Ayaz Gul VOA News April 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Television stations in Pakistan are under fire for their continued black out of peaceful rallies by an ethnic Pashtun movement against extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances of Pashtuns, particularly those living in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. The Pashtun Tahafuz (Protection) Movement organized its latest
Press TV April 8, 2018 Thousands of ethnic Pashtuns have held a massive rally in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to call for an end to abuses by police as the country’s military continues its offensive against militants across the tribal belt along the Afghan border. A senior police official estimated that about 30,000 people
PTI: The controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – the flagship project of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – is being extended to Afghanistan, a study report said today… “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative, has not only improved local infrastructure but also is extending toward Afghanistan, reducing poverty, the
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has said his official meetings with leaders in Afghanistan in the past week have helped narrow a mutual “trust deficit” and the visit will prove to be a “milestone” in promoting regional peace. Abbasi undertook a day-long visit to Kabul on
VOA News April 6, 2018 WASHINGTON — As Pakistan, Afghanistan and U.S. officials meet to discuss peace efforts, regional experts are cautioning such a plan would remain elusive until Pakistan and India agree to ease their proxy war that continues to play out in neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi traveled to Kabul
VOA News April 6, 2018 An Afghanistan-made hat known as a “Mazari hat” has been in high demand in markets across Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan since Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of a Pashtun movement, started wearing it at public rallies and protests. The red and black Mazari hat is a traditional garment worn mostly
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi visited Afghanistan Friday, where he held wide-ranging official talks with leaders in Kabul on mutual security, counterterrorism, and political and economic cooperation. Abbasi visited on the invitation of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, “in the backdrop of Pakistan’s support to Ghani’s offer
Mohammad Ahmadi Muhammad Ishtiaq VOA News April 5, 2018 WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD — Security officials in eastern Afghanistan said Pakistani army helicopters bombarded a border district Thursday, hours after firing off 600 rounds of artillery in the region over the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported. Afghanistan’s Foreign Office in a statement condemned the alleged
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal April 5, 2018 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is scheduled to travel to Afghanistan on April 6 on a landmark visit that could help ease tensions between the two neighbors. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on April 5 that Abbasi will head to Kabul for a daylong visit to
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 4, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Russia have been able to “transcend” their history of mistrust and rivalry, leading to a rapid improvement and expansion in bilateral political, military and economic ties, says Pakistani Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir. The minister, currently attending an international security conference in Moscow, told VOA prior