By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal March 3, 2016 A senior Pakistani official has admitted publicly for the first time that the Afghan Taliban’s leadership is living in Pakistan. Sartaj Aziz, a top foreign affairs adviser for Pakistan’s government, said in Washington that Islamabad has considerable influence over the Taliban because “their leadership is in Pakistan and
Khaama Press: The Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during a brief visit to capital Kabul. A spokesman for Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, General Asim Bajwa, said, Gen. Sharif had a brief stop over at Kabul to meet with
Tolo News: Afghanistan is preparing to start work on the key Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project amidst four nations talks between the stakeholder countries, officials said Wednesday. Officials from the Mines and Petroleum Ministry said they have started awareness programs and assessments on social and environmental issues. “The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum [MoMP] is fully ready
Tolo News: Ahmad Zia Massoud, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative on Reform and Good Governance, in an interview with TOLO news said that there are certain circles that do not want Taliban to be suppressed in military operations. Massoud said that these circles in collusion with the Taliban do not let the security forces move from
Press TV: The CIA wasted numerous opportunities to kill Osama bin Laden before September 11, 2001, because the former al-Qaeda chief was essentially working for the US government, says Dr. Kevin Barrett, an American academic who has been studying the events of 9/11 since late 2003. Dr. Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific Panel for the
Tolo News: Around 500 people were arrested on charges of violating tenancy laws while 600 Afghan nationals were apprehended for staying illegally in the Nowshera district of Pakistan, an official said on Sunday. Pakistan media reports state that District Police Officer (DPO) Wahid Mehmood said the arrests were made during a two-day joint search operation carried out
Khaama Press: Gen. Salangi was speaking during his farewell ceremony in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) compound, a day after President Ghani nominated General Abdul Rahman Rahman to replace him as Senior Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs. He reiterated his stance towards ISI’s interference in Afghanistan by taking to his official Twitter account which he
Khaama Press: A new book authored by the wife a former operative of Pakistan’s spy agency has once again made the claim that Nawaz Sharif received money from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The book, Khalid Khawaja: Shaheed-i-Aman, is authored by Shamama Khalid, the wife of former ISI operative Khalid Khawaja. Click here to read more
Michael Hughes: Just as the spirit of rapprochement between Kabul and Islamabad is in the air on the eve of talks with the insurgency, it appears Pakistan’s military chieftains have sunk to a new nadir amid reports they are supporting Daesh, otherwise known as the Islamic State, the sworn enemy of the Taliban and Al
Khaama Press: Five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a clash and bomb blast near North Waziristan near Afghan border.According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Pakistani army’s media wing, four soldiers including an officer were killed in a clash with armed men in Shawal area of North Waziristan on Saturday.“Today ground forces surrounded a group