‘I have been a Baloch for several centuries. I have been a muslim for 1400 years. I have been a Pakistani for just over fifty’ (Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti). In 2005, Bugti sahib presented 15 point agenda and demanded justice ...
Read More »New tidings For AfPak
The new US Afghan policy declared in a speech by President Donald Trump on August 22 is impressive for its clarity, comprehensiveness and nuance. US seems to have learnt from its past mistakes and the deep, rigorous and long process ...
Read More »Radical change in approach to Pakistan: US official
WASHINGTON: The United States has said it is time for Pakistan to demonstrate fully its willingness to assist America in achieving its core counterterrorism goals . “It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate fully that it is willing to assist the US ...
Read More »Bajwa stresses coordinated, trust based response against terrorism
KABUL: Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Javed Qamar Bajwa says Afghanistan is a brotherly country and terrorist are common enemy of the two countries, reads a statement from the army Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR). Bajwa expressed the view during a meeting with nine member Afghan ...
Read More »Surrendered Taliban leader speaks of foreign intelligence role in Afghan violence
KABUL: A Taliban leader who has just joined the peace process with his fighters in eastern Nangarhar province has unveiled the role of the foreign intelligence in the ongoing violence in the country. The Taliban leader, Amir Khan famous as ...
Read More »Ex-Afghan intelligence chief welcomes new US strategy and approach towards Pakistan
KABUL: The former chief of the Afghan intelligence, national directorate of security, Rahmatullah Nabil welcomed the new strategy and approach by the United States towards Pakistan as part of its strategy for South Asia. “We support the new US strategy ...
Read More »UN envoy stresses regional cooperation to end Afghan conflict
KABUL: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, during a meeting with Pakistani officials stressed over regional cooperation to seek political solution to conflict in Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday. Tadamichi today held a meeting with Foreign ...
Read More »Taliban cannot win militarily, time to join reconciliation: Gen. Nicholson
Pakistan must take decisive action against militant groups, based in its soil: U.S. Ambassador KABUL: Days after the US announced a new Afghan strategy, the top US and NATO commander in the country warned the Taliban cannot win on the battle ...
Read More »PM chairs meeting with top military brass to devise reply to Trump’s accusations
General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at a meeting held earlier this month.—File ISLAMABAD: A meeting of high-level military and political leadership is currently underway at the PM House, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahid ...
Read More »Army won’t act against Haqqani network, says Samiul Haq
ISLAMABAD: Defence of Pakistan Council chief Maulana Samiul Haq addresses a press conference on Wednesday.—White Star ISLAMABAD: Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC) chief Maulana Samiul Haq said on Wednesday that the Pakistan Army would not take any action against the ...
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