Tag: US official

Taliban official says group spoke with US official

  ISLAMABAD: The Taliban held their first direct contact with a US official in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks on Afghanistan, a senior...

US-Pakistan reaffirm commitment to act against terrorists

ISLAMABAD: Senior US State Department official Alice Wells reached Pakistan on Thursday on an official visit. Per media reports, Wells, the principal deputy assistant secretary for...

Pakistan doing ‘bare minimum’ to help US: official

WASHINGTON DC: Pakistan is doing the "bare minimum" to squeeze the Taliban and terror groups, a senior US administration official said Friday, despite Washington's threat...

US-led strikes kill at least 100 pro-regime forces in Syria: US...

DEIR EZ-ZOR: The US-led coalition killed at least 100 regime and allied fighters in retaliation for an attack in eastern Syria, a US official...

Russia does not have great deal of influence over Pakistan, says US official

WASHINGTON: Amid increased bonhomie between Pakistan and Russia, the White House believes that Moscow does not have a great influence on Islamabad, a senior Trump Administration official has...