KABUL. “No timeline for withdrawal, whatever it is there is no rush,” he told a press conference on the last day of the G7 Summit in France on Monday. However, talks between the US and Taliban representatives are ongoing in…
KABUL. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the job against terrorism was being done only by the US, some 7,000 miles away and the countries closer to Afghanistan were not putting up the fight. “At a certain…
KABUL and said they had good talks, a media report said on Monday. "Look we're there for one reason, we don't want that to be a laboratory ... It can't be a laboratory for terror. And we've stopped that we…
KABUL peace plan at his Bedminster golf resort. Besides Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford are also expected to…
KABUL. Earlier, the US president claimed if the US wants to quickly end the Afghanistan war, it could do so in just a week. But that option would result in the deaths of millions. Speaking to reporters at the White House on…
KABUL ‘as a huge insult to the Afghan people.’ President Donald Trump recently claimed he could easily win the war in Afghanistan but didn't “want to kill 10 million people”. His surprising statement came on Monday alongside Pakistan Prime Minister…
KABUL war, it could do so in just a week. But that option would result in the deaths of millions. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said he would prefer to work with Pakistan to win…
US President Donald Trump has welcomed the arrest of the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief in a terror financing case. Hafiz Saeed was arrested ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s upcoming visit to the United States for talks with…
KABUL after almost two decades, despite his desire to bring them home, In an interview aired on Monday, he said: "I've wanted to pull them out. And you know, I have pulled a lot out. We were at 16,000. We're…
Pakistan negotiations. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said an interview a breakthrough in the ongoing dialogue in Doha would pave the ground for the Khan-Trump meeting. Speaking to Urdu News, he suggested headway in the Qatar parleys was…
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…
KABUL as ‘unfortunate and ridiculous’, US President Donald Trump has said his country and its allies had made ‘great strides’ to resolve the crisis in the country. President Trump, who met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Washington, said: “I…
KABUL Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Donald Trump have held a meeting in Washington and discussed terrorism, forces readiness and fairer burden sharing within the alliance, according to a statement on Wednesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited…
KABUL with his national security team. Friday’s classified meeting on Afghanistan came hard on the heels of Kabul’s criticism of Washington for keeping it out of the loop on discussions with the Taliban. On Thursday, National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib…
KABUL, a decision opposed by Senate Republicans. Trump reiterated his plan in his State of the Union address on Tuesday -- hours after the Senate voted overwhelmingly for keeping US forces in Afghanistan. While defending his position, the president recalled…
KABUL and Syria, President Donald Trump reiterated on Sunday. “It’s time. And we’ll see what happens with the Taliban. They want peace. They’re tired. Everybody’s tired,” the president said in an interview with CBS. In case of terrorist hideouts forming…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that America, spending $50 billion a year in Afghanistan, had hit opponents so hard that they were talking peace after 18 long years. “I inherited a total mess in Syria and…
US President Donald Trump has cancelled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Afghanistan --- a move widely seen as a tit-for-tat response of the president to reschedule his State of the Union Address on January 29. “Due to…
KABUL. On Wednesday, Trump defended the Soviet aggression, saying the move was aimed at preventing terrorists from entering the former superpower from Afghanistan. In televised comments after a cabinet meeting, the American leader asserted the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to battle…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration, which is yet to formally order a drawdown in Afghanistan. Trump also told his cabinet colleagues he had ended USD1.3 billion in aid to Pakistan because it sheltered US…
KABUL in 1979, saying the move was aimed at preventing terrorists from entering the former superpower. In televised comments after a cabinet meeting, Donald Trump asserted the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to battle terrorists -- a position that the United States has…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia, Pakistan. While opposing a long-term presence of US troops in the conflict-devastated country, he claimed the former Soviet Union had collapsed due to its involvement in Afghanistan in the…
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Robert Williams, a senior intelligence officer with considerable expertise on Afghanistan, as assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs. The White House said on Wednesday Williams, for more than 20 years,…
Islamabad’s assistance in Afghan peace process is “fundamental” to building an enduring US-Pak partnership, US President Donald Trump in a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said. Requested Islamabad’s full support for the US-led Afghan peace process,…
