VOA News Ayaz Gul December 8, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Representatives of Asian and other countries have gathered in Pakistan before a regional ministerial conference on Afghanistan. Pakistan is hosting Wednesday’s annual meeting of the so-called “Heart of Asia Process,” which will be jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Members and supporting countries as well
The Nation (Pakistan): The government of Afghanistan has now formally communicated to the finance minister Ishaq Dar that the Embassy as well as three Consulates General of Afghanistan have started issuing one-year multiple entry business visas to Pakistani businessmen. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana News: Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga (WJ) has urged President Ashraf Ghani to expose Pakistan’s interventions in Afghanistan’s affairs in the Heart of Asia summit. Parliament representatives demanded the Afghan government to reveal the reality of the current situation in Afghanistan to the participants of the Heart of Asia conference. Click here to read more (external
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said negotiations with Pakistan would be more effective than sitting-in for peace talks with the Taliban group. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 7, 2015 Afghan officials on December 7 confirmed that President Ashraf Ghani plans to visit Pakistan this week for a regional conference that has bolstered hopes for the revival of peace talks with the Taliban. A spokesman for Afghanistan’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, told reporters that Ghani will attend
Tolo News: Pakistan’s powerful spy agency – Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) reportedly sheltered key Taliban leaders, including the group’s reclusive leader Mullah Omar, following the U.S’s military intervention in Afghanistan in 2001, government sources have confirmed. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press December 3, 2015 Security forces have arrested six terrorists in Ghanikhil District of eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar police spokesman says five of them belong to Pakistan and one of them is a resident of Ghanikhil district who were arrested during Wednesday’s raid conducted by a special unit of Nangarhar Airfield in Saicho area.
The Nation (Pakistan): Afghanistan is hoping to improve its rocky relations with neighbouring Pakistan over the next few months as a prelude to a possible return to stalled peace talks with Taliban insurgents, President Ashraf Ghani told a French television station on Tuesday. But, Ghani warned that Pakistan must earn Kabul’s trust if Islamabad wishes
Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday said Taliban and Daesh fighters are being trained in Pakistan and then sent to Afghanistan to fight security forces. Interior Minister Noorulhaq Olomi said insurgents are recruiting the youth and are continuing their attacks on Afghanistan while giving orders from Pakistan. Click here to read more (external
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem November 30, 2015 PARIS—Leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan held an “extensive exchange” Monday in Paris, focusing on the stalled peace process in Afghanistan, according to an official statement issued by Pakistan. The meeting between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, on the sidelines of the climate summit,