Tag: Haqqani network

Senior Afghan officials in Pakistan after spate of attacks in Kabul

Report says Interior Minister Wais Barmak, NDS chief Masoom Stanekzai in Pakistan to handover evidence related to recent attacks in Afghan capital Afghan envoy ‘surprised’...

27 Afghan Taliban, Haqqani militants handed to Kabul last year: FO

Afghanistan rules out talks with Taliban after deadly attacks in Kabul ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said that 27 individuals suspected of belonging...

US ‘confident’ Haqqani network behind Kabul ambulance bombing

Afghan envoy to UN says 'plot too complex for Taliban to have developed on their own Afghan officials claim wave of Kabul terror...

Pakistan says US drone targetted militants in Hangu refugee camp

 ISPR DG says individual targetted in US attack had mixed up with Afghan refugees in a camp, calls for their repatriation FO Spokesman...

US drone strike kills two Haqqani network’s militants in N Waziristan

PESHAWAR: Pakistani officials and police on Wednesday said two missiles fired from a US drone have struck a home near the Afghan border, killing two...

Speculation about Taliban-Afghan govt peace talks surfaces following meeting in Pakistan

KABUL: Exploratory meetings in Pakistan between a high-level Taliban delegation and a representative of a prominent Afghan politician have fueled speculation of a revival...

Security, intelligence cooperation with US non-existent, reiterates defence minister

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir says his country’s deteriorating relationship with the United States has led to a decline in the security and intelligence...

Pakistan should have ignored Trump’s tweet: Hina Rabbani

Says Trump is a habitual tweeter who tweets rather flippantly Says Zainab's death is a wake-up call for Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Former foreign minister Hina...

Afghan Taliban political negotiators visiting Pakistan: media report

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban insurgency has quietly sent political negotiators to Pakistan from its Qatar-based office amid a new diplomatic push for encouraging peace talks...

Afghanistan claims Haqqani network behind big attacks in cities, not Daesh

KABUL: Kabul has claimed that big attacks in Afghanistan were being conducted by Haqqani network under the name of Daesh, according to Tolo News. “For...

US military weighs Afghan supply options amid Pakistan spat

WASHINGTON:  Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan’s next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, claiming it is not doing enough to...

Not concerned about Pakistan retaliating over US aid cutoff: Mattis

WASHINGTON: The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a...

US frustrated at Pakistan’s behaviour of ‘supporting’ terror groups, says Trump...

WASHINGTON: US National Security Adviser HR McMaster has said that US President Donald Trump is frustrated at Pakistan’s behaviour as it continues to provide...

US policy regarding Pakistan to be announced in next 48 hours:...

WASHINGTON: In a follow up to the United States (US) President Donald Trump’s tweet accusing Islamabad of being a liar, the White House on...

Former Taliban captive Boyle arrested on 15 charges including assault

MONTREAL: A Canadian man who was held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years has been arrested on 15 charges,...

‘No more’! Trump pulls the plug on Pakistan aid

US president says Pakistan has given nothing in return to US except 'lies and deceit', thinks of US leadership 'as fools' Pakistan FM...

Islamabad refused to give access to foreign couple’s abductor: US media

ISLAMABAD: Detailing one of the causes of the ‘rift’ between Pakistan and US, a report in the New York Times claims that relations between...