The Taliban and Afghan Government's negotiators, who met in Qatar, have emphasised need to speed up the peace talks in Doha. The negotiating team representing the Afghan government said on Twitter the two sides also discussed the on-going situation in the country. The spokesman for the Taliban, ...

Yousef al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held talks on Wednesday with Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar on the reconciliation process in Afghanistan. In a statement, the Jeddah-based organization said discussions were held on the peace ...

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan's pledge to continue its efforts for maintaining peace in Afghanistan. The foreign minister met Afghan delegation, led by Chairman of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Muhammad Karim Khalili in Islamabad. Both sides expressed ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghan officials say the government has decided to hold the second round of peace negotiations with the Taliban in Doha, the same place where the first round was held. Faridoon Khawzoon, a spokesman for the Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation, the body responsible for ...

UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan has commended fresh progress in the ongoing talks in Doha aimed at ending the conflict in Afghanistan, but warned against spoilers’ ploys to undermine efforts for a peaceful settlement in the war-torn country. “Spoilers, from within or without, must not be allowed to ...

2020 At the United Nations, Pakistan has reiterated that it respects the will of Afghans as an outcome of Afghan Peace Process. Speaking at a joint virtual meeting of UN Economic and Social Council and UN Peace Building Commission, Pakistan's permanent representative to the world body Munir ...

United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that the United Nations Security Council's statement on Afghanistan peace negotiations underscores the international commitment to Afghanistan's sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and ...

ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad arrived today to discuss the matters related to Afghan peace talks with the Pakistan leadership. According to sources, Zalmay Khalilzad would hold meetings with the top political and military leaders during his ...

Karachi - Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan played a key role in the process of initiating intra-Afghan peace talks, media reported on Friday. Welcoming the start of peace process, the PM said that the people of Afghanistan had been waiting for the day for several years. He added ...

KABUL - Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a prominent Afghan mujahideen leader and head of the Hezb-e-Islami party, has said regional proxy wars have complicated the fragile yet rejuvenated peace process in Afghanistan. Addressing a meeting at party headquarters in Kabul, the veteran leader said the US has ...