As the Taliban scramble to put up a new governance structure in Afghanistan, analysts reckon that neighboring Pakistan will carry a mixed bag of advantages and challenges under the upcoming regime in the war-torn country. They also caution that things could not be as smooth as Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has closed a key southwestern crossing point with Afghanistan, saying the closure is meant to prevent the spread of novel Covid-19 in light of the country’s top monitoring body. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Tuesday announced that cross-border movement at Torkham ...

*Taliban in a new statement has accused the United States of seeking a military presence in the region, “especially in Pakistan,” as part of its efforts to maintain surveillance in Afghanistan, warning that it will lead to “more bloodshed” in the country if it takes place.* The statement ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Foreign Office clarified on Monday there was no US military or airbase in Pakistan and no such proposal was under consideration. Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said in a press release, “Any speculation on this account was baseless and irresponsible ...

The Pakistani government has decided to establish 12 Joint Trade Markets (JBTMs) along with Afghanistan along the Durand Line, Pakistan's embassy said in a statement on Monday. The statement said that one is at Shaheedano Dand in Kurram Agency and will be open by February 2021, as a pilot ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Monday to enhance coordination among border forces amid growing incidents of deadly cross-border shelling, an Afghan official said. Deputy Foreign Minister Mirwais Naab told a press conference in the Afghan capital Kabul that the neighbors also agreed to hasten ...

KABUL - Important progress reported in Pakistan Afghanistan high level dialogues over peace process. Afghan officials and Pakistan’s deputies ministers attended the second review meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) in Kabul on Monday, discussing ...

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations, on Fiday, hailed Pakistani peacekeepers’ role in rescuing more than 2,000 people stranded in the Uvira region of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid heavy floods. A UN spokesperson said that Pakistan was among the top ...

ISLAMABAD - Entire leadership of Afghanistan including NDS stand for arrested Pakistani PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen. The arrest of the leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), Manzoor Pashteen, by Pakistani forces, has sparked anger among Afghan politicians who call it unjust and an act ...

ISLAMABAD - In a surprise former Afghan president Hamid Karzai terms Afghanistan Relations with Pakistan more important than India. As neighbours, Afghanistan link and Pakistan share close ethnic, linguistic, religious and economic ties, but their relationship is marred by military-devised ...