KABUK (Pajhwok): The United States (US) has termed the release of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed a “step in the wrong direction” and said a refusal to re-arrest him would damage bilateral ties and Pakistan 's reputation around the world , a...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its stance on ending the war in neighbouring Afghanistan , calling for open-ended talks between Kabul and the Taliban . Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, said a military...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan is yet to start issuing cards to about 370,000 Afghan citizens who were recently registered across the country. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has not even printed the cards...
WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Pakistan Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif on Thursday said “the United States has already lost the war in Afghanistan , where the Taliban have gained control over a vast territory.” The United States was focusing solely on safe...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani and the Pakistan army chief have discussed issues of common interest, including the prevailing security environment in the region and the bilateral relationship. Ghani and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is expected to visit Kabul at the head of a high-level delegation in the near future, an official said on Saturday. A government official wishing anonymity told Pajhwok Afghan News...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar’s office on Friday said “there was no mention or reference to India or an Indian citizen during his meeting with the Pakistani foreign minister on 21 September in New York.” A...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis agreed on Wednesday the new US strategy offered “a fresh opportunity” for Pakistan . Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Kabul this morning...
WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has warned Pakistan of having to pay “a heavy price’ if the country did not avail his offer of a comprehensive dialogue. “What I'm offering the Pakistan government, the Pakistan security apparatus, is the...
UNITED NATIONS (Pajhwok): Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of diverting the world ’s attention from its 'longstanding failure' to take effective action against terrorist groups and sanctuaries on its territory. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid...
UNITED NATIONS (Pajhwok): Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday alleged Taliban safe havens were in Afghanistan and not in his country, saying ‘no one desires peace in Afghanistan more than Pakistan .’ “Having suffered and...
BEIJING (Pajhwok): Pakistan and China agreed that the solution to the Afghan conflict “has to be fundamentally political”, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday. Asif, who arrived in China at the start of his regional outreach for...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Pakistan army chief has signalled his country's willingness to support US efforts for peace in Afghanistan . But in the same breath, Gen. Qamar Bajwa urged the global fraternity to address Pakistan’s security concerns and...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Kabul on Tuesday welcomed BRICS powers for condemning terrorist attacks and calling for an immediate end to the violence in Afghanistan , but Islamabad rejected the grouping’s claim that militant groups in Pakistan posed a regional...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan and China have held fresh talks on regional and international efforts for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan , days after the US president unveiled his much-anticipated policy for South Asia. "Ambassador Deng...
ISLAMABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan and Pakistani journalists have demanded the creation of a joint media commission to promote closer interaction between media representatives from the neighbouring countries. The call came at a meeting at the Nawa-i-Waqt...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan on Tuesday rejected US allegations that Islamabad offers safe haven to ‘agents of chaos’, saying ‘enormous sacrifices rendered by the Pakistani nation’ in the fight against terrorism were ignored. Announcing his strategy on...
ISLAMABAD (Pajhwok): A visiting delegation of Afghan journalists on Tuesday urged the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs to increase education scholarships for Afghan students and not merge trade with politics. The Afghan journalists, who met...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan ’s National Security Committee (NSC) has vowed resolved to work at all levels with the Afghan people and government to remove bilateral irritants.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua, who visited Kabul on Tuesday and met Afghan leaders, has said there is no military solution to the Afghan conflict and the focus should be on evolving a credible political settlement...