The Nation (Pakistan): National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua has said that Afghanistan had destroyed the biometric system at the border. Addressing Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit here on Friday, Janjua said Pakistan was playing a frontline role for peace in the world, and added the country had been offering sacrifices over the
Tolo News: Pakistan considers the Afghan Taliban as its “core strategic asset” and is unlikely to abandon the insurgent group as the country’s Afghanistan policy is about “geo-strategic manoeuvring” against India, a former U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, Indian Express reported. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shekib Mustaghni, said on Wednesday at a press conference that any decision on the Durand Line will need to be made by the people living on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan de facto border. He said the fate of the Durand Line was not brought up
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 3, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Lawmakers in Afghanistan have called for stoning to death of a fellow parliament member for stating the country’s long border with Pakistan is an international boundary. Afghan commentators and newspaper editorials have also slammed the parliament member for speaking against “the national interest,” with some demanding Abdul
Tolo News: Members of Meshrano Jirga (senate) on Sunday said that the Durand Line was an imaginary line and recognizing it as an international border will not be acceptable to the people of Afghanistan. The senate’s retaliation comes a day after Abdul Latif Pedram, the leader of the National Congress Party (NCP) said his party recognizes
ISLAMABAD, April 2 (Xinhua) — At least seven Afghan nationals were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan Province Sunday afternoon, local Urdu media reported. A van carrying Afghan nationals hit into a truck coming from opposite direction in the province’s Chagai district, located near Pakistan-Iran border, the Express
Paul Alexander VOA News April 1, 2017 Pakistan’s unilateral decision to build a wall along the de facto border with Afghanistan is proving popular at home while fanning emotions on the other side that were enflamed by Islamabad’s decision to close border crossings. In both cases, the stated reason was to halt terror attacks in
1TV: Member of Parliament and Afghanistan’s National Congress Party leader Abdul Latif Pedram says his party recognizes Durand Line as an official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Our party believe and accept the Durand line is an official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Pedram said. He stressed that the debate on the Durand Line has been
The Nation (Pakistan): Voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees will resume from the 3rd of next month. UNHCR spokesman said, “The process was briefly suspended in November last year due to winter season.” Click here to read more (external link).
ISLAMABAD, March 26 (Xinhua) — Pakistani and Afghan lawmakers, former officials, members of civil society and media will hold a three-day dialogue here from Monday to explore ways to bring ties closer, organizers said on Sunday. Independent think tank the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad and the Kabul-based Women & Peace Studies