S. Mudassir Ali Shah

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Kabul has voiced optimism about negotiations between the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the government in Islamabad. Mediated by the Taliban government, talks between

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): US President Joe Biden and Pakistan’s Ambassador in Washington Masood Khan have discussed the current situation in Afghanistan. The ambassador met the US

KABUL (Pajhwok): Members of the UN Security Council have voiced deep concern at the increasing erosion of respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms

KABUL (Pajhwok): A retired British general says the UK should “feel deeply ashamed” of its failure to resettle the Afghans who worked with NATO forces

  KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN secretary-general says journalists and media workers are facing increasing politicisation of their work and growing threats to their freedom. On

KABUL (Pajhwok): Free media is under attack in Afghanistan, says a UN diplomat, deploring the loss of jobs for many journalists. Deputy Special Representative of

KABUL (Pajhwok): Prince Andrew’s former spouse Sarah Ferguson has met Afghan refugees, including girls, female cyclists, a poet and a judge in Albania. The Duchess

KABUL (Pajhwok): Additional American sanctions will include a ban on investments in Russia, the White House says. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presumed dead, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has re-appeared in a fresh video that seems to have been filmed in Afghanistan, reports a British

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Extended Troika is set to meet in china on the current situation in Afghanistan, including the ongoing humanitarian situation. Special envoys from

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Central Bank has confirmed the receipt of $32 million in humanitarian assistance by the Afghanistan International Bank (AIB). The 17th package of

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Three people, including a police officer, have been killed and 24 others injured in an explosion in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The bomb