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 - 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 ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed disappointment over the allegations against Pakistan from the Afghan side. He said to blame Pakistan for what is happening in Afghanistan is extremely unfair. He expressed these views while addressing the conference in Tashkent on Friday. He said no country ...

Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri strongly rejected the allegations of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh against the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trying to help the Taliban. In a statement, he said that the Pakistan Air Force never communicated anything to the Afghan Air ...

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 ...

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Doha, Qatar to continue determined diplomacy in pursuit of a peace agreement between the Afghan government and Taliban. In his series of Tweets, he said the US President Joe Biden has made clear in his ...

KABUL – Indian authorities have airlifted around 50 diplomats and security personnel from Afghanistan as the Taliban capture more provinces in the war-torn country. Reports in Indian media quoting diplomatic sources said staff of the Indian embassy has been evacuated amid the deteriorating ...

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 ...