Tag: Afghanistan
ISI DG, foreign secy visit Afghanistan to repair relations
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood held talks with Afghan intelligence chief, national security adviser and...
Pakistan embassy in Kabul closes visa section amid tensions
KABUL: Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul said it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between...
US official report calls for reintegrating Taliban fighters in Afghan society
None of the US-backed reintegration programmes enabled any significant number of ex-combatants to socially and economically rejoin the Afghan society, says an official US...
Afghans search for bodies after at least 69 killed in mosque...
KABUL: Police and local people searched on Saturday for more bodies in the rubble of a mosque in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province after bomb blasts in...
At least 30 civilians died in May US strikes in Afghanistan:...
At least 30 civilians were killed when the US bombed several drug-making facilities in western Afghanistan in May, a UN agency said in a...
Ghani fires spokesperson over remarks on Pak-Taliban meeting
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fired foreign ministry's spokesman, Sibghatullah Ahmadi, over his comments on Pakistan's talks with the Taliban, reported Afghan media on...
Afghanistan goes to polls amid tight security, allegations of rigging
--Questions on transparency of polls would badly destabilise Afghanistan and non-state actors would benefit from chaos
ISLAMABAD: All eyes are set on Afghanistan where the...
US cuts $100m in aid to Afghanistan, citing corruption
NEW YORK: The United States has said it is cutting back $160 million worth of aid to Afghanistan, accusing the Kabul government of rampant...
2 suicide bombings, including at presidential election rally, kill 46 in...
KABUL: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign rally by Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people,...
Fighting picks up in Afghanistan after talks collapse
KABUL: Fighting has picked up in several areas of northern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, days after the collapse of talks between the United...
Pakistan, China, Afghanistan dialogue on Saturday
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will host a trilateral dialogue between Pakistan, Afghanistan and China on Saturday amid reports that a deal between the United States and Taliban...
Deal will not stop attacks on Afghan forces, some Taliban say
KABUL/PESHAWAR: As U.S. and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether...
Three injured in IED blast outside Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad
Three people were injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside the Pakistan Consulate General in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, said Foreign Office (FO)...
Afghan and Kashmir issues interlinked, says Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday warned the world against isolating the situation in Afghanistan from that on the Indian front, saying...
Afghan police pull back from isolated outposts as losses mount
KABUL: Afghanistan's badly stretched police are taking heavy casualties as attempts build to set up peace talks with Taliban militants, prompting a move to...
Mired in poverty, Afghans bring their children to work
KABUL: Every day before dawn, 10-year-old Kamran goes to work with his father and other relatives at a brick factory on the outskirts of...
Pakistan categorically rejects ‘baseless accusations’ amid fresh terror wave in Afghanistan
KARACHI: Islamabad has categorically rejected ‘baseless accusations’ regarding the recent terrorist incidents in Afghanistan.
“The public blame-game is contradictory to the spirit of the understanding between the...
