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NATO chief urges ‘negotiated settlement’ in Afghanistan

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NATO remains committed to our partnership with Afghanistan: Stoltenberg

NATO Chief Jen Stoltenberg reiterated his call on Tuesday for a ‘negotiated settlement’ with Taliban in Afghanistan. “The security situation in Afghanistan remains deeply challenging, and requires a negotiated settlement,” he said in a tweet after speaking with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1419941139331915776 Stoltenberg further said that NATO will continue to support Afghanistan with funding, … Read more

Pakistan to seek UN probe in India’s use of spyware against PM Imran

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Pakistan has decided to seek United Nations probe into India’s use of Israeli spyware against the country’s top officials. The decision was announced by Advisor to Prime Minister Shahzad Akbar and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain during a press briefing in Islamabad on Saturday. Speaking to the media, Akbar urged UN to … Read more

NSA tells India to stop sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan

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Word 'Base' Was Not Mentioned During Conversation With US Officials: Moeed Yusuf

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf on Saturday categorically said that relations with India could only improve if New Delhi takes concrete steps to reverse the situation on the ground in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and stops sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan. In an interview to prominent Indian journalist Karan Thapar, Yusuf … Read more

US Approves $100 Million Funding for Afghan Refugees Needs, Evacuation

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US President Joe Biden has authorised up to $100 million from an emergency fund to meet the “unexpected urgent” refugee needs stemming from the situation in Afghanistan, including for Afghan special immigration visa applicants, Al Jazeera, quoted the White House, as saying, on Saturday. Biden also approved on Friday the release of $200 million in … Read more

Cross-border attacks against Pakistan increasing; TTP a threat: UN

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Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS: A recent United Nations report that focused on the global threat posed by al-Qaeda, Da’esh and related groups, yet again, drew attention to the increasing Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) cross-border terrorist threat to Pakistan from the Afghan soil, analysts said. The 28th report of the UN Monitoring Team submitted to the UN Security Council … Read more

Moeed Yusuf, DG ISI Expected To Visit United States Next week

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Moeed Yusuf, DG ISI Expected To Visit United States Next week

Washington: Diplomatic sources say Pakistan has a key role to play in new US diplomatic initiatives to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan. As part of these measures, National Security Adviser Moeed Yousef and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed are expected to hold talks with their US counterparts … Read more

Afghanistan: Rocket Attack Near Afghan Presidential Palace During Eid Prayers

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Afghanistan: Rocket Attack Near Afghan Presidential Palace During Eid Prayers

Three rockets landed near the Afghan presidential palace while Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other leaders were offering Eid prayers. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is the first attack on Kabul since the Taliban’s escalation with the withdrawal of foreign troops, according to the reports. People were shocked by the … Read more

Engagement between Afghan sides in Doha ‘positive development’: FO

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Pakistan Rejects The Guardian Report On 'Hit List'

Pakistan on Monday welcomed the ongoing engagement between the two Afghan sides in Doha deeming it ‘a positive development’. “Pakistan believes that there is no military solution to the Afghan conflict and that a negotiated political settlement through Afghan-owned and Afghan-led process is the only way forward,” a statement released by the Foreign Office said. … Read more

Pakistan targeted as part of hybrid warfare: Moeed Yusuf

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Pakistan is being a target of hybrid warfare, National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf said on Monday. Flanked by the Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jameelur Rehman, the NSA made these remarks during a press briefing on the alleged abduction of Afghan ambassador’s daughter. The statement comes hours … Read more

Qureshi assures Afghan counterpart of bringing culprits to justice

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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday assured his Afghan counterpart of taking all possible steps to arrest the culprits involved in the assaulting Afghan ambassador’s daughter. Qureshi, in a telephonic call to Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, briefed him about the steps taken so far by the law enforcement agencies following the July … Read more

Police launches probe into manhandling of Afghan envoy’s daughter

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Islamabad high alert

Foreign Office on Saturday said that the Islamabad Police had launch an immediate probe into the incident regarding manhandling of the daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan. According to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affair, the daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad Silsila Alikhil, was abducted for several hours and severely tortured by unidentified … Read more

Pakistan to become economically strong through tech revolution: President Alvi

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President Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that Pakistan’s proactive approach to prepare itself for the technology-focused fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) would lead it towards becoming an economically strong nation. “A brilliant future lies ahead for Pakistan if it timely jumps on the “technological bandwagon”, which is expected to ensure an exponential progress … Read more

India Strengthens Anti-Pakistan Factions In Afghanistan: DG ISPR

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Leading int’l, Indian media outlets propagate Pakistan’s intrusion in Afghan internal affairs: DG ISPR

DG ISPR Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar said the Afghan vice president’s allegations about the Pakistan Air Force’s operation in Afghanistan were baseless adding that Pakistan did not take any action in Afghanistan and no one’s land should be used against us. Talking to a private TV channel, Director General (DG) of Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) … Read more

Kabul, Taliban negotiators meet in Qatar

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Taliban Capture Faizabad, Hundreds Of Afghan Soldiers Surrender

Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban met in Doha for talks on Saturday, AFP correspondents said, as violence rages in the country with foreign forces almost entirely withdrawn. The two sides have been meeting on and off for months in the Qatari capital, but the talks have lost momentum as the insurgents have … Read more

PM Imran calls upon EU for support in rehabilitation of Afghan refugees

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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday called upon the European Union and the international community to support Pakistan in the rehabilitation of Afghan refugees. The prime minister, in his meeting with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, stressed that the conflict could … Read more

Afghan Peace Conference postponed

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Pakistan closely monitoring fast-changing Afghan situation: minister

The Afghan Peace Conference which was scheduled to be held in Islamabad from July 17-19  has been postponed until after Eidul Azha. Foreign Office, in a statement, said that new dates for the conference will be announced soon. The development comes after a delegation-level talk was held between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the sidelines of … Read more

Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui Killed In Clash Between Afghan Army And Taliban

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Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui Killed In Clash Between Afghan Army And Taliban

Danish Siddiqui, a leading Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, was killed in a clash between the Afghan army and the Taliban in Kandahar. He was affiliated with the news agency Reuters. Danish Siddiqui was staying with Afghan forces and providing photos and information about the ongoing fighting there. According to reports, when the Taliban targeted the … Read more

Afghanis have to decide future of Afghanistan: FM Qureshi

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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that Pakistan will continue to play its reconciliatory role for peace in Afghanistan. Talking to US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on the sidelines of International Conference on South Asia-Central Asia Regional Connectivity-Challenges and Opportunities in Tashkent on Friday, the foreign minister said Afghanis have … Read more

Two-day peace conference on Afghanistan to start from Saturday

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Afghan Envoy's Daughter Did Not Report Her 'Abduction' Correctly, FO Informs Kabul

Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri confirmed that a two-day peace conference on Afghanistan will be held in Islamabad on Saturday. Responding to a host of questions during his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, he said delegations from Afghanistan will start arriving in Pakistan from Friday. “Peace in Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s interest … Read more

Afghan security forces retake Spin Boldak-Chaman border

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Afghanistan: 7 Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack In Farah Province

Afghan security forces have retaken control of the Spin Boldak-Chaman border with Pakistan that the Taliban briefly captured, a senior Afghan government official told Reuters on Thursday, but the Taliban dismissed that saying they still held the town. Taliban fighters captured the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing on Wednesday, the second most important crossing on the … Read more

PM Imran Invites Hamid Karzai To Attend Conference On Afghanistan

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PM Imran Invites Hamid Karzai To Attend Conference On Afghanistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan telephoned former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and invited him to attend an international conference on Afghanistan with his Pakistani counterpart. According to the report, in a tweet, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the Prime Minister had assured Hamid Karzai that Pakistan would do its utmost to restore peace in the … Read more

CPEC’s extension to Afghanistan to boost exports: experts

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https://oldsite.bolnews.com/latest/2020/07/diamer-bhasha-dam-another-historic-milestone-for-pakistan/

BEIJING: As officials from China, Pakistan and Afghanistan revealed an inclination to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project to Afghanistan, experts said such projects could help boost Afghanistan’s exports. The project will be conducive to the country’s journey of peace, but the feasibility of the project depends … Read more

Taliban Warns Turkey For Keeping Troops In Afghanistan

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Taliban Warns Turkey For Keeping Troops In Afghanistan

The Taliban has warned Turkey against expanding its presence in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US troops, saying the decision was “reprehensible”. The Taliban said in a statement that the decision “contains the wrong advice and violates our sovereignty, territorial integrity as well as national interests,” according to the international news agency AFP. The Taliban’s … Read more

Pakistan closely monitoring fast-changing Afghan situation: minister

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Pakistan closely monitoring fast-changing Afghan situation: minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is closely monitoring the fast-changing situation in Afghanistan, a senior government official said on Monday. In a tweet, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that every effort was being made to move forward through a peaceful and all-encompassing system of government in Kabul. “But even if it does not … Read more

India “Temporary” Closes Its Consulate, Withdraws Diplomatic Staff’ From Kandahar

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India "Temporary" Closes Its Consulate, Withdraws Diplomatic Staff' From Kandahar

India has “temporarily” withdrawn staff from its consulate in Kandahar in the face of growing control of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a statement that Indian personnel had been withdrawn due to heavy fighting near the city of Kandahar. Our response to media queries on the Indian Consulate … Read more

Taliban Must Pledge Not To Accept Durand Line If They Love Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani

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Ashraf Ghani

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that the Taliban want to resolve the Afghan conflict in accordance with the agreement reached between the United States and the Taliban instead of Sharia. No one but the Afghan government can release Taliban prisoners. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the international airport in the northeastern province of Khost … Read more

Pakistan will not favour Talibanisation: FM Qureshi

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Pakistan calls for unfreezing of Afghan assets ahead of UN talks

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday categorically stated that the country would not favour ‘Talibanisation’. “The comeback of TTP is not in Pakistan’s interest. We do not want Talibanization of our country,” the foreign minister said in his remarks at the meeting of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs at the Parliament House. … Read more

Extension in APTTA 2010 agreement essential for uninterrupted transit trade

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APTTA 2010

ISLAMABAD: The extension in the agreement of Protocol-VI of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APPTA) 2010 was essential to facilitate uninterrupted flow of transit trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan and to provide sufficient time to the technical teams to conclude negotiations on the new APTTA 2021, a statement received here from Kabul said on Thursday. … Read more

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