Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have held a telephonic conversation in which the two leaders discussed Afghan peace process. Prime minister stressed the importance of a negotiated political settlement of the conflict…
Junbish-e-Melli Party leader Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum has met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Turkey and discussed with him matters related to the peace process. Dostum’s son BatourDostum on his twitter page wrote the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said talks on Afghanistan planned in Moscow this month aim to help peace talks in Doha and are not rival processes, according to a media report on Friday. Lavrov was speaking at a news conference…
Participants of a gathering in Khost City, the capital of southeastern Khost province, on Thursday asked neighboring countries, particularly Russia and Iran, not to create hurdles for the ongoing peace process. They demanded of neighboring countries to…
India’s surgical strikes against Pakistan would harm the Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned. Qureshi issued the warning at a news conference in the United Arab Emirates on Friday evening. In order to divert…
KABUL Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Javed Qamar Bajwa. In a statement, the Pakistan army’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR), said the two sides discussed regional security situation and the Afghan peace process with particular reference to border…
KABUL. On Sunday evening, a joint statement from European Union (EU) heads of mission in Kabul and Canada urged all Afghan political forces to resolutely seize the historic opportunity for lasting peace. They also called for the start of intra-Afghan…
KABUL on the 101st Anniversary of Reclamation of Afghanistan’s Independence. He told Pajhwok Afghan News: “As part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between the leaders of the friendly governments of Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, President Ghani recently sent a thank-you…
Escalating violence could sabotage efforts for bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan, warns a veteran Pakistani political leader. Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao stressed “There is a dire need to create an enabling environment…
The United Nations, standing in solidarity with the Afghan people and government, has renewed its commitment to supporting an Afghan-led peace process that will end the conflict. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the horrific attack on a hospital…
KABUL, says a media report. Uzbekistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatilla Irgashev and his EU counterpart Roland Kobia discussed efforts for intra-Afghan peace talks as soon as possible. The Trend news agency, citing an official statement, reported the envoys also…
KABUL Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said Islamabad will continue to support the Afghan peace process, led by its own people. Speaking at the two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers in Kyrgyzstan,…
US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Process Zalmay Khalilzad has discussed the role of regional players in Afghan peace process with the leadership of Uzbekistan. Khalilzad during trip to Tashkent held meetings with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat…
KABUL peace with the Kabul administration. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 55th International Security Conference in German city of Munich on Thursday and expressed satisfaction over progress on regional connectivity projects and discussed comprehensively the rail…
KABUL, the US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have discussed the Afghan peace process, an official said on Monday. Afghanistan National Security Council spokesman Tariq Aryan said the meeting took place in the UAE on Sunday --- the fourth meeting…
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked the international community to come together to enable the success of an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. In a video message to the international conference in Geneva, the UN chief…
KABUL Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has reiterated the US government’s support to promote the negotiations among Afghans required to bring the conflict to an end, a statement from the US embassy in Kabul said on Tuesday. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, visited…
KABUL Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad could visit Moscow in early December to discuss bringing a durable peace to Afghanistan, a media report said on Tuesday. Khalilzad is currently traveling to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar with an interagency…
KABUL should name their representatives for talks. Khalilzad made the remarks during an interaction with media representatives on Monday when urged both sides to choose their envoys for peace negotiation. The delegation accompanying the newly-appointed American diplomat included officials from…
The US envoy to Afghanistan on a trip to southern Kandahar province on Monday said his country would continue supporting the war-torn country in diverse fields particularly in the peace process. John R. Bass, the US ambassador…
KABUL, seeking cooperation from neighbours. Deputy Defense Minister Ahmad Tamim said Afghanistan highly valued its friendship with Iran. He said ties with Iran would not be affected by relations with other countries. Currently heading a high-level delegation to Iran, Tamim…
