VOA News Ayaz Gul December 13, 2015 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began Sunday, 25 years after the inception of the project. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through
Khaama Press December 12, 2015 Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif has said they would use their influence on Taliban for the security of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. Khwaja Mohammad Asif told the BBC Urdu on Friday that TAPI project is very important for all stakeholders especially in reducing the energy crisis in Pakistan.
KABUL, Dec. 11 (Xinhua)– Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif alongside Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday once again described Afghanistan’s enemy as Pakistan’s enemy and vowed to facilitate the resumption of the stalled peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban outfit. Addressing the “Heart of Asia” Conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Pakistani
Khaama Press December 10, 2015 The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has rejected the remarks by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for calling the residents of Waziristan tribal regions ‘Pakistanis’. The office of the Former President issued a statement following President Ghani’s remarks he delivered during the Heart of Asia summit in Islamabad, the capital city
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 10, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s spy chief resigned over policy disagreements with President Ashraf Ghani, according to a copy of the resignation letter sent to the media on Thursday. The head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil, said that “unfortunately a lack of agreement on policy matters and restrictions
Khaama Press December 9, 2015 The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Rahmatullah Nabil issued an unusual statement slamming Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his remarks delivered during the Heart of Asia summit where he said the enemy of Afghanistan is Pakistan’s enemy. The message was posted on official Facebook page
Press TV December 9, 2015 Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to stop accusing each other for the Taliban-led violence that has been plaguing both countries, the Afghan foreign minister says. Salahuddin Rabbani made the remarks at a regional conference in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad where the participants plan to discuss regional issues, particularly security, political, and economic cooperation
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 9, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban are likely to resume as early as next week, Pakistani officials said Wednesday. “An internationally guaranteed and monitored peace process is likely to get underway next week,” the officials told VOA, requesting anonymity. They added Pakistan wants an international presence
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 9, 2015 ISLAMABAD—An overnight Taliban assault on a key airport in southern Afghanistan killed 37 people and wounded 35 others as clashes continued into Wednesday, Afghan and insurgent officials said. A group of at least 10 heavily armed suicide bombers wearing uniforms of Afghan security forces Tuesday night stormed the airfield in
The Australian: A letter to a dead man lay among the rocks. Pulled from the body of an Islamic State fighter by Afghan troops as they searched corpses sprawled on a rock-strewn hillside in eastern Afghanistan, it issued instructions for distributing captured weaponry. Click here to read more (external link).