Ayaz Gul VOA News July 27, 2018 Pakistan’s Election Commission said Friday former sports-celebrity-turned politician, Imran Khan, is the winner of the parliamentary election, but his party failed to win enough votes for an outright majority and will have to form a coalition government. The announcement came hours after Khan had declared his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Khaama Press: The activists of Helmand Peace March handed over a bloodstained letter to the office of the United Nations in protest to the ongoing violence in Afghanistan. The members of Helmand Peace March are saying that the letter is stained with the blood of the leader of the Peace March Iqbal Khyber and the main
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan hosted an unprecedented meeting Wednesday of heads of intelligence agencies from Russia, China and Iran to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, with particular focus on the buildup of Islamic State in turmoil-hit Afghanistan. Official sources in Islamabad confirmed to VOA that participants held detailed discussions on joint measures
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News July 8, 2018 WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia is hosting an international Muslim scholars conference on peace and stability in Afghanistan next week, Afghan officials told VOA. Delegations from 57 Islamic countries are expected to participate in the two-day conference Tuesday and Wednesday in Jeddah and Islam’s holy city of Mecca, officials of
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 July 5, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has urged the Taliban to accept the Afghan government’s unconditional offer of peace talks and rejected once again U.S. demands to single-handedly bring the insurgents’ leaders to the negotiating table. At a weekly news conference Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal reiterated Pakistan’s “full support” for
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 4, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday an American drone strike has killed a key militant commander wanted in neighboring Pakistan for terrorism. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish told VOA the attack occurred Tuesday in the volatile Kunar province next to the border with Pakistan. He would not
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 4, 2018 The United States is pushing hard to take advantage of the momentum for peace talks generated in Afghanistan due to a brief cease-fire during the Muslim holy festival of Eid last month. “I think it creates this impulse for everyone to renew their efforts to find a negotiated
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A U.S. diplomat has begun crucial meetings with officials in Pakistan to seek their cooperation in pushing Taliban insurgents to engage in peace and reconciliation talks with the Afghan government. Alice Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asia, Monday met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2018 The Pakistani government says it has granted another extension to a deadline for the forced repatriation of some 2 million Afghan refugees. The prime minister’s office on June 30 said the federal cabinet decided “to grant an interim extension of three months to the registered refugees present in