VOA News Ayaz Gul February 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s spy chief visited Pakistan Thursday for bilateral talks with his Pakistani counterparts on building mutual trust for effective intelligence sharing and counterterrorism cooperation. Intelligence sources told VOA that Masoud Andarabi, the head National Directorate of Security (NDS), met with Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar, the Director General of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 1, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s former cricket star-turned-politician, Imran Khan, is urging Afghanistan’s Taliban to negotiate a peaceful resolution to its conflict with the Kabul government. “They (the Taliban) must come to the table and they must resolve this dispute through talks and negotiations. War is never a solution. In fact, war
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Afghan military commanders agreed Saturday on better coordination and enhancing security measures at both sides of the border, officials said. Pakistan and Afghanistan have neatly 2,600 kilometers border, mostly porous, and the militants take advantage of the inaccessible and difficult terrain to move across the border. Pakistan has
Press TV / January 30, 2016 Washington has been a “willing participant” in regional decisions that led to a resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the continued US military presence is impeding peace in the country, says an international lawyer and political analyst. “Whatever other nations may think of the Taliban ethos, the only way forward
Tolo News: “This is quite laughable,” Dawlat Waziri, a defense ministry spokesman said on Monday referring to Pakistani PM’s allegations. “Taliban and al-Qaeda operate in Pakistan. Osama and Mullah Omar were found in Pakistan. The Quetta Council, Peshawar Council, Haqqani Council and Meeran Shah Council exist there in Pakistan. How can Pakistan dare to say that
Khaama Press: On numerous occasions, officials from Pakistan have accused the spy agencies of Afghanistan and India for carrying attacks in Pakistan but the country’s Prime Minister has given a different statement. Mohammad Nawaz Sharif told reporters on Sunday that Pakistan and Afghanistan have an agreement of not allowing their respective soil be used against neighbors
Khaama Press: A retired Pakistani senator Afrasiab Khattak has slammed Pakistan for allowing the Afghan Taliban to use its soil as a parallel government to Kabul besides the group has stepped up terror attacks across the country including capital Kabul during the recent months. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News / January 23, 2016 Pakistan arrested five suspects Saturday for the deadly attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda that left at least 20 people dead, 18 students and two teachers. Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, military spokesman Asim Bajwa said the suspects are charged with facilitating the assault because they provided the
VOA News January 22, 2016 The Taliban faction that has claimed responsibility for the massacre at a Pakistani university that killed 21 people earlier this week says that assault was just the beginning of more attacks to come. In a video message released on social media Friday, Khalifa Umar Mansoor, the leader of the breakaway
Press TV January 21, 2016 At least three people have been killed when a rocket fired from Afghanistan hit an area in a volatile Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border. According to officials, the rocket struck a shop in Angoor Adda Bazaar in the South Waziristan tribal district on Thursday. The area is one