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,
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 29, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are expected to hold an “icebreaking” meeting on the margins of the U.N. climate change summit that starts Monday in Paris. Pakistani officials and a group of senior Pashtun nationalist leaders, who returned Sunday from Afghanistan, told VOA that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Khaama Press November 27, 2015 The leader of Hezb-e-Islami party Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has offered conditional support to the Afghan peace process while seeking a comeback and leverage in the politics of the country. Carrying a title of the most notorious warlord for his 40 years of involvement in war and violence in the country, Hekmatyar,
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 26, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Senior Pakistani officials insist key international partners support a new push by Islamabad to resume stalled peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. But they say further progress is not possible unless Kabul supports the negotiations. Pakistan brokered and hosted a groundbreaking meeting between Taliban and
Khaama Press November 23, 2015 Sher Mohammad Abbas Stankezai who was until recently the acting head of Taliban’s political office in Qatar will stay as head of the office. According to Pakistan’s The Express Tribune News, a Taliban news source, the appointment was made by Taliban’s Supreme Leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. Abdul Salam Hanafi
Khaama Press November 22, 2015 The United States and Pakistan have agreed on resumption of peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban. According to Pakistan’s Dawn news, the understanding was reached during the recently concluded visit of Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif to the United States where he held extensive discussions with key
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
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).
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 13, 2015 ISLAMABAD—An anticipated annual winter reduction in fighting in Afghanistan has prompted international and regional partners to intensify efforts to encourage a revival of Afghan peace talks. This year’s fighting season witnessed a sharp increase in Taliban-led insurgent advances across Afghanistan since the Islamist group was ousted from power