A number of successful Afghan students on Pakistani scholarships staged a protest rally on Monday in response to the issuance of visas by the Pakistani embassy in Kabul. The students say two months had passed their classes began…
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said no final agreement had been reached between Islamabad and Pakistani Taliban, but hoped the next round of talks would be fruitful. He made the remarks in an interview with…
Pakistan on Thursday underlined the imperative of engagement with the Taliban government to avert a civil war in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi argued a positive engagement with the Taliban was needed to avert Afghanistan’s economic collapse.…
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on Thursday that Pakistan will remain on its increased monitoring list, also called the grey list, according to Pakistani media reports on Friday. Pakistan has been on the grey list for…
Russia, China and Pakistan showed their interest to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan at a summit in Moscow, but Russia says recognizing a new Afghan government is not on the agenda. The Moscow summit on Afghanistan is expected…
Pakistan's ambassador to Kabul on Saturday said his country sent another 16 trucks carrying food and non-food items to Afghanistan for distribution among needy families. Mansoor Ahmad Khan wrote on his Twitter account that the aid was handed…
Hundreds of nomads and passengers are stranded in Agnur Ada area of Barmal district in southeastern Paktika province after being denied entry into Pakistan. Many passengers say they have legal documents but still they are not allowed by…
A number of traders say that they have suffered huge losses as result of transit problems on Chaman-Boldak route, asking for immediate solution to the issues. They say that they would stop their businesses if their problems…
The new chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) says they want to host Pakistan for a one-day series. Azizullah Fazli told AFP on Wednesday he would travel to the neighbouring country later this week to invite Pakistan…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says Afghan refugees are the biggest concern for his administration. Already hosting three million Afghan refugees, Pakistan could not afford to accept any more, the premier said in an interview on Wednesday. Khan…
Pakistan on Wednesday said it was closely follow the evolving situation in Afghanistan and noted the latest announcement about formation of interim political set-up in Kabul. In a statement the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said the move would address…
Intending to enter Pakistan, thousands of people, including families, have been stranded in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province for the past two weeks. The families, mostly from the northern and eastern provinces of the…
Pakistani ambassador in Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), have discussed recent developments in Afghanistan and future Afghan government. A statement from HIA office received by Pajhwok Afghan News stated that Mansoor…
The Biden administration has urged Pakistan to keep the Durand Line open for Afghan refugees, a media report said on Thursday. Dawn quoted a senior State Department official as saying: “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be…
Scions of Pakistan’s mainstream political parties have exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Awami National Party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Aimal Wali Khan met in Islamabad on Saturday.…
Pakistan’s top security and intelligence officials have arrived in the United States for talks on the emerging situation in Afghanistan. National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed landed in…
China and Pakistan have urged all Afghan stakeholders to agree on a comprehensive ceasefire and work together for a broad-based, inclusive and negotiated political settlement. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi issued…
KABUL (Pajhwok) Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar spoke with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi regarding the ongoing investigation into the abduction of the Afghan Ambassador’s daughter, expressing deep concern over the remarks of the Pakistani Interior Minister.…
Pakistan has postponed the Afghan Peace Conference hours after an exchange of barbs between the estranged neighbours. “New dates of the conference will be announced later,” the Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad announced on Friday. Also on Friday,…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met on the sidelines of a conference in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on Friday, the Presidential Palace said. However, no details of the meeting were shared in…
An official in the Presidential Palace on Thursday said that a planned trip of Afghan politicians to Pakistan has been delayed for an indefinite period of time. The official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
National Security Advisor Dr. HamdullahMohib has praised Pakistan Minister of Interior Sheikh Rashid over disclosing Pakistan-Taliban relations. Pakistan Minister of Interior in a “Jirga” program on GeoNewstv said that the family members of some Taliban leaders reside in…
Pakistan interior minister Sheikh Rashid has asked the Afghan Taliban not to allow Pakistani Taliban and other groups to harm the neighboring country.
Pakistan has underlined the imperative of peace in Afghanistan, saying it will benefit a lot from stability in the neighbouring country. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said: “Pakistan urges the Taliban to hold talks with…
