BBC News: An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover has spoken exclusively to the BBC of her hope for a new beginning, after being deported from Pakistan. Sharbat Gula now lives with her five-year-old son and three daughters in Kabul, where she says she wants to live a normal life after years
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday spoke to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and offered intelligence cooperation to curb terrorism together, the Pakistani Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The offer came after a series of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan that killed dozens of people including five UAE diplomats
Khaama Press: The US defense secretary-designate General James Mattis has said the Taliban group is still using the Pakistani soil for insurgency in Afghanistan and the sanctuaries of the group along with the associated militant networks in the country is a key operational issue faced by Afghan forces. Click here to read more (external link). Related
AFP: Afghan officials are pushing to create a “safe zone” for Taliban insurgents in a bid to wean them away from traditional sanctuaries inside Pakistan, in a radical and contentious strategy to de-escalate the conflict. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan, Pakistan Trade Value Takes A Dive
The Wall Street Journal: A breakdown in Afghanistan’s relationship with Pakistan has driven a flood of Afghans living there to return, severely straining their war-ravaged homeland’s resources just as it is experiencing an escalation of violence. Click here to read more (external link).
TNN: Afghan authorities prohibited the entry of Pakistan nationals into Kabul without proper documents, officials said on Sunday. The move comes seven months after Islamabad introduced stringent border control measures in a bid to “prevent the movement of militants into Pakistan.” According to experts, thousands of tribesmen may bear the brunt of the policy as they
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan’s new military chief spoke to Afghan leaders Saturday and promised to work for regional peace as mutual mistrust and suspicion continued to plague bilateral ties in the outgoing year. General Qamar Javed Bajwa telephoned Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and Bajwa’s Afghan
Tolo News: An Afghanistan-Pakistan cycling event on Thursday saw the Afghanistan team scoop the top four positions. The Afghan cyclists returned home after taking part in the 167km race from Lahore city to Sahiwal district in Pakistan. Ahmad Mirzaie came in first, Hanif Shahristani second, Sayed Ali Asghar third and Rohullah Nazari fourth. Click here to
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Russia, China and Pakistan bowed to Afghan complaints Tuesday, announcing after talks in Moscow that Kabul will be invited to participate in future meetings on the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan. Afghan officials had objected to being left out of the three-way talks
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Top Foreign Ministry officials from China, Pakistan and Russia will meet in Moscow on Tuesday to review what they perceive as a “gradually growing” threat to their frontiers posed by Islamic State extremists in Afghanistan. “This is an existing forum for undertaking informal discussions on issues