Ayaz Gul VOA News February 14, 2022 ISLAMABAD — India will begin sending 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan through Pakistan next week, in rare cooperation between the two rival nations to help millions of Afghans facing severe food shortages. Islamabad agreed in November to New Delhi’s request to allow the supply of wheat through its
Ariana: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday the world needs to start engaging with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) as there is no other alternative to the IEA in Afghanistan. He said the “only option the world has right now is to engage with the Taliban (IEA) for things to move forward.” Click
8am: Pakistan’s Special Assistant on National Health Services, Dr. Faisal Sultan, has called for more Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation to eradicate the poliovirus, saying the two countries can work together to get rid of the virus. “Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where the poliovirus still exists,” he said. “Pakistan wants to help Afghanistan in
8am: Following Joe Biden’s executive order to cut Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves and release another part of the country’s funds, Pakistan’s representative to the United Nations Munir Akram said: “Half a loaf of bread is better than nothing.” Click here to read more (external link). Related US Decree on Afghan Assets Is Unjust, DAB Says
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 9, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Observers saw the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year as a strategic victory for neighboring Pakistan after years of frosty relations between Islamabad and the Western-backed government in Kabul that collapsed last August. Security concerns along the two nations’ border have since complicated the picture. Many Pakistanis
The Guardian (UK): Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with Islamabad “In the beginning, Pakistani authorities believed the Taliban would serve Pakistan’s interests and [not] allow militants to use its soil against Pakistan. But it does not seem to be the case any more,” he said, adding that the extremists were emboldened
Raza Khan via Al Jazeera: In recent months, however, signs have emerged of cracks in the otherwise amicable relations between the two. Disagreements over the demarcation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and Afghan Taliban support for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have caused tensions. If no resolution is reached on these issues, this could cause a rift
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 6, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday held wide-ranging bilateral talks with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in which they stressed the urgency of providing enhanced international aid to Afghanistan to help it avert a looming humanitarian crisis. The meeting marked the culmination of a four-day visit
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 6, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military said Sunday five of its troops were killed when militants from across the Afghan border opened fire on them. The attack, believed to be one of the deadliest such incidents in recent years, took place in the Pakistani district of Kurram on the border, the
Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 4, 2022 For years Afghanistan was seen as place of refuge for Baluch separatists seeking to evade Islamabad’s crackdown on their homeland in Pakistan. But following the return of the Islamist Taliban to power in Kabul, members of the secular groups fear they have lost their sanctuary. Some