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Afghanistan – NATO forces have begun a new programme to train Afghan soldiers to pinpoint ground targets for aircraft flying overhead, hoping that it will help stem militant advances in recent months and reverse a sharp rise in civilian casualties.   The alliance has shifted most military responsibility on to Afghanistan’s armed forces since it ended its main combat mission ...

Hundreds of snow leopards are killed illegally every year in remote mountains from China to Tajikistan, further endangering the big cats that number only a few thousand in the wild, a report said on Friday.   Prices ranged up to $10,000 for the carcasses, prized for thick light-coloured fur with dark spots, according to the study by TRAFFIC, an international ...

Former world number one Rafael Nadal ended his 2016 early on Thursday in a bid to fully recover from the left wrist injury that has plagued him this year. In a statement the Spanish 14-times gram slam champion said he would play no more tournaments and would instead begin “preparing intensively” for the 2017 season.

AHMAD NAWAZ GHANI In the last few days a notice of the Beaconhouse School System Sahiwal campus from August 2016 has been doing the rounds on social media. The usual mundane school notice on discipline has excited comment because in the section on ‘Foul language’ it has interestingly included ‘Punjabi,’—yes, the Punjabi language, the language spoken by almost 50 per ...

Foreign Office summoned Indian deputy high Commissioner in Islamabad. A strong protest was lodged at ceasefire violation by India on the Line of Control. India twice violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control at Karela Sector. Meanwhile, General Head Quarters has protested with the UN Military observer group in India and Pakistan the targeting of civilians and use of ...

LOS ANGELES – Donning a different mantle from her breakout central role in the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, British actress Daisy Ridley took to the red carpet as both narrator and executive producer for the documentary “The Eagle Huntress”. The story of a 13-year-old girl who trains to become the first female eagle hunter in Kazakhstan in decades, “The ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft lost its main computer and science instruments shortly before it was due to make an orbital pass near Jupiter on Wednesday, scuttling highly anticipated close-up observations of the largest planet in the solar system.   The U.S. space agency said the glitch followed an unrelated problem last week that prompted it to skip firing Juno’s braking engine, ...

Pakistan Stock Exchange Benchmark PSX-100 index ended higher and closed with 41545.95 points at the end of trading day. PSX-100 index gained 621.81 points during the regular trade. The highest index of the day remained at 41688.57 points while the lowest index of the day remained at 40924.14 points.

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited South Waziristan Agency and inaugurated the new Building of Spinkai Cadet College. According to ISPR, the college will provide opportunity to the youth to get Professional Education. The Army Chief also interacted with the tribal notables and Army Cadets and stated that educated youth is the future of Pakistan. He lauded the ...