ISLAMABAD, April 30 (Xinhua) — The Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul on April 19 that killed 64 people and injured nearly 375 has thwarted fresh efforts by Pakistan to broker peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent group. Pakistan’s efforts had initially convinced the Taliban to send a delegation of key political negotiators
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan April 27, 2016 The Qatar-based political office of Afghanistan’s Taliban has rejected media reports that a Taliban delegation sent to Pakistan is exploring the possibility of joining peace talks with the Afghan government. Muhammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taliban’s Qatar political office, said on April 27 that the issue
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s Taliban has confirmed it has sent a “high-level’ delegation to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials, saying it hopes the visit will have “fruitful results” and “in the interest of both countries.” A spokesman for the Islamist insurgency told VOA on Wednesday the Taliban delegation has traveled from
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 27, 2016 The Afghan Taliban claims to have sent a delegation to Pakistan for peace talks just as the Afghan government cooled to negotiations in the wake of last week’s massive bomb blast that killed 64 people in Kabul. “We are aware that Taliban delegations are in Pakistan, but we
Khaama Press: Pakistani government officials have said Islamabad is not responsible alone to bring the Afghan Taliban to peace talks table, a day after President Ghani said Afghanistan will no longer expect cooperation from the country in the Afghan peace process. A spokesman for the Foreign office of Pakistan said Islamabad does not differentiate between the terror
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A group of Taliban negotiators has arrived in Pakistan from the Islamist insurgency’s political office in Qatar for “exploratory” meetings with authorities in Islamabad, diplomatic sources confirmed Monday to VOA. The visit of the three-member Taliban delegation is part of efforts that Pakistan is “cautiously” making to facilitate
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has demanded neighboring Pakistan evict fugitive Taliban leaders from its soil and hand them over to Kabul for trial. In a hard-hitting speech to a rare joint session of parliament Monday, Ghani said Pakistani leaders promised they would use force against Taliban leaders who
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has assured neighboring Afghanistan that peace talks with the Taliban “will resume in a month” to find a peaceful end to the Afghan conflict. Taliban-led insurgent violence has spiked in Afghanistan with the onset of spring, prompting fears this year could see record levels of bloodshed across
ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Xinhua) — Pakistan said on Thursday that Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has postponed his upcoming visit to Islamabad. Abdullah’s office had earlier said that he will not travel to Pakistan after a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul Tuesday that killed nearly 70 people and injured over 300. The Afghan leader was
Khaama Press: The delegation of Hezb-e-Islami led by Ghairat Baheer have said they have put forward the party’s 25 conditions to Afghan government to join peace process, including the removal of Hekmatyar’s name from the blacklist. Hekmatyar’s name was included in the blacklist by the United Nations Security Council in 2003 for having links with the al-Qaeda