VOA News January 1, 2018 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — U.S. President Donald Trump is again accusing Pakistan of sheltering terrorists whom American forces are fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. In his first Twitter message of 2018, Trump wrote, “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years,
VOA News / December 30, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says that almost 92 percent of its 2,611-kilometer largely porous frontier with Afghanistan will be fenced by end of 2018, hoping the massive unilateral undertaking will effectively address mutual complaints of militant incursions. The military-led construction effort went into action earlier this year. It has
Ayaz Gul VOA News / December 26, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Chinese diplomacy apparently has succeeded in persuading Afghanistan to begin a wide-ranging dialogue proposed by Pakistan for mending strained bilateral relations. The decision came at Tuesday’s first trilateral talks Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted in Beijing between his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts. Last month, Islamabad
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2017 At least seven civilians were killed when a roadside bomb hit their van in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, local officials said. Three others were wounded in the blast, which occurred in the district of Marja early on December 24, said Mirza Hussain Alizada, a provincial council
IBNS: The announcement has already been made by the Afghanistan Cricket Board that the country will play their first even Test match against India in 2018, the like of which has upset former Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shahryar Khan. According to Khan, Afghanistan should have played it with Pakistan. Speaking to pakpassion.net, Khan accused Afghanistan of taking
VOA Deewa Service December 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban, known for its extreme Islamic rule before U.S. forces ousted the group from power in Afghanistan, have largely devolved into groups of criminals and terrorists, the country’s ambassador to Pakistan says. The change is critical as Afghanistan tries to create a lasting peace after decades
Ayaz Gul VOA News / December 14, 2014 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed for the first time to place “liaison officers” at each other’s military headquarters for better security coordination, and Islamabad is awaiting a formal response from Kabul to its proposal for opening a wide-ranging bilateral dialogue. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal,
Press TV December 12, 2017 Afghanistan’s military is set to launch a major operation aimed at stopping the Takfiri Daesh terrorists from making inroads into the country’s northern provinces. “(The) ministry of defense is planning to launch an operation against Daesh in the northern provinces of Sari Pul, Faryab and Jowzjan,” Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri
Sarah Zaman VOA News / December 7, 2017 The Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be secured to keep terrorists from crossing “at free will,” Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. says. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told VOA Urdu in an interview that the Afghan government’s change in priorities — focusing on protecting urban areas — has given the Taliban
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 5, 2017 QUETTA, PAKISTAN — Ali Haris dreamed of getting a college degree and a well-paid job. Instead, he had to quit his education after high school. Going to Balochistan University, the only public university in the area that he could afford, would require him to travel through areas unsafe for