Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to resume talks with the Taliban to help bring peace to Afghanistan when he meets with him next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Khan told reporters Wednesday his country
1TV: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan may soon visit Afghanistan in an effort to help the peace process , a Pakistani newspaper has said. Khan’s close aides told The Nation that he had promised to play a ‘more positive’ role in the Afghan peace process during his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.
Tolo News: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan who is on a three-day visit in Washington said that he will meet with the Taliban after returning to Islamabad and that he will get the group to the negotiation table with the Afghan government. “Taliban delegation wanted to meet me few months back… It is because I always maintained
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 22, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump has held out the possibility of restoring aid to Pakistan as Islamabad is “helping us a lot now” to find a way out of the war in neighboring Afghanistan. Speaking after a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on July 22, Trump said
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 22, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that in his meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday he will stress the need for political resolution to the protracted war in Afghanistan. Khan, who is in the U.S. on a three-day official visit in a bid to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 4, 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he will visit Pakistan on June 27 in an effort to improve bilateral relations that are often hampered by mistrust and reciprocal accusations. Ghani said on June 4 that the visit was agreed on after he met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday and the two leaders discussed ongoing Afghan peace efforts, security as and bilateral economic cooperation. Afghan and Pakistani officials said Ghani accepted Khan’s invitation to visit Islamabad “for a comprehensive exchange of views on all
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 29, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced Monday a major reform plan for the “mainstreaming” of more than 30,000 Islamic seminaries, known as madrassas, amid long-running allegations some of these religious schools promote violent extremism and maintain ties to transnational terrorist networks. Islamabad is under international pressure to act against Islamist groups
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it is “highly dismayed” at the recent surge in hostilities in Afghanistan “from all sides,” warning it would harm ongoing efforts to bring peace to the war-ravaged neighboring country. Prime Minister Imran Khan issued the statement Thursday as the United States makes diplomatic efforts to
Ariana: “Now I’m not giving any advice to the Afghan government, because it would call it interference,” Khan said while speaking at a public gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistani PM added that he will pray for peace in Afghanistan, reminding that it has been 40 years since Afghans have been suffering from war. Recently, Imran Khan