1TV: At least three people were killed while seven more were injured when Pakistani military fired rockets into Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The eights rockets landed in Angoor Hada area of eastern Paktika province on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Afghan security forces also fired shots which, according to Pakistani media reports,
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 15, 2015 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—A top government official in Afghanistan revealed more than 1,300 foreign fighters linked to various regional and international terrorist groups had participated in the recent battle for control of northern city of Kunduz. “These foreign fighters came from Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and various other countries,” Afghan deputy
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 15, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s military chief General Raheel Sharif is to begin a crucial five-day visit to the United States on Monday. Officials say that “pressing issues” such as regional counterterrorism and Afghan peace efforts will top the agenda of the meetings with top American officials. General Sharif is scheduled to
Khaama Press | November 15, 2015 The Presidential Palace “ARG” says if Pakistan wants it could be a good friend of Afghanistan in peace process. Sayed Zafar Hashemi, spokesman for the Presidential Palace told reporters in Kabul that this is possible only when Pakistan targets the terrorist groups inside its territory who have waged war
Press TV | November 14, 2015 Pakistani fighter jets have pounded militant positions in the country’s volatile northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, killing at least 22 militants. A Pakistani security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Saturday that the airstrikes targeted Taliban’s positions at separate locations in North Waziristan’s Shawal area. Six militant hideouts and an
Tolo News: Mushahid Hussain Syed, the head of Pakistan’s Senate Defense Committee, told TOLOnews the Taliban is not Pakistan’s enemy and that the Afghan Taliban is not a threat to Islamabad. “Afghan Taliban is not considered as an enemy on Pakistan soil,” the senator said. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press | November 12, 2015 The First Vice President of Afghanistan Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum hinted at Pakistan for fueling violence and insurgency in the country. In his statement following a widespread demonstration in capital Kabul after the beheading of women and a child by the alleged Islamic State militants, Gen. Dostum said “It
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — At least 56,000 registered Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan so far this year with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under its largest and longest running voluntary return program, an official said Thursday. The official from the UNHCR said Pakistan is still hosting
Ariana News: A number of military analysts in relation to US diplomats visit from Islamabad say that the United States can press Pakistan to wipe out all terrorist centers from its country. Analysts noted that Pakistan is a strategic ally of America and if US wants better relation between Kabul-Islamabad, it must persuade Pakistan to
Khaama Press | November 10, 2015 Upper House of the Parliament or Meshrano Jirga says that America’s interest in Pakistan would further strengthen terrorists. Pakistan’s Chief of Army General Raheel Sharif is scheduled to pay a state visit to the United States in coming days and besides other issues he will also discuss Afghanistan’s security