Madeeha Anwar VOA News October 30, 2018 Washington is criticizing Pakistan for ending a ban on two Islamic charity organizations the United States has designated as terrorist groups. The expiration of the ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) runs counter to Pakistan’s commitment to work with global terror watchdog Financial Action Task Force
Tolo News: A former member of the Taliban movement said the release of Mullah Baradar had been one of the group’s main demands– The release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban, from a Pakistan prison, has been met with mixed reaction in Kabul. After having been imprisoned for eight years, Baradar was
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal October 24, 2018 Islamabad has dismissed the Afghan president’s “baseless and unfounded” allegations that last week’s killing of a powerful provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan was planned in Pakistan. “No hard evidence or intelligence related information has been shared to date with Pakistan to substantiate such claims,” the Foreign Office said
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared upbeat Tuesday about the recently launched U.S.-led dialogue with the Taliban, saying it “hopefully” would lead to peace in Afghanistan and pave the way for regional economic connectivity and prosperity. Speaking at an investment conference in Saudi Arabia, Khan was referring
Ariana: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says last week’s shooting in Kandahar which killed the provincial police chief Gen. Raziq was planned in Pakistan, asking the country to hand over the plotters of the attack to Kabul. As a move to honor the general, Ghani named a police academy in the province to General Raziq and stressed that
1TV: Afghan and Pakistani forces have started battling each other over building of fence along the Durand Line at Kandahar province, the provincial police chief said Sunday. General Abdul Raziq said that the fighting between Afghan border police and Pakistani forces started in Sro Sahano area in Shorabak district. Click here to read more (external link).
Asia Times: Soured diplomatic relations and extensive monitoring along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has led to a steep fall in trade between the two countries. In the last two years, more than 70% of Afghanistan’s trade has shifted to Iran, China and India. Iran is now Afghanistan’s biggest trade partner, a position held by Pakistan before 2016. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 10, 2018 Washington’s new envoy tasked with pursuing a peaceful settlement of Afghanistan’s 17-year war is visiting Pakistan to seek help from Islamabad’s new government in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, the U.S. Embassy said. Zalmay Khalilzad, a former U.S. ambassador to Kabul, arrived in Pakistan on October
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 4, 2018 Pakistan’s foreign minister called on the the United States to restore good relations and military aid and stop blaming Islamabad for militant attacks on Afghanistan, even as he pledged to support negotiations with the Taliban to end the Afghan war. Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Washington on October 3
VOA News | October 3, 2018: Both the United States and Pakistan say they want to improve their relationship, but the war in Afghanistan remains a major obstacle. The U.S. State Department made clear that the foundation for a strong partnership between the United States and Pakistan is a partnership for peace and stability in