Islamabad and Kabul have agreed to restore dilly-dallied talks on the regional peace process, saying Afghan’s efforts to negotiate with the Taliban needs Pakistan’s help to be successful. Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday pledged to help arrange meetings between Afghan and Taliban representatives to find the way for bringing peace in the […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday said that the long term peace in Afghanistan was only possible through an intra-Afghan political, adding all stakeholders will have to work together to make the region peaceful. PM Ashraf, who is on his first visit to Afghanistan, said this while talking to opposition leaders. Before holding meetings […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will leave for Afghanistan to hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to find ways to ensure sustainable peace and security in the region. The cross-border attack by militants will be high on the agenda between the two leaders of neighboring countries. An official observed, “The Prime Minister is visiting […]
US President Barack Obama has named Richard G. Oslan to be the ambassador to Pakistan, assigning task them to shape highly sensitive relationships after withdrawal of allied forces from Afghanistan. Oslan, who had served US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is named envoy to Pakistan after incumbent Cameron Munter tendered his resignation from […]
Ruling out any external role in the Kashmir dispute, US President Barrack Obama welcomed bilateral dialogues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Speaking to an Indian journalist, the American President urged the two neighboring states to work together to find a solution to a dispute that had already caused three wars between them. Asking the international […]
Kabul: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) Afghan President Hamid Karzai said here today that instead of running terrorist camps, Mullah Omar should give up fighting and instead should open up a political office, run for elections and take the chance to become president of the war-torn nation. Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, who has been running […]
Jul 12 2012 | Posted in
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Cameron Munter, the outgoing US ambassador has said that the Obama administration led by was keenly interested in continual of democracy in Pakistan. While speaking to the state TV channel, the American envoy said both Washington and Islamabad wanted to work together and build people-to-people contacts. He desired that more tourists from the United States […]
Terming the resumption of NATO supply-line not only in the interest of Islamabad but also Kabul, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that the stability in the region was interlinked. While interviewing, she was of the opinion that peaceful Afghanistan was in the interest of the country. She observed, “The fundamental cause leading to difficulties […]
At least 21 people have been killed in a triple US drone strike on a compound in North Waziristan Agency on late Friday, the northwest region of the country bordering with Afghanistan. According to the officials, three unmanned US planes hurled a total of six missiles on Datta Khel village, the main town of the […]
Some analysts rightly interpreted Pakistan’s decision to resume NATO supply-line as its gift to the United States on its Independence Day. Islamabad not only restored the supply-line but also granted some crucial concessions to the US on the eve of American National Day. Interestingly, Islamabad has decided not to impose any extra transit fee on […]
After a seven-month of blockage, a couple of NATO trucks carrying supplies for allied forces crossed into Afghanistan on Thursday. On Wednesday, Islamabad allowed western countries to use its land route to supply troops battling in Afghanistan after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said sorry over the losses Pakistan army suffered in the NATO […]
Quashing rumors of a secret deal between Pakistan and the United States over resumption of NATO supply-line, Sherry Rehman termed it an important milestone in bilateral ties of the two allies. Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States (US) Sherry Rehman said this while speaking to the media a day after Islamabad resumed land route for […]
Jul 5 2012 | Posted in
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