urges US, Pakistan to move on and work together in Afghanistan

Posted on August 26, 2021 by News Desk

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (APP):The United States and Pakistan have a shared interest in working together in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s National Security Adviser, Moeed Yusuf, has said, but pointed out that it will require fixing the bilateral relationship by “moving past their problems.” “Afghan […]

14 million people in Afghanistan could starve without urgent aid, UN food agency warns

Posted on August 26, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (APP):The World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, has warned that Afghanistan is facing a hunger crisis following a recent drought, mounting food prices, and political turmoil, saying it urgently needs $200 million to support 14 million people until the […]

FM arrives in Turkmenistan to discuss Afghanistan’s situation

Posted on August 26, 2021 by News Desk

ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan), Aug 26 (APP): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday arrived in Turkmenistan on the third leg of his four-nation tour. The visit is the part of Pakistan’s efforts to hold consultations with the neighbouring states on the evolving situation of Afghanistan. At […]

Indigenous protest as Brazil high court hears land case

Posted on August 25, 2021 by News Desk

Brasília, Aug 25 (AFP/APP):Thousands of indigenous protesters marched in the Brazilian capital Wednesday, bearing bows and arrows and traditional headdresses, as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral lands. In what organizers say was the biggest […]

Iranian ambassador meets Pakistani counterpart in Kabul

Posted on August 25, 2021 by News Desk

KABUL, Aug 25 (APP):Ambassador of the Islamic Republic’s of Iran in Afghanistan, Bahador Aminian on Wednesday met Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan at Pakistan Embassy in Kabul. The meeting besides discussing bilateral relations also discussed present situation in Afghanistan and formation of new […]

Putin, Xi agree to jointly combat Afghanistan ‘threats’

Posted on August 25, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow, Aug 25 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed their countries will step up efforts to counter “threats” emerging from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover, the Kremlin said Wednesday. In a phone call, the two leaders “expressed their readiness […]

IMF extends $334m in aid to South Sudan: central bank

Posted on August 24, 2021 by News Desk

Juba, Aug 24 (AFP/APP):The IMF has loaned $334 million (284 million euros) to South Sudan, the country’s central bank governor said Tuesday, as its ailing economy teeters from a currency crisis and soaring inflation. It is the third time in a year the Washington DC-based […]

EU urges US to secure Kabul airport ‘as long as necessary’

Posted on August 24, 2021 by News Desk

Brussels, Aug 24 (AFP/APP):EU leaders urged US President Joe Biden at Tuesday’s G7 video conference to continue to secure Kabul airport until operations to evacuate vulnerable Afghans are complete. The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, said European leaders had urged their “American friends” […]

UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam in Afghanistan

Posted on August 24, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, UN humanitarian agencies warned Monday that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and called for a “humanitarian airbridge” to be set up immediately, to allow the unimpeded delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to the country. In […]

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Pak-China youth should strengthen exchanges: Pakistani student

Moeed Yusuf urges US, Pakistan to move on and work together in Afghanistan

14 million people in Afghanistan could starve without urgent aid, UN food agency warns

FM arrives in Turkmenistan to discuss Afghanistan’s situation

Indigenous protest as Brazil high court hears land case

Iranian ambassador meets Pakistani counterpart in Kabul

Putin, Xi agree to jointly combat Afghanistan ‘threats’

IMF extends $334m in aid to South Sudan: central bank

EU urges US to secure Kabul airport ‘as long as necessary’

UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam in Afghanistan

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