Pakistan partially revives trade ties with India
April 1, 2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistan removed a nearly two-year old ban on the import of cotton and sugar from India Wednesday amid a gradual thawing of relations between the two...
US to consult with NATO allies on Afghanistan pullout plan...
March 24, 2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a news conference at a NATO Foreign Ministers' meet...
Renewed US push for Afghan peace faces objection by Kabul
March 8, 2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
FILE - Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, bottom right, speaks during peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar,...
Attack on UN convoy near Kabul kills 5 Afghan security for...
February 13, 2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
The United Nations confirmed Thursday an attack on its convoy in Afghanistan killed at least five members of the local security force escorting it.
T...
Taliban see Ghani as 'obstacle' to Afghan peace
January 11, 2021
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By: Ayaz Gul
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with the Taliban's Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C-R) and members of his negotiating team, in the Qatari c...
US Envoy Calls for Timely Resumption of Intra-Afghan Peace...
December 16, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
The U.S. special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has asked the Taliban and representatives of the Afghan government to swiftly resum...
Pakistan, Bosnia seek interfaith dialogue to stem Islamoph...
November 5, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic (R)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran K...
Five Taliban fighters killed in airstrike, says US
October 27, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
The United States said Monday it had conducted an airstrike in central Afghanistan, killing at least five Taliban insurgents.
A military spokesman ex...
US lost $19 billion to fraud, abuse in Afghanistan
October 22, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
The United States has lost $19 billion in Afghanistan since 2002 due to “waste, fraud and abuse,” the Special Inspector General for Afghan...
Pakistan plants 500 million new trees in drive against cli...
October 7, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Houses are in a forest area of the Swat valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan says a countrywide reforestation drive is...
Pakistan unveils new ‘friendly’ visa policy for Afghanista...
October 1, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistan introduced Tuesday a new visa policy for Afghanistan to facilitate business and people-to-people contacts between the two countries.
Officia...
Pakistan prepares to free female prisoners amid calls for...
September 9, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan recently directed authorities to release hundreds of female prisoners who are awaiting trial for minor offe...
Taliban name cleric as chief negotiator for Afghan peace t...
September 7, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Afghanistan’s warring factions are set to begin their first direct peace talks early next week in Qatar amid US-led international calls for them...
Pakistan upbeat about prospects of Afghan peace talks
August 27, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistani officials and Taliban delegates meet in Islamabad, Aug. 25, 2020
Pakistan said Tuesday it was "hopeful" about prospects of US-backed pe...
Fresh Afghan violence kills 34 combatants, civilians
August 21, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Officials in Afghanistan say clashes between security forces and the Taliban insurgency, and a roadside bomb blast have killed about three dozen peopl...
Pakistan pushes back on India’s claim of 'two-front' war
July 23, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Maj Gen Amer Ahsan Nawaz, the top Pakistan military commander in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir, briefing reporters at Chirikot post, July 22, 20...
Afghan fighting rages as prisoner swap dispute remains uns...
July 22, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Taliban prisoners are released from Bagram Prison in Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2020
Fresh clashes between government forces and Talib...
China's investments in Pakistan-administered Kashmir seen...
July 18, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistan and close ally China have formally launched construction at a multibillion-dollar dam in the Pakistan-administered part of the disputed Kashm...
Taliban says it freed 845 Afghan forces, 'fully committed'...
July 17, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
The Taliban said Thursday it has already released 845 Afghan security forces under an ongoing prisoner swap with the Kabul government and is working t...
COVID cooperation, Kashmir approach show signs of improvin...
July 4, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
The United States has donated 100 medical ventilators to support Pakistan in its fight against COVID-19.
"This donation delivers on President Donald...
Pakistan, India in diplomatic feud
June 25, 2020
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By: Ayaz Gul
Pakistan on Tuesday ordered India to cut its embassy staff in Islamabad by half, just hours after New Delhi announced a similar decision.
The recipro...
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