Mohammad Habibzada VOA News February 19, 2018 The United States and its European allies are trying to put Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watch list for failing to comply with anti-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering regulations. They are making their case to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body that combats terrorist financing
Shahnaz Nafees VOA News February 18, 2018 WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — A security expert from the Afghan-Pakistan region said Pakistani officials are blaming unrest on Afghan refugees in a bid to divert attention from the real causes of militancy. At a security conference in the German city of Munich Saturday, Pakistan’s chief of army staff Gen. Qamar Javed
VOA News February 15, 2018 Pakistan is building a wall along its border with Afghanistan and wants U.S. President Donald Trump to help pay for it “It won’t cost them [the U.S.] much,” Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told the Bloomberg news agency. “The war is costing them much more.” Only a fraction of the
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 14, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban, in an “open letter” to the American people has called for dialogue to end the prolonged Afghan war, claiming increased U.S. military airstrikes have not “retaken even a single inch of land” from the insurgency. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, released copies of the 10-page document
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 13, 2018 The Afghan capital is hosting the regional military chiefs for a conference to discuss cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Daulat Waziri told RFE/RL that the chiefs of army staff of about 11-12 countries were attending the meeting, which he said was called by
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The outlawed Pakistani Taliban confirmed Monday its deputy chief was among several militants killed in a recent U.S. drone strike near Pakistan’s volatile border with Afghanistan. In announcing the death of Khan Said Sajna, the spokesman for the so-called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP, said the pre-dawn drone attack
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s two-day dialogue with neighboring Pakistan ended Saturday without progress on issues dividing the two countries and fueling bilateral tensions, officials said. Islamabad hosted the meeting of what is named the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity, or APAPPS. The inaugural round of the Pakistan-initiated dialogue
Bloomberg: “The [Trump] administration has been more explicit about challenging Pakistan, and the decision to withhold [military] aid conditionally is a significant departure. Unfortunately, I don’t see the case that it’s going to be decisive in changing Pakistani conduct because the amount of aid, while significant as a top-line dollar figure, is not significant from
Press TV February 10, 2018 At least six local policemen have been killed and several others wounded in a militant attack on their checkpoints in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. District police chief Amanullah, who goes by only one name, said Saturday that the assault was carried out the previous night in Nawa district. Qari Yusouf
1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday voiced support for Pashtun Long March, which is organized in Islamabad to protest against authorities’ alleged abuses against the ethnic group. The protest in Islamabad comes after last month Naqeebullah Mehsud, a model was shot in Karachi by police who claimed that he was a militant. Click here to