KABUL – Amid the deadly clashes between the Afghan armed forces and Taliban fighters in the war-torn country, the supreme leader of the Taliban Hibatullah Akhundzada said he ‘strenuously favours’ a political settlement to the ongoing conflict. Soon after a senior delegation of the Afghan ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday cleared the mystery surrounding the kidnapping of Afghan ambassador’s daughter and said it "was not an abduction" at all. "This is an international conspiracy. An agenda of RAW," he told a news channel on Sunday evening. ...

RAWALPINDI – A young Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom during an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in Senai Narai of the South Waziristan District, the military media wing said Sunday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the Intelligence-Based Operation was ...

Messaging and voice-over IP service WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. Presently, WhatsApp is linked to a user's phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to connect and receive messages. But the new feature will let ...

ISLAMABAD - The Afghan Peace Conference scheduled to be held in Islamabad from 17-19 July 2021 has been postponed until after Eid Al-Adha. Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri in a statement said that new dates of the conference will be announced later. Reports said that Pakistan ...

Kabul - The Taliban claimed to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan as authorities Saturday prepared to retake a key border crossing seized by the insurgents in a sweeping offensive launched as US troops pull out of the war-torn nation. Hours after President Joe Biden issued a staunch ...

Afghan soldiers have described carrying their wounded comrades across the border to Tajikistan link after being abandoned by their commanders link the Taliban seized a key border crossing. The soldiers -- part of a group of more than 1,000 who fled to Tajikistan link when the insurgents took ...

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the prospects of the two countries cooperating to support the peace process in Afghanistan, State Department spokesperson Ned price said on Friday. "Secretary of State ...

MOSCOW — The Afghan Taliban said on Friday that 85 percent of Afghanistan's territory was under their control. The Taliban claim comes as the group continues its offensive amid the US military withdrawal from the war-torn country. At a press conference in Moscow, Taliban negotiator ...

WASHINGTON – United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Friday called on the international community to engage the Afghan government and insurgents for a negotiated settlement in the war-torn country. Ads by BIDSXCHANGE Taking it to his official Twitter, Austin wrote that “The ...