Tolo News: Hekmat Khalil Karzai, Deputy Foreign Minister stepped down from his post on Wednesday morning citing ‘differences on foreign policies’ with the leadership of the national unity government..there are reports that Karzai will run in the upcoming Presidential Elections, but he has not mentioned this in his resignation letter. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 20, 2016 Pakistani and Afghan diplomats met in Islamabad on June 20 to discuss deadly border clashes but failed to reach an agreement about managing their border. The talks between Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and a six-member Afghan delegation, led by Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai,
VOA News / June 18, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD – Pakistan reopened the busy Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan for traffic Saturday, a week after deadly clashes between the two countries prompted the closure, stranding thousands of travelers and trade convoys on both sides. Pakistani officials say Afghans with valid travel documents are being allowed to
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem May 18, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan is showing its anger at Pakistan by downgrading its representation to the international group trying to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. Kabul says Pakistan needs to honor its commitments to take action against militant groups operating from Pakistan. The groups include the Afghan Taliban and the
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s security chief is directly blaming neighboring Pakistan’s military intelligence agency for being behind the Taliban’s expanded insurgent activities in his country. Briefing lawmakers Monday in the lower house of the national parliament, Massoud Andarabi, the acting head of the National Directorate of Security, warned that the Islamist