AP: Thousands of Afghans gathered at the Pakistani border to return home on Tuesday as Pakistan temporarily reopened two main crossings that had been closed last month after a wave of militant attacks. The Torkham and Chaman crossings were to remain open through Wednesday for nationals from both countries with valid visas who want to return
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 6, 2017 Pakistan says overnight “terrorist” attacks from across the Afghan border have killed at least six soldiers, reiterating a call for Kabul to boost security on the Afghan side of the largely porous frontier. A military statement said Monday terrorists stormed three border posts in the Mohamand tribal district
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 4, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, on Friday ceremonially broke ground on an $81 million U.S.-funded component of a larger dam project to be built in North Waziristan, a volatile tribal region that until recently was condemned as the epicenter of global terrorism. Officials say that, once completed,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 2, 2017 A regional economic summit in Pakistan has concluded with 10 nations pledging to collectively fight the “challenge of terrorism” and push for greater collaboration on trade, energy, and infrastructure. Islamabad hosted the daylong Economic Cooperation Organization summit on March 1. “There has never been a more opportune time
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 1, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Landlocked Afghanistan has used a regional summit to call on Pakistan to reopen formal border crossings between the two countries, saying barriers on trade, transit and the movement of people defy stated objectives of promoting economic cooperation among participating nations. Islamabad, which hosted Wednesday’s summit of the
VOA News February 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has put in place extremely tight security measures in and around its capital, Islamabad, ahead of Wednesday’s regional economic cooperation summit, where presidents of Iran and Turkey will also be in attendance. The high-profile meeting of the 10-nation Economic Cooperation Organization, or ECO, has been convened at a
VOA News Naseer Ahmad Kakar February 25, 2017 WASHINGTON — When Afghan intelligence officials, assisted by international investigators, probed a terror attack last month that killed five Emirati diplomats in Kandahar, they traced the suspects to a conservative religious seminary in Pakistan. “The attack was planned in Mawlawi Ahmad Madrassa in Chaman, Quetta,” said Sediq Seddiqi,
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 25, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan disclosed Saturday that it is engaged in negotiations with Afghanistan on developing a joint “mechanism” to address mutual cross-border terrorism concerns, and both sides could formalize a deal next week. Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister’s adviser on foreign policy, told reporters in Islamabad that he will
Tolo News: Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States in response to a question on the complexity of US-Pakistan relations said if any other major threat is added to the list of five major threats to the U.S. interests, that can be Pakistan. Dunford who discussed major threats against
Tolo News: Pakistani stationed military units in areas along the Durand Line two days ago and wanted to launch a cross-border operation on Afghan territory, said Border Police Commander Colonel Mohammad Ayub Husainkhail. This planned action followed an earlier attack by insurgents on a shrine in Pakistan. Husainkhail said the Afghan forces would never allow the