1TV: The United States has expressed support for more Indian military aid as requested by the Afghan government. India delivered four Mi-15 attack helicopters to Kabul late last year and recently Afghan government has reportedly requested more helicopters from the country. Click here to read more (external link). Related Pakistan huffs and puffs over US support for
Business Recorder: The Afghanistan Government has imposed no ban on holding of Pakistani currency in Afghanistan, the Finance Ministry said here on Monday. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 5, 2016 Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his government is using “formal and informal channels” to seek the return of seven passengers of a crashed Pakistani helicopter who were captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sharif made the comments in an August 5 statement, after the Pakistani government aircraft crash-landed
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan again brushed aside U.S. skepticism of its anti-terror efforts Thursday, saying Pakistani security forces are attacking militant groups without distinguishing between “good and bad” terrorists. The statement comes a day after the U.S. Defense Department announced it would not pay Islamabad $300 million in military reimbursements because
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 4, 2016 Officials in Islamabad say a government helicopter crash-landed in Taliban-held territory in Afghanistan on August 4 and that all passengers and crew — including a Russian navigator — were feared to have been captured by militants. DawnNews reported that a Punjab government Mi-17 helicopter had seven people aboard
Khaama Press: The provincial police chief of the southern Kandahar province General Abdul Raziq has reportedly put a ban on Pakistani Rupees in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. In the meantime the Dollar rates against the Afghani currency witnessed an unprecedented reduction in the main exchange market of Kabul city, Sarai Shahzada – Shahzada Market, today. Click
Ayaz Gul, Noor Zahid VOA News | July 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON—Authorities in Pakistan say tens of thousands of families who took refuge in Afghanistan two years ago after fleeing a Pakistani counter-militancy offensive have until Monday to register to return home. Pakistani authorities have been pushing for the families from the North Waziristan tribal region to
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghanistan has alleged for the first time that the former leader of an outlawed Pakistani militant group, who is wanted in the United States and India, is overseeing attacks by Islamic State fighters in the war-torn country. During a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani military officials in Kabul Tuesday, Afghan officials
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan plans to inaugurate its newly built gate at a busy border crossing with Afghanistan on August 1, allowing authorities to effectively monitor and discourage illegal movement in either direction, officials said Monday. Afghan objections to the construction of the gate at the Torkham crossing triggered days of
1TV: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that the state to state relations with Pakistan are bigger problem for Afghanistan than existence of terror groups such as Taliban and Al Qaeda. In an interview with Geo News, Ashraf Ghani said that there are sanctuaries and Taliban offices in Quetta “they are openly recruiting, financed and logistic supplies