Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 9, 2016 Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has extended the stay for Afghan refugees in the country until March 2017, pushing back the previous deadline by three months. Sharif approved this decision at a September 9 cabinet meeting. A government statement quoted Sharif as saying that Afghan refugees were “guests”
Khaama Press: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has warned to close transit route for Pakistan to Central Asian countries as the Wagah port has been closed for the Afghan traders for import and export. President Ghani made the remarks during a meeting with the UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Owen Jenkins in Kabul. He said Afghanistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 6, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan’s military chief, General Raheel Sharif, reiterated Tuesday that peace in Afghanistan was “vital” to his country’s own interest, and he called for better management of their shared border. “We are sincerely playing our active role for peace in Afghanistan,” he told a ceremony arranged at
Nike Ching VOA News September 6, 2016 STATE DEPARTMENT — The United States on Tuesday condemned “in the strongest terms” the latest series of deadly attacks in Kabul that killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians, and it sought to reassure Afghanistan that it would work with Kabul for “a more secure, stable and
Khaama Press: The National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said there is no hope Pakistan will help Afghanistan with the peace talks with the Taliban group. During an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Atmar said “We have received messages from Pakistan as we have diplomatic relations. Our president has told them we have no hope that
Khaama Press: Pakistani authorities have claimed the suicide bomber who attacked the court in Mardan city of Pakistan was an Afghan national, in what appears to be a ‘Tit for tat’ policy to respond to Afghanistan’s growing criticisms against Pakistan to allow the Afghan militant groups, specifically the Taliban group and notorious Haqqani terrorist network leadership
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bombing attack on a court complex has killed at least 12 people and wounded about 50 others. The violence happened Friday in the city of Mardan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. District mayor Himatyat Ullah told reporters an armed attacker
Michael Hughes: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, from Indian soil on August 30, boldly promoted “trilateral” dialogue among the United States, Afghanistan and India while calling out Pakistan to abandon its pro-terror policies. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter struck a base-sharing arrangement with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar. Both moves mark a
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 1, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it reopened a busy border crossing with Afghanistan for routine traffic after Kabul apologized over the burning of the Pakistani flag by angry Afghan protesters. The southwestern Chaman crossing was closed two weeks ago after the anti-Pakistan rally on the Afghan side of the border
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan will reopen a southwestern border crossing with Afghanistan for routine traffic on Thursday after days of closure, stranding thousands of travelers and trade convoys on both sides, officials said. The Chaman border facility was closed about two weeks ago when Afghans staged an anti-Pakistan demonstration