Tag Archives: Afghanistan

KABUL – Pakistan says it has been making serious and sincere efforts for facilitating intra-Afghan peace process for an inclusive political settlement. “We hope that Afghans would seize this opportunity for achieving lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan,“ said Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) on Monday. FO spokesperson, commenting on the …

MULTAN – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, hops Pakistan will soon be out of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list. “We are moving forward according to our national need and not at the behest of anyone else. The steps taken by our government against money laundering and …

KABUL – The Afghan delegation in Washington was told that the US will provide 37 Black Hawk helicopters and two A-29 Super Tucano fixed-wing attack aircraft to Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported Monday. The US officials also assured the Afghan delegation that 200 US contractors, mostly working with the military aircraft, will …

KABUL – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mohammad Qureshi said this week he is concerned about the current situation in Afghanistan and that any take over by force would not be in Afghanistan’s interest. “The world has come to the conclusion that there is no military solution for Afghanistan and that …

KABUL – Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an interview with AP on Sunday said that the US came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability and is leaving nearly 20 years later having failed at both. “The international community came here 20 years ago with this clear objective …

GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the war, violence, persecution and human rights abuses have driven nearly 3 million people to flee their homes last year, despite the Covid-19 crisis restricted movement around the world as countries closed borders and ordered closures. In its …

ANKARA – The Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said Thursday that he had a “constructive” meeting with his German counterpart in Ankara. “As we did during our visit to Berlin in February, we concluded our meeting here in a very constructive and positive manner with a unity of mutual understanding …

ISLAMABAD – Afghan political leaders, former diplomats, members of civil society, women activists and senior journalists have arrived in Pakistan for a two-day Pakistan-Afghanistan track-II dialogue, beginning on Monday amid stalemate in peace process and tension between the two countries over a series of statements by Afghan leaders. The first …

BAKU, Azerbaijan – At the 73rd plenary session of the UN General Assembly, Kazakhstan has been elected to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term of 2022-2024. Kazakhstan’s membership in the Council was supported by 180 UN Member States, Trend reports citing the press service of the Foreign …

KABUL – Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported 1,724 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,959 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported 54 deaths and 571 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. The ministry says the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is …