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Afghanistan leader Abdullah Abdullah will arrive for a three-day visit to Pakistan on Monday. As per a press release from the Foreign Office, Abdullah will be accompanied by a high level…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday had a telephonic conversation with President Ashraf Ghani to exchange views on the Afghan peace process and strengthening of…

Militants have stepped up attacks on security forces in northwest Pakistan raising fears of a revival of their insurgency and a return of lawlessness as brighter prospects for peace in…

KARACHI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that commencement of intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha is the fruit of the combined efforts of the international community. In his…

Afghanistan's government and the Taliban will meet for peace talks in Doha on Saturday in a bid to end nearly two decades of war, though a quick breakthrough seems unlikely. The US-backed…

Welcoming the announcement regarding commencement of intra-Afghan negotiations, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged leadership in Afghanistan to seize the history opportunity and secure and…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack targeting the convoy of First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh. In a tweet shortly after the attack on Wednesday,…

A Taliban Political Commission (TPC) delegation, headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called on Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday.  During the meeting, views were…

Pakistan has invited key Taliban negotiators to its capital to push for peace talks to end the conflict in neighbouring Afghanistan, Islamabad's foreign minister said Monday. The Taliban…

Afghan authorities said Friday they had started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in launching long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides. A group of 80…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the Afghan Loya Jirga’s recommendation to release remaining 400 prisoners. "We hope that with implementation of this step relating to the prisoners’…

Thousands of prominent Afghans will gather in Kabul Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in brutal attacks that killed scores of Afghans…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Ashraf Ghani exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid ul Adha 2020 on Monday, according to Radio Pakistan. "Prime Minister Imran Khan…

AFP: In a sign of peace talks coming closer between the two foes that have fought a bitter war for almost two decades, the Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners. Calm…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, China and Afghanistan reached a consensus on cooperation against COVID-19, the Afghan peace and reconciliation process and trilateral cooperation. The development…