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Rare Initiative Underway to Promote Tension-Free Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

21st April, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 20, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Members of parliament from Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to hold a rare official dialogue next week in Kabul to find ways to promote tension-free ties between their two countries. Officials on both sides Thursday told VOA that Pakistani lawmakers will be traveling to the Afghan capital

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal |
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Death Toll From Massive US Bomb in Afghanistan Passes 90

15th April, 2017 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News April 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say the number of militants known to have been killed by a huge U.S. bomb Thursday has nearly tripled. Officials say at least 92 militants died in the blast – up from 36 reported Friday. The area is still being cleared, so the death toll

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hamid Karzai, Omar Zakhilwal |
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Landlocked Afghanistan Urges Pakistan to Open Borders

1st March, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 1, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Landlocked Afghanistan has used a regional summit to call on Pakistan to reopen formal border crossings between the two countries, saying barriers on trade, transit and the movement of people defy stated objectives of promoting economic cooperation among participating nations. Islamabad, which hosted Wednesday’s summit of the

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Move to Defuse Border Tensions

20th February, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News February 20, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan have issued conciliatory statements in an apparent attempt to defuse days of border tensions stemming from charges Afghan soil was used for masterminding last week’s terrorist attacks in Pakistani cities. Pakistani troops have been staging cross-border shelling to target what authorities claimed were camps

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Haqqani Network, ISIS/DAESH, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Dr. Abdullah, Durand Line, Omar Zakhilwal |
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Afghan Diplomat Killed In Karachi Consulate

6th February, 2017 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal February 6, 2017 A junior Afghan diplomat has been shot dead in the country’s consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in what officials described as a personal dispute. Police said a private security guard, identified as Rehmat Ullah, opened fire on the consulate’s third secretary, Muhammad Zaki Uro, in the

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal |
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Pakistan Court Denies Bail To National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’

2nd November, 2016 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 2, 2016 A Pakistani court has rejected the bail plea of an Afghan woman immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine. Sharbat Gula, whose green eyes made her famous as a child refugee, was arrested in the northwestern city of Peshawar on October 26 for allegedly living on fraudulent

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal, Sharbat Gula |
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Afghanistan expresses desire to become part of CPEC

15th October, 2016 · admin

The Express Tribune: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a great economic development project and Afghanistan has expressed desire to become a part of it. “CPEC is a great project that is equally relevant to Afghanistan, like Pakistan,” Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Omar Zakhilwal said during an interview, according to Radio Pakistan. Click here to read more

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal |
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Officials: No Evidence of IS Presence in Southern Afghanistan

15th August, 2016 · admin

VOA News Ayaz Gul August 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Local officials and foreign military commanders in Afghanistan have played down concerns Islamic State is expanding activities beyond its traditional strongholds in the east. They insist the recent killing of the local leader of IS in an American drone strike and gains by Afghan forces against the

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Nangarhar, Omar Zakhilwal, Zabul |
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Afghan envoy considers leaving office as Pakistan resumes construction near border

16th June, 2016 · admin

1TV: Afghan ambassador in Islamabad on Thursday suggested he could resign his position in protest against Pakistan’s resumption of construction near the border. Omar Zakhilwal said Wednesday’s agreement was on ceasefire and high-level talks to resolve the issue. “There was no agreement on resumption of construction by Pakistan,” he said on Facebook. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Durand Line, Omar Zakhilwal, Torkham |
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Afghanistan Disappointed in 4-Way Talks About Taliban

19th May, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Hekmat Karzai, Omar Zakhilwal |
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