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Deal with Turkey, Qatar over Afghan airports' management yet to reach
The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation confirmed that discussions were underway with the visiting joint Turkish-Qatari delegation, Khaama Press reported. "The joint Turkish-Qatari technical team came to Kabul on Thursday and held meetings with technical teams of the Islamic Emirate. These meetings will continue and in the near future they will reach an agreement in light of the country's national interests," TOLO News quoted Imamuddin Ahmadi, a spokesman of the Ministry, as saying.
Heated debate erupts in Pakistan over Nawaz Sharif's possible return
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, who is also the former premier's brother, categorically said that Nawaz Sharif will not return until he has fully recovered. In a statement issued on Saturday, Shehbaz Sharif said that Nawaz Sharif might stay in the UK legally until the immigration tribunal rules on his appeal against the British Home Office's rejection for extending his visa.
IS claims responsibility for Kabul passport office attack
According to a report on Khaama Press, the terror group released a statement on Saturday saying that it had carried out the December 23 attack. According to Kabul's security officials, a suicide attacker tried to enter the passport office on December 23 where hundreds of Taliban affiliates had gathered.
PTI workers resent Imran's move to dissolve organisational structure
Meanwhile, a federal minister said that Khanhas introduced the new structure to re-organise and reactivate the party so that active contact could be established with workers and voters at the grassroots. He further said the party model had also been changed. Maintaining that only those who faltered should have been punished rather than putting everyone in the dock, party leaders say it was high time that their morale was boosted.
Moon stresses need for defence capabilities befitting S.Korea's geopolitical position
Moon made the remarks during a meeting with his secretaries last month while commenting on the country's project to acquire a light aircraft carrier by 2033, Yonhap News Agency quoted Park Soo-hyun, his chief secretary for public communication, as saying in a Facebook post.
Putin assures Vucic of sufficient gas supplies to Serbia
The presidents noted that the two sides have organised work to ensure stable supplies of heat and energy to Serbian households and industries, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by the Kremlin. The promise of sufficient gas supplies was made amid a natural gas shortage and rising energy prices in Europe, the statement said.
Cancelled flights put damper on US holiday travel
According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking site, 880 flights within, in or out of the US were cancelled on December 25, which were among the approximately 2,521 flights that have been cancelled so far this day worldwide, Xinhua news agency quoted National Public Radio (NPR) as saying in a report on Saturday.
Taliban commander warns Pak against firing at Afghanistan
Abu Dojana, commander of the 201 Khalid Bin Walid Corps, said that despite the Taliban seeking good ties with the neighbouring nations, its forces also have the military equipment to defend Afghanistan in case of any provocation, reports TOLO News.
Is the Imran Khan regime in Pakistan heading for meltdown in March?
After his "Naya Pakistan" venture embarrasingly bombed, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has coined a new slogan - "Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar" (My Pakistan is my home). But his home may soon be engulfed and rocked by a perfect storm. After riding with him for a few turbulent years, it appears that his comrades in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are unhappy
NASA's James Webb telescope enroute space to probe our origin
The next-generation, $10 billion telescope was successfully lifted off to space (5:50 pm India time) from Europe's primary launch site in French Guiana, South America, atop a European Ariane 5 rocket. "We have LIFTOFF of the @NASAWebb Space Telescope!" the space agency wrote on Twitter "At 7:20 am ET (12:20 UTC), the beginning of a new, exciting decade of science climbed to the sky.
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