Afghan and Pakistani officials will meet in Islamabad early next month to finalise a proposal for working groups to resolve trade-related issues between the neighbours. Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi and Special Adviser to Prime Minister on…
Pakistan’s top national security forum has endorsed the government’s strategy for promoting peace and security in the region. “The National Security Committee (NSC) reviewed the regional situation and expressed satisfaction over the role that Pakistan continues to play…
A senior US diplomat has arrived in Pakistan Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Alice G Wells is due to meet senior Pakistani officials, Geo News reported. US-Pakistan relations, the Afghan peace processand regional developments…
With the US ramping up the war on terrorism in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s top diplomat in Washington says: “There’s a precedent for this in the rehabilitation of Gulbadin Hekmatyar (Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) head).” Dawn quoted Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary…
Pakistan trade has decreased from 2.7 billion dollars to 1.2 billion dollars in less than two years, sparking concerns among businessmen from the two countries. Pakistani and Afghan traders voiced concerns at the sharp fall in bilateral trade…
Pakistan, an Islamabad-based newspaper reported on Monday. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will pay a working visit to Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on February 20, according to Daily Times. Russian Foreign Ministry official…
The Pakistan government has proscribed the organisations that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has put on the terrorist list President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday issued an ordinance amending the Anti-Terrorism Actto declare as terrorist the organisations sanctioned…
The unprecedented protest sit-in by the Pakistani Pashtuns entered a ninth day on Thursday in Islamabad, despite assurances from the country’s prime minister to meet their demands. A meeting between representatives of the Pashtun and Prime Minister Shahid…
KABUL, an energetic movement aimed to awaken the Pakhtun nations. The killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in the southern city of Karachi prompted thousands of activists to converge on Islamabad to press for seeking justice and an end to the oppression…
On the eve of a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani officials in Kabul, Islamabad has promised continued positive engagement with the war-torn country. A Pakistani delegation, led by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, is scheduled to arrive in Kabul…
Islamabad has promised taking concrete action on information provided by a visiting Afghan delegation regarding the involvement of Pakistan. Hundreds of people were killed and wounded in three major attacks in Kabul in less than 10 days, with…
KABUL-based militants in the latest wave of attacks in Kabul. National Directorate of Security (NDS) -- Afghan intelligence service -- head Masoum Stanikzai and Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak arrived in Pakistan around noon. The two-member delegation, a well-placed source…
A three-member team from Taliban’s political office in Qatar has arrived in Islamabad in an ostensible move to explore the possibility of restarting peace parleys with the Afghan government. Led by Shahabuddin Dilawar the Taliban representatives reached Islamabad…
Afghan and Pakistani parliamentarians have stressed the need for stronger bilateral relations between the neighbours to ensure regional security. A 19-member Pakistani delegation, including, MPs, military officials, former ambassadors, civil society members on Saturday. Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi…
A prosperous Afghanistan, says Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan. Islamabad and Kabul should talk out bilateral issues to defuse bilateral tensions, the Pakhtun nationalist leader suggested. A failure to overcome mistrust would be disastrous, he…
A leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) says it wants Pakistan. A leader of the Pakhtun nationalist party asked the government on Sunday to play a proactive role in restoring peace in the neighbouring country. Asghar Khan…
Afghan and Pakistani military commanders on Tuesday spoke over a hotline contact and discussed issues relating to the border region. The Pakistani military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations said Corps Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Amir Riaz and…
Pakistan on Friday dismissed as baseless the Afghan government’s charges that it is supporting non-state actors and terrorist groups across the border to create instability. Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN Nabeel Munir, participating in a…
KABUL. Aizaz Chaudhry told the state-run Pakistan Television or PTV that most members of the Haqqani network were living in Afghanistan and some in Pakistan. “But our leadership categorically told them (India and the US) that the land of Pakistan…
A former Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan and said "the wrong policies had increased Afghans’ hatred." Rustam Shah Momand was speaking at a day-long seminar organized by a Canada-based organization Pugwash in Islamabad on how to improve relations between…
Participants of the Pugwash Conference in Islamabad have urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their bilateral issues for the sake of cordial relations. Forcing Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan, banning visas and other facilities at Torkham, building facilities…
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (APP): Pakistan and Iran have strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack on the German Consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif that led to the loss of several lives and left more than 115 people wounded. “Pakistan conveys its deepest condolences to…
KABUL’s Qatar-based political bureau met Pakistani security officials last week ahead of possible peace parleys with the Afghan government, international media reported on Sunday. Senior figures of the movement held two rounds of clandestine negotiations with Afghanistan, which hosted direct…
KABUL on Monday for talks over issues concerning the Torkham border crossing. Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had invited Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar and and Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani to visit Pakistan and…
