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Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for American citizens, Kabul says

An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for US citizens, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said on...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:27pm

Pakistan

Pakistan strongly rejects Afghanistan’s ‘baseless allegations’ of training Daesh militants

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif urges interim Afghan authorities to fulfil their commitments to international community by dismantling terrorist infrastructure, and not shift blame

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 09:59pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to defuse prevailing tension

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to defuse prevailing tension, strengthen bilateral relations and...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:33am

World

Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy

KABUL: The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to resume its diplomatic operations...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

World

Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal

KABUL: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 01:42pm

World

52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN: Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 01:07pm

Editorials

Suicide bombing in Kabul

EDITORIAL: The IS-K continues to represent a major security challenge to the Afghan Taliban, killing several senior...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 02:50am

Border attacks increased 70pc after arrival of Taliban in Kabul, moot told

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Special Envoy on Afghanistan, Ambassador Asif Durrani has revealed that there has been...

Updated 15 Dec, 2024 09:34am

World

Afghanistan’s refugees minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed in explosion: govt source

KABUL: The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at the ministry’s offices in the...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 04:50pm

World

Russia security chief meets Taliban officials in Kabul

KABUL: Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu visited Afghan government officials on Monday, assuring them...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 07:29am

World

Bomb attack in Afghan capital kills one, wounds 11

KABUL: An attacker carrying a bomb in a bag killed a child and wounded 11 others in a market in Afghanistan’s...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:31pm

World

Afghan embassy in UK shutters after Taliban cuts ties

LONDON: Afghanistan’s embassy in London closed on Friday after Taliban authorities cut ties with diplomatic missions...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 03:19pm

World

Energy drink craze peps and pacifies weary Afghans

HEART: A production line in a warehouse in western Afghanistan churns out 24 energy drinks every second, feeding a...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 01:17pm

Editorials

Security challenges emanating from Kabul

EDITORIAL: Bearing the brunt of relentless attack by TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) terrorists ensconced in...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am

Pakistan

Kabul urged to address concerns about cross-border terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Asif Durrani (retired) has once again called ...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 08:26am

World

Fragile but unbroken, Afghan glassblowers refuse to quit

HEART: Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass – the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 12:10pm

Editorials

Don’t abandon Afghanistan

EDITORIAL: The three years, since the Afghan Taliban seized Kabul, have seen Afghanistan’s descent into deep...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan

Embassy of Pakistan hosts flag-hoisting ceremony in Kabul

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul hosted a flag-hoisting ceremony on the occasion of Pakistan’s 78th...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 05:59am

Pakistan

Kabul again asked to take action against terror groups

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday once again asked Afghanistan to take concrete, effective and robust action against the...

Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:02am

Pakistan

Dar says he would soon visit Kabul

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Afghanistan soon to raise Pakistan’s concerns with the Afghan...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:14am

Editorials

Kabul govt and women

EDITORIAL: Since the Afghan Taliban returned to power about three years ago, women and girls have faced systemic...

Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am

Sports

Celebrations erupt in Afghan cities after World Cup heroics

KABUL: Rare celebrations erupted in multiple Afghan cities on Tuesday after the national cricket team reached the...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 03:45pm

Pakistan

Taliban deny Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers

KABUL: The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday denied Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an...

Updated 08 May, 2024 07:20pm

World

Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan

KABUL: Mechanic Zabiullah Momand revs his sports car engine outside his garage in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul before...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 05:10pm

Pakistan

Pakistan-Afghan border crossing reopens after negotiations

Torkham border closure came after Islamabad imposed tighter controls requiring drivers from both sides to have visas and passports

Updated 23 Jan, 2024 10:55pm

World

Two killed in third deadly Kabul explosion in less than a week

KABUL: Two people were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion in western Kabul on Thursday, police said, in the third...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

World

Two killed in third deadly Kabul explosion in less than a week

KABUL: Two people were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion in western Kabul on Thursday, police said, in the third...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 07:48pm

Opinion

Maulana tries, and fails

For what it’s worth, Fazlur Rahman’s trip to Kabul has left me five hundred rupees richer. I bet with a...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am

World

Death toll of IS-claimed Kabul blast rises to 5

KABUL: The death toll from an attack on a bus in western Kabul claimed by the Islamic State group rose from two to...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Pakistan

Fazl to leave for Kabul today

Pakistan-Afghanistan matters and other issues will come under discussion during the visit

Updated 07 Jan, 2024 10:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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