VOA News Ayaz Gul August 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The leaders of Afghanistan and India have vowed to continue their joint efforts to “overcome terror and extremism” facing the two nations. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the resolve Monday during a video conference inaugurating the newly-restored Storay (Star) Palace,
Tolo News: Thousands of families who have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan in the past month are in urgent need of assistance – and only a few have received any support so far. In a statement issued by Country Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Afghanistan, Kate O’Rourke said: “These people are falling between the
PTI: Pakistan has closed one of its main border point with Afghanistan after a group of Afghans staged a protest and tried to attack the crossing in the troubled Balochistan province. A large number of people had gathered near Friendship Gate at Chaman in Balochistan to celebrate Afghanistan’s national day Friday. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: Thousands of Afghan refugees in Khost province, who recently returned from north Waziristan, have said that Pakistan’s military intelligence agency (ISI) has been issuing false propaganda against Afghanistan and its people. According to one return refugee, Amir Khan: “There was propaganda in Pakistan that said the Afghan people and their government are infidels and Jihad
Forbes: Important but overlooked news this week: the U.S. command in Afghanistan has asked India to step up military aid to Afghan forces. India provided four attack helicopters to the Afghan military in Dec. 2015; the U.S. and the Afghans want more, as well as spare parts for Russian-made military equipment, to be used in part
VOA News August 13, 2016 Hasib Danish Alikozai A top Pakistani official is expressing optimism about restarting the stalled Afghan peace talks, but there are no signs that Kabul is ready to rejoin the process. Sartaj Aziz, the foreign policy adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told reporters on Friday that the peace talks,
VOA News August 13, 2016 Pakistani officials say the crew members of a Pakistani helicopter that crash landed in Afghanistan earlier this month have been released by their captors and the crew has returned home safely. A Foreign Ministry statement Saturday said “The six-member crew of Punjab government helicopter that went missing in Afghanistan on
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 12, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is calling on Afghanistan to help create a formal intelligence-sharing deal so that the countries can better address allegations that their spy agencies are involved with anti-state violence on both sides of their shared border. Pakistani prime minister’s foreign policy advisor, Sartaj Aziz, renewed the call
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 12, 2016 Pakistani officials say the Afghan Taliban has freed the seven people who were aboard a crashed Pakistani helicopter. Six Pakistanis and a Russian pilot were captured on August 4 when a Pakistani government aircraft crash-landed in the eastern Afghan province of Logar. Pakistani intelligence officials told RFE/RL that the
VOA News August 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghan security forces are making efforts to secure the safe release of the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crashed inside Afghanistan last week while flying to Russia, Pakistani officials said Thursday. “As informed by the Afghan side, the crew members are safe. The Afghan authorities have assured