Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal on Saturday said that Pakistan believes in a peaceful and negotiated settlement as the only way forward for Afghanistan. Dr Faisal took to Twitter and…
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, wrapping up his visit to Pakistan, expressed his gratitude for putting forward efforts for the Afghan peace process. Turning to twitter the envoy before…
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 hold another round of peace talks starting Monday…
–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 and Kabul govt KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf…
KABUL: Talks between the United States and Afghan Taliban officials in Qatar entered a fourth day on Thursday, with the two sides trying to establish a mechanism for a ceasefire in the…
WASHINGTON: The United States is calling for “sustained and decisive steps” by Pakistan to bring Taliban leaders to the negotiating table with the Afghan government, reported Associated Press. The militant group has…
‘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 the Taliban to allow the people to celebrate…
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has invited Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to “initiate state to state comprehensive dialogue” for restoring peace in Afghanistan with Pakistan’s assistance. The invitation was extended during…
A more aggressive US strategy in Afghanistan has put the Taliban on the back foot, soldiers and police say, but bloody recent attacks in Kabul show the insurgency remains potent and a…
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 the region. This was agreed in a meeting…
BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that alleged Taliban bases in Pakistan pose a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan, reported Voice Of America (VoA).…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to the US administration that cooperation, not ‘coercion’, is the way forward when it comes to bringing a peaceful end to the continuing war in Afghanistan, according to…
At least seven civilians, including a woman and three children, were killed when their truck hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The villagers were travelling from Pacheer…
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 false starts and publicly rejected by the main…
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.
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 their traditional patron, two officials said, casting doubt…
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 Hekmatyar, has formally decided to join the peace…
