Tag: Afghan peace
There’s no military solution to Afghan issue, says FO
Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal on Saturday said that Pakistan believes in a peaceful and negotiated settlement as the only way forward...
Khalilzad thanks Pakistan for supporting Afghan peace process
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, wrapping up his visit to Pakistan, expressed his gratitude for putting forward efforts for the Afghan...
Khalilzad thanks Pakistan as Taliban reps reach Qatar for peace talks
United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday thanked Pakistan for facilitating the travel of Taliban leaders to Qatar, where the group's senior leaders will...
Afghan President Ghani urges Taliban to ‘enter serious talks’
--Ghani says peace process should be Afghan-led because Afghans are 'victims of this war'
--Khalilzad says his role is to facilitate talks between militant outfit...
US-Taliban peace talks raise Afghan hopes as meeting in Qatar enters...
KABUL: Talks between the United States and Afghan Taliban officials in Qatar entered a fourth day on Thursday, with the two sides trying to...
US urges ‘decisive’ steps by Pakistan for Afghan peace
WASHINGTON: The United States is calling for “sustained and decisive steps” by Pakistan to bring Taliban leaders to the negotiating table with the Afghan...
US backs Afghanistan’s ceasefire offer to Taliban
‘NATO, American forces will respect ceasefire’
WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of a temporary ceasefire between the Afghan government and...
Afghanistan’s Ghani invites Abbasi for state-to-state dialogue
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has invited Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to "initiate state to state comprehensive dialogue" for restoring peace in Afghanistan...
Tougher US strategy brings Afghan gains, but peace or victory look...
A more aggressive US strategy in Afghanistan has put the Taliban on the back foot, soldiers and police say, but bloody recent attacks in...
Pakistan, Indonesia agree to work jointly for Afghan peace
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Indonesia on Friday agreed to work together for peace in Afghanistan, saying Afghan peace was necessary for the development and progress of...
NATO says ‘Taliban bases’ in Pak big challenge to Afghan peace
BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that alleged Taliban bases in Pakistan pose a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing peace...
Solution to Afghan conflict is cooperation, not coercion, Pakistan tells US
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to the US administration that cooperation, not 'coercion', is the way forward when it comes to bringing a peaceful end...
Roadside bomb kills seven Afghan civilians: officials
At least seven civilians, including a woman and three children, were killed when their truck hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday,...
Small militant faction joins Afghan peace process, Taliban still refuse
A small but significant militant faction on Thursday joined Afghanistan's fledgling peace process, a rare positive for an initiative that has been fraught with...
In secret meetings, Taliban rejected Pakistan pressure on peace process
Pakistan's influence over the insurgents is the lynchpin to the peace plan developed over last few months by Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China to bring an end to the 15-year-old war in Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban reject peace talks despite Pakistan’s warning
Pakistani officials threatened to expel Afghanistan’s Taliban from bases in Pakistan if they did not join peace talks this month, but the militants rebuffed...
Hizb-e-Islami to join Afghan peace talks
Reviving hopes of a negotiated peace process, Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), the second largest resistance group in the country, led by former prime minister Gulbuddin...
