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Pakistan, Afghan forces continue exchange of heavy fire

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghan security forces continued to exchange heavy fire on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border ...

Published 16 May, 2024 06:29am

Pakistan

Hideouts of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan: Pakistan carries out air strikes inside Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghan security forces exchanged heavy fire on Monday morning following the launch of...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

World

Afghan Taliban criticises closure of main border crossing with Pakistan

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban criticised the closure of its main border crossing with Pakistan this week after clashes...

Updated 10 Sep, 2023 06:09pm

World

Three killed in Afghanistan hotel blast

KABUL: Three people were killed and another seven were wounded in an explosion on Monday at a hotel in the eastern...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

Editorials

Unwarranted provocations

EDITORIAL: Seven Pakistanis lost their lives and 16 others were injured, some of them critically, on Sunday in the...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:30am

Pakistan

Islamabad asks Kabul to ensure deadly firing incident doesn’t happen again

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan condemned the unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on the civilian population in Chaman by ...

Published 13 Dec, 2022 07:22am

Pakistan

Attack on diplomat: FO declines to confirm reports about suspect’s arrest

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Saturday expressed its inability to confirm the reported arrest of a suspect allegedly...

Updated 04 Dec, 2022 12:01pm

Pakistan

Pak soldier martyred

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan army soldier embraced martyrdom and 11, including four children were injured following a clash...

Updated 22 Nov, 2022 09:21am

Pakistan

Part of border fence purportedly removed in Nangarhar

ISLAMABAD: The local Taliban members and Afghan security forces have purportedly removed a section of razor wire...

Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am

World

Senior Taliban commander killed in hospital attack

At least 19 people were killed in Tuesday's attack on Kabul's main military hospital, according to a health ministry official who did not want to be named

Updated 03 Nov, 2021 04:21pm

Afghanistan: PM spells out for world 'two stark choices'

Imran Khan addresses Meeting of the Heads of Delegations of Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Updated 18 Sep, 2021 10:07am

World

Protest against Taliban in Kandahar

KANDAHAR: Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

The real weapons of mass destruction

Sorry, wrong number. That is exactly what Tony Blair said when confronted with the Chilcot report on going into a ...

Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am

World

After Taliban takeover, concerns mount over US counterterrorism ability

WASHINGTON: With no US troops or reliable partners left, jails emptied of militants and the Taliban in control,...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Taliban say no evacuation extension

KABUL: Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:34am

World

Afghan forces abandon third largest city to the Taliban as blitz continues

HEART: Afghan forces abandoned the country's third biggest city to the Taliban Thursday, hours after insurgents...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Kabul hit by powerful explosion, gunfire, at least three dead

KABUL: A powerful blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday near the city’s...

Published 04 Aug, 2021 02:39am

UN compound attacked in western Afghanistan

KABUL: “Anti-government elements” in Afghanistan attacked the main UN compound in the capital of the western...

Published 31 Jul, 2021 02:17am

World

Taliban fighters enter provincial capital, clash with Afghan forces

Afghan security forces have thus far held back the Taliban's attempt to take the city with the help of the Afghan air force, but operations were hampered by the presence of civilians in the area

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 07:35pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing held by Taliban

QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday reopened a major border crossing with Afghanistan that is currently under...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

World

Taliban, Afghan leaders agree on ceasefire in western province

KABUL: An Afghan official said Thursday a ceasefire had been negotiated with local Taliban leaders in a western...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

Afghan government says it retakes Pakistan border crossing from Taliban

Taliban dismiss statement, saying they still held the town

Published 15 Jul, 2021 02:33pm

World

Afghan Taliban warn Turkey against 'reprehensible' plan to run Kabul airport

Statement comes after Ankara, which has offered to run and guard the airport in the capital after NATO withdraws, has been in talks with the United States on financial, political and logistical support

Published 13 Jul, 2021 06:27pm

World

Era ends, uncertainty looms as US forces quit main Afghanistan base

US to leave behind only an embassy protection force
Taliban sweeping into districts as foreign troops go home
Effective end to war launched after Sept. 11 attacks

Published 03 Jul, 2021 08:52am

World

US is assessing whether Taliban is serious about peace: Blinken

The Pentagon estimates the Taliban now control 81 of Afghanistan's 419 district centers.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 05:31pm

World

Where things stand for Afghanistan as Ghani visits Washington

Visit comes as Afghan Taliban make huge advances across the country

Published 24 Jun, 2021 11:57am

World

Afghan forces kill 50 Taliban fighters in fresh clashes

"The towns and cities the Taliban have targeted are of strategic importance given their proximity to Kabul as some are on supply roads to the capital," said Kabul-based security analyst Bari Arez.
"The setbacks suffered by Afghan forces also indicate that they had not expected such Taliban offensives so soon" after the US military started the final withdrawal, he added.

Published 25 May, 2021 10:12am

At least two killed, five hurt in powerful Kabul blast

KABUL: At least two people were killed after a bomb struck a police vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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