The government of Indonesia has announced multi-dimensional support to Afghan peace process, a statement from the National Security Council (NSC) said on Friday. NSA Hamdullah Mohib during a meeting with visiting Indonesian delegation thanked Jakarta support to peace…
KABUL. The call comes hard on the heels of a Washington Post report that three US administrations consistently tried to hide the truth about the war. Senator Rand Paul said in a statement: “After 19 years, we need to have…
KABUL, alleges a leading American newspaper. In an editorial, the Washington Examiner wrote no government action was graver than war and so on no other issue US leadership owed the Americans more candor. “The American people deserve to know where…
Pakistan insists it is making all-out efforts to facilitate the Afghan peace process, stressing the need for taking all Afghans on board. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan, speaking at the United States Institute of…
KABUL despite challenges on multiple fronts, according to a media report on Sunday. The US Defence Department report released this week cited the effects of a recent military escalation coupled with diplomatic initiatives. "The current military situation inside of Afghanistan…
American and Pakistani leaders have conferred on the need for a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan, a media report said on Saturday. The issue was taken up at an unscheduled meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid…
Iran has urged regional countries to work together for ending to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan through substantive negotiations. Heading a 49-member delegation to Pakistan, Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Javad Zarif underlined the need for a regional approach to…
Pakistan believes that a political settlement, owned and led by Afghans, is the only viable option to end the conflict in the neighbouring country. “Pakistan’s security forces have undertaken indiscriminate and effective counter-terrorism operations against terrorism and extremism,”…
Iran and Pakistan, seeking a politically negotiated settlement of the Afghan conflict, have called for regional solutions to regional problems. The call came at Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif’s daylong visit to Tehran, where he met President Hassan…
Pakistan and China agreed that the solution to the Afghan conflict “has to be fundamentally political”, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday. Asif, who arrived in China at the start of his regional outreach for consultations…
KABUL foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua, who visited Kabul on Tuesday and met Afghan leaders, has said there is no military solution to the Afghan conflict and the focus should be on evolving a credible political settlement. Janjua held bilateral political…
Peace in Afghanistan can be brought through a political solution and not a military one, the Trump Administration said Thursday. “The United States sees Afghanistan in eventually a political solution to try to bring peace,” State Department spokesperson Heather…
Some political analysts on Thursday said the stalled peace talks and successive interference of regional intelligence were behind the intensifying violence in some areas of the country. Recently, clashes between insurgents and security forces in Badakhshan, Herat, Jawzjan,…
