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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
