KABUL, a statement from the Presidential Palace’s media office said on Thursday. The statement said President Ghani held a meeting with politicians and representatives of political parties at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday evening. The political figures and representatives of…
KABUL to the “edge of opportunity.” Lt. Gen. Richard J. Cripwell, deputy commander for the Resolute Support Mission, hailed President Ashraf Ghani’s call for a ceasefire over the Eid holiday as courageous. The Taliban this past weekend. Ghani extended the…
MEHTARLAM – For nearly four years, opposing clans pointed weapons at each across an almond grove set in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountain range. Nearby elementary schools were shuttered, and waterlines were riddled with bullet holes. When the snows…
China has welcomed Afghanistan and said peace was the only suitable option to end current conflict in Afghanistan, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has traveled…
KABUL. OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen, according to WAM news agency, condemned the blast in Kandahar City on May 22, which killed at least 21 people and injured many others. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the…
Pakistan to play a positive role in maintaining security in the South Asian region. National Security Advisor Nasser Khan Janjua said: “Afghanistan is a story of pains. It is a story of injuries. It is a wound of…
China says it has been making efforts in coordination with global powers to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Xin Lei, deputy head of the Asia Desk at Chinese foreign ministry, said this during a meeting with a…
The United States has once again asked Pakistan, to bring peace and stability to the region. “So, with respect to Pakistan, we have opportunities with Pakistan,” Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White told a media briefing in Washington. Pakistani…
KABUL has held talks with leadership of the Organization of Islamic Countries or OIC in Saudi Arabia besides meeting Saudi officials in Jeddah city, a source said on Friday. Led by presidential advisor and High Peace Council in resolving the…
National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said besides working to advance the peace process the government is simultaneously pursuing its counterterrorism strategy. Addressing the third “High Level Security Conference” in the Russian city of Sochi, Atmar said…
Islamabad welcomes any initiative that can bring peace and stability to Afghanistan army chief. Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, during his visit to Russia, said the entire region would benefit from efforts for stabilising…
KABUL would contribute to regional security and prosperity, the Indian foreign minister hoped on Tuesday. “This can only be achieved through political dialogue and reconciliation within the framework of the Afghan constitution,” Sushma Swaraj said. In her address to the…
Celebrating their historical and religious festival Vaisakhi, Sikhs in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday urged the Taliban militants to join the peace process as war was not a solution. The minority community began the three-day festival that marks…
Prosperity is impossible without peace in the region and the greatest contemporary threat to peace is terrorism, a top Indian diplomat said on Tuesday. Addressing the Tashkent Conference, MJ Akbar said: “Our Afghan brothers and sisters are being…
KABUL. The meeting was organized by the Coordination Center of Tribal councils of the Ministry of Tribal and Border Affairs. New tribal and border affairs minister Mohammad Shafique Gul Agha Sherzai, who attended the meeting, said war could not bring…
KABUL refusal to participate in the meeting, a media report said on Monday. “Maybe the Taliban is not well- informed and received the wrong information about the conference,” MUI’s head of international relations department, Muhyiddin Junaidi told Arab News. “We…
KABUL and politicians’ comments on the matter were their personal views. On February 28, the national unity government asserted it desired to strike a “truthful and sustainable peace deal” with the Taliban who were ready for reconciliation. However, there has…
KABUL of the Afghan government’s proposals to end the conflict. President Ashraf Ghani unfolded the strategy at the second round of a conference of officials from countries in the Kabul Process aimed at creating a platform for talks to end…
Pakistan has warmly welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of seeking peace through dialogue and understanding, promising to facilitate the realisation of the unity government’s initiative. At a meeting with Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal in Islamabad on Wednesday afternoon,…
A high-level NATO delegation visited Afghanistan from February 23 to 24 and reaffirmed their commitment to lasting peace in the war-torn country, the Resolute Support (RS) mission said on Saturday. Headed by Gen. General Curtis Scaparrotti, the supreme…
Pakhtuns have accepted the creation of Pakistan but not a life of slavery, the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief says. “We would never accept being treated as slaves,” Mahmood Khan Achakzai told a public gathering in northwestern…
The United States Friday told the UN Security Council that the status quo regarding continues terrorist safe havens in Pakistan was not acceptable and insisted that Islamabad join its efforts to bring a resolution to the conflict. “We seek to…
Pakistan has renewed its vow to continue working for peace and stability in the region despite the suspension of US security assistance. In Islamabad, the Foreign Office said on Friday: “We are determined to continue to do all…
A senior Pakistani nationalist leader has urged China to help defuse tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan believed China could play a crucial role in normalising Pak-Afghan ties. Strained relations between…
