KABUL will affect civilians from both countries. Kabul’s aversion to the move was renewed by Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal in an interview published on Monday. Zakhilwal was quoted as saying by Daily Times that his country backed Pakistani…
The Afghan ambassador says he has held candid talks with Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi. Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal tweeted after Tuesday’s meeting in Islamabad he had held a “delightful conversation” with the deputy…
Kabul. At a meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Afghan Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal hoped Islamabad would honour the commitments held out to Kabul. Zakhilwal conveyed this message to Chief of the Army…
KABUL Dr. Omar Zakhilwal has expressed concern over insecurity in eastern Nangarhar province, saying he will discuss the issue with President Ashraf Ghani. After the killing of a tribal elder and Wolesi Jirga candidate and four other people in a…
PESHAWAR *Pajhwok): The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan on Friday congratulated Imran Khan and his party on winning Wednesday’s general election. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal tweeted: “Congrats to Imran Khan for election victory. I have developed a close friendship resulting from his…
KABUL have been significantly reduced as a result of fruitful bilateral engagement, says the Afghan ambassador. Omar Zakhilwal, addressing the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan: Engagement for Sustainable Growth on Tuesday, appeared upbeat about Kabul's security and trade-related talks with Islamabad. He credited an…
Afghanistan to end the ongoing war. “Peace cannot be brokered under duress, but it needs good and positive intentions because there is no other way to resolve the conflict but to negotiate peace,” he said. In an interview with…
KABUL at the Islamabad airport. A senior Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official was arrested on the charge of sexually harassing an Afghan woman at the airport in Pakistan’s capital. Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, irked by the FIA…
KABUL Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has challenged the notion that Afghan forces provoked the recent deadly border clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces. Zakhilwal, who called on advisor to Pakistan prime minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday, also…
KABUL is scheduled to take place next month on easing tension in relations between the neighbors. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistan ambassador in Islamabad, told this to Afghan students studying at the Islamic International University in the Pakistani capital. One of…
Afghanistan and Islamabad. Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal issued the call at a meeting came with the JUI-F head on Friday, Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune reported o Saturday. Following a spat of deadly attacks last month, Pakistan blamed…
KABUL government. Addressing the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Islamabad, Zakhilwal said his country was fully committed to supporting the ECO VISION 2025 agenda and Islamabad Declaration. He added despite ECO’s unique position and the region’s endowment with…
KABUL calls regional economic cooperation a top priority, affirming its commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) states. Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Zakhilwal said the ECO and other regional organisations could play an important role…
KABUL. Zakhilwal made the remarks on Sunday in reaction to the removal of Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), from the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) blacklist. “On February 3, the Security Council Committee, pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and…
KABUL Islam (JUI) leader Maulana Samiul Haq. Zakhilwal met the Pakistani cleric and politician Samiul Haq at his Haqqania Darul Uloom (seminary) in Akora Khattak area of Nowshehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The ambassador wrote on his Facebook wall…
KABUL has said. Speaking at a conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal said less than five percent of trade in Central and South Asia was within the region, compared to 70% in Europe. He noted there was no…
The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad has said he is not certain the assistance from an American magazine has reached Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, seeking explanation in this regard. A resident of eastern Nangarhar province, Sharbat Bibi became famously…
The Afghan government acknowledges it has long been in contact with the Taliban as part of its quest for peace in the country. In an interview published in The News on Tuesday, Ambassador Dr. Umar Zakhilwal confirmed that…
KABUL, saying his country has once again proved it is not in the business of harboring terrorists as 'assets'. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader and former spokesman Azam Tariq was killed by Afghan special forces in southeastern Paktika province on Saturday…
KABUL Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Tuesday said Whoever burnt the flag was certainly representing neither the government nor the people of Afghanistan.’ While Afghan officials hoped Pakistan was expected to reopen the border between the two countries on Wednesday. Pakistani…
KABUL including the Peshawar school and the Bacha Khan University massacres, the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad said on Thursday. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal wrote on his Facebook page that President Ghani ordered the July 9 airstrike on Khalia Omar Mansour, aka…
