The Torkham border crossing remained closed to the general public and business activities for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday due to an ongoing dispute between Pakistani and Afghan border security officials. This deadlock emerged following an exchange of gunfire that took place last Wednesday, ...

Senior officials of Commerce ministries of Pakistan and Afghanistan meet at Torkham today [Monday] to discuss various important matters related to smooth movement of people and patients across the border. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Industry Abdul Razak Dawood will lead the ...

KABUL – Acting deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi reassured National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf and other members of the visiting delegation that Afghan soil would not be used against any neighbour including Pakistan. Reports in local media said Moeed Yusuf ...

ISLAMABAD — Officials in Islamabad said on Thursday that Pakistan would train Afghan aviation personnel in air traffic control and airport operations. The Afghan government requested the assistance during a recent visit of its foreign minister to Islamabad, Pakistani officials ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that restoration of peace in Afghanistan would prove beneficial for the entire region. Talking to Afghanistan’s Minister for Industry and Commerce Nisar Ahmed Faizi Ghoryani, who called on him in Islamabad, PM Imran said peace in the country ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan is pursuing a policy of return of Afghan refugees with dignity, safety and honor. He was addressing two-day Refugee Summit Islamabad on 40 years of hosting Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Monday. The Minister said peace and ...

KABUL: A US security contractor has been kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, an official confirmed Thursday, the latest instance of a foreigner being taken in the war-torn country where abductions are common. An Afghan security official with knowledge of the incident told AFP the former US Navy ...

*KABUL - Top Afghan Officials hint at releasing key Taliban Commander including Anas Haqqani.* *Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Friday said that the Afghan government is ready to release the Taliban prisoners.* *Prisoners release will help promote confidence-building measures ...

LANDI KOTAL: Afghan officials closed Pak-Afghan sharing border for 45 minutes after dispute arose between Pakistan and Afghanistan officials over shifting of patient here on Tuesday. The Pak border security official told that the untoward incident occurred when on-duty Afghan forces official, ...

A top Afghan official has acknowledged the sincerity of present Pakistani government in the peace process in Afghanistan.  In an interview with BBC, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's special envoy for regional affairs, Muhammad Umer Daudzai said the new government in Islamabad and military are ...