Tag: Pak-Afghan

Indian influence on Kabul affecting Pak-Afghan ties: minister

--Afridi says had to wait for two hours at Torkham border to recover SP Dawar's body due to India's diplomatic pressure on Afghan authorities --Interior...

Pakistan condemns rocket strikes in Kabul

Prime Minister Imran Khan, COAS Bajwa condemn Taliban attack, vow support to Afghan govt   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the rocket strikes in...

State institutions cannot determine Pak-Afghan ties: ambassador

--Dr Omar says Pak-Afghan relations more important than Afghan-India affairs   ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar ZaKhilWal on Monday said that state institutions could not...

COAS inspects Pak-Afghan border fencing in Khyber

PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday visited Corps Headquarters Peshawar and Khyber Agency. According to ISPR, at the corps headquarters...

100 North Waziristan families stranded at Pak-Afghan border: report

PESHAWAR: Around 100 North Waziristan families are stranded at the Ghulam Khan checkpost at the Pak-Afghan border, as they have been stopped by the...

Pak-Afghan Joint Working Group agree to continue talk process

ISLAMABAD: The first-ever meeting of Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Working Group was held in Kabul on Saturday. A top-level delegation of Pakistan’s civil and military leadership, led...

Pakistan, Afghanistan will have to solve issues together: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that the Pak-Afghan issues would eventually have to be resolved by the two neighbours themselves. He was speaking...

Pak-Afghan blame game doesn’t bode well for regional peace, experts say

LAHORE: In the wake of recent terrorist attacks on its soil, Afghanistan has hurled serious allegations on its neighbour and former ally in the...

Drone strike kills two near Pak-Afghan border

PESHAWAR: At least two suspected militants, including a commander, were killed on Tuesday when a US drone targeted a house at Ghuaz Garhi, near to...

Pakistan, Afghan MPs discuss need for stronger ties

A delegation of Pakistani parliamentarians has called on Wolesi Jirga (Afghanistan parliament) Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi to discuss Islamabad-Kabul ties and stability in Afghanistan,...

Pakistan wants strong ties with Afghanistan: envoy

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan on Saturday said Islamabad is not worried about Kabul-New Delhi economic cooperation because Afghanistan is an independent...

Army to secure ‘every inch’ of international border by 2018

ANGOOR ADDA: Pakistan's military took the rare step of flying international media to the border with Afghanistan Wednesday to showcase its efforts to harden...

Karzai says Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process critical

KABUL: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan’s role in the peace process is critical and without this, peace will be impossible in both Afghanistan and Pakistan....

Pak-Afghan grievances are fleeting: Afghan ambassador

LAHORE: Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omer Zakhilwal has said that Pakistan-Afghanistan relations’ ups and downs do not reflect the wishes of the people...

PM questions ISAF’s success near Afghan border areas

Abbasi says Pakistan open to bilateral verifications, joint patrols on border with Afghanistan ‘There is no difference in Pakistani and Chinese policies and...

Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Afghanistan: FM Asif

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif spoke with Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani over the telephone today. Asif conveyed that Pakistan attaches great importance to its...

Pakistan, Afghanistan to settle border dispute using Google maps

Pakistan and Afghanistan plan to use Google Maps to help settle a border dispute that led to deadly clashes last week, officials from both...