PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced that the border with Afghanistan would be fenced off and more gates constructed and said the small incidents which occurred during border tension should not be named war. The News, The Espress Tribune
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, has warned Pakistan of consequences if the construction work on the gate was not halted. The News
ISLAMABAD: The Durand Line, which signifies the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, was established on November 12, 1893 after an accord was inked by a British diplomat Sir Mortimer Durand and the then Afghan ruler Abdur Rahman Khan. The News
PESHAWAR: The police arrested four-member gang of robbers after two days of the robbery in the city and recovered the looted money along with snatched mobiles. The News
ISLAMABAD:The phenomenal gains made in the first two years of Zarb-e-Azb became possible only because of a national consensus and single-mindedness among all stakeholders and key institutions for which the federal and provincial governments, political parties, Parliament, the Supreme Court and armed forces deserve immense acclaim and approbation. The News
ISLAMABAD: The government told parliament y that the construction of a gate at the Torkham border crossing did not violate any bilateral agreements, understandings or stipulations of international law, as claimed by the Afghan government. Dawn, The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: A police official was killed and two others were injured when an improvised explosive device targeting a police patrol exploded on the outskirts of the provincial capital .The incident took place on Charsadda Road in the limits of the Khazana police station. Dawn, The Frontier Post, The Nation
ISLAMABAD: A capital police assistant subinspector (ASI) was arrested for threatening and extorting a man, police said. Dawn
ISAMABAD: If it was not up to random terrorist attacks globally, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would have been on a run as its annexed land in Iraq and Syria has been shrinking. Even though ISIS has not been harmed yet, it has been exhausted to a significant extent. Throughout its rise and steady retreat, the organisation, well known for its Arabic acronym Daesh, failed to get the widely speculated traction. The Express Tribune
AFGHANISTAN
NANGARHAR: A suicide bomber was shot dead by the Afghan security forces before he manage to carry out an attack in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Khaama , Pajhwok
HELMAND: Nine prisoners have been released from the Taliban jail during security forces raid in the Grishk district of southern Helmand province. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: Four Taliban have been killed in security forces raid in the Ghani Khel district of eastern Nangarhar province. Pajhwok
KABUL: The Taliban were unsuccessfully trying to erode the hold of the Afghan government in a number of areas, a top American spy master told lawmakers adding that this summer season is witnessing an intense fighting between the Taliban and national security forces. Pajhwok
KUNDUZ: Hundreds of protestors marched through Kabul city on Friday to press the government to act for safe release of Kunduz hostages. Tolo News
NANGARHAR: The U.S State Department has asked Afghanistan and Pakistani governments to show restraint and seek diplomatic solutions to the dispute at the Torkham border gate. Tolo News
KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Afghanistan has never accepted Durand Line as border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and will never accept it in the future. Khaama , Tolo News
