ISLAMABAD-The Afghan government has released 80 Taliban from a final batch of 400 to speed up efforts for direct talks and a lasting, nationwide ceasefire. This was stated by Afghan Government’s Spokesman for the National Security Council Javid Faisal. However, he did not say when the ...

ISLAMABAD- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release a final batch of Taliban prisoners. According to sources of the Afghan presidential palace, release of the remaining Taliban prisoners will pave the way for long-awaited peace talks to begin in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.

ISLAMABAD- China has welcomed Afghan Council of the elders and tribal leaders’ approval for release of the last batch of Taliban prisoners and said it would create favourable conditions for the intra-Afghan dialogue in Afghanistan. At regular news briefing at Beijing, Chinese Foreign ...

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan has welcomed the Afghan Loya Jirga's recommendation to release remaining 400 prisoners. In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Pakistan hopes that with implementation of this step relating to the prisoners' release, as envisaged in the ...

ISLAMABAD- Kabul,Thousands of Afghans began a three-day gathering in Kabul on Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in attacks that killed scores of Afghans and ...

ISLAMABAD-In Afghanistan, hundreds of prisoners have fled in an attack on a jail in Jalalabad city. Spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, Attaullah Khugyani has said that more than 300 prisoners were still at large.  Meanwhile, a defence ministry statement said all Islamic State ...

ISLAMABAD-United Nation has expressed concern over rise in women prisoners worldwide and their safety amid coronavirus. During a briefing to UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Head of Field Operations and Technical Cooperation at OHCHR Georgette Gagnon told that more than 700,000 women are in ...

ISLAMABAD-The Government has shared with Indian High Commission in Islamabad a list of 324 Indian prisoners in Pakistan, including 270 fishermen and 54 civil prisoners. This step is consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India, signed on 21 May 2008, ...

ISLAMBAD-Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Chaudhry Mazhar Hussain on Monday ordered to release eleven under-trials  prisoners from district jail who were involved in petty nature offenses.The Judge ordered their release on personal surety bond during his monthly visit/inspection of ...

NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan today exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that bars them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities.Both countries also exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of nationals ...