1TV: A peace plan drafted by Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation and seen by 1TV suggests an interim government which could run the country for up to three years. The draft includes also President Ashraf Ghani’s call for early election as an option. The transitional government would include a president and a prime minister
Ariana: Former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said President Ashraf Ghani has violated 80 percent of the constitution during his presidency. Zakhilwal said the Afghan peace process is a US initiative that has caused concern for Ghani. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Omar Zakhilwal, the former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, told Ariana News in an exclusive interview, that the level of violence has been noticeably reduced recently, adding that ‘the content of the peace agreement’ has been finalized between the Taliban and the USA in Doha Peace Talks and, will soon be signed. Zakhilwal said that Pakistan
Press TV February 14, 2019 The Afghan Taliban militant group says it is to meet with American representatives in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad next week for a new round of direct negotiations, which have so far excluded the Afghan government itself. The militant group said on Wednesday that separate meetings would be held in
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 29, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have denounced Afghanistan and Pakistan for planning to convene a major bilateral conference of religious scholars in a bid to declare the Afghan insurgency as un-Islamic. An Afghan delegation composed of officials and clerics is visiting Islamabad and holding talks with Pakistani counterparts to prepare
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News July 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan played a key role in the June cease-fire Afghanistan made with the Taliban designed to allow the country to celebrate the holy festival of Eid peacefully, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Islamabad said Thursday. “The recent cease-fire … I should acknowledge that Pakistan did have a role to
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 15, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — China has proposed hosting a new round of three-way talks with Pakistan and Afghanistan this month to continue with its diplomatic push in helping the two neighboring countries improve their strained bilateral ties. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing told an unofficial conference of government representatives
VOA Deewa Service December 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban, known for its extreme Islamic rule before U.S. forces ousted the group from power in Afghanistan, have largely devolved into groups of criminals and terrorists, the country’s ambassador to Pakistan says. The change is critical as Afghanistan tries to create a lasting peace after decades
1TV: Maulana Sami-ul Haq, a Pakistani cleric who is known as the Father of the Taliban, has said that there will be no peace in Afghanistan as long as U.S. forces are present in the country. “Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal have been calling upon Haq, considering him to be the
The Express Tribune (Pakistan): Afghanistan’s top diplomat in Pakistan has pledged that Kabul will not collude with New Delhi to instigate any harm on Islamabad. “Peace in Pakistan is interrelated with long-term peace in Afghanistan and in spite of relying on any other country, relations between the two countries need to be strengthened through dialogue,” Afghan