AFGHANISTAN

Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions seen boosting Taliban supreme leader’s position

Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions seen boosting Taliban supreme leader’s position

Shamim Shahid ISLAMABAD, MAR 10 /DNA/ – Recent cross-border clashes and diplomatic tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are being viewed by analysts as inadvertently strengthening the authority of the Taliban’s Read More

Afghan instability costs Pakistan billions in trade losses: IRS

Afghan instability costs Pakistan billions in trade losses: IRS

ISLAMABAD, MAR 4 /DNA/ – Speakers at a policy dialogue hosted by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) warned that Afghan-based insecurity and recurring border closures are inflicting multi-billion-dollar losses Read More

UN leaders calls for dialogue & diplomacy after clashes on Pak-Afghan border

UN leaders calls for dialogue & diplomacy after clashes on Pak-Afghan border

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27: Top UN officials have expressed concern over the cross-border clashes between Taliban militants and Pakistani security forces, and called for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve their Read More

Taliban regime seeks dialogue after Pakistan inflicts heavy losses in border clashes

Taliban regime seeks dialogue after Pakistan inflicts heavy losses in border clashes

ISLAMAMABAD/KABUL, FEB 27: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Friday called for dialogue with Pakistan to resolve the escalating conflict, even as Pakistani strikes hit the capital Kabul and the city Read More

ISSI roundtable discusses Afghanistan’s implications for Pakistan

ISSI roundtable discusses Afghanistan's implications for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, FEB 13 /DNA/ – The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organised a Roundtable Discussion on the “Current Situation Read More

Karzai seen as key figure for political reconciliation in Afghanistan

Karzai seen as key figure for political reconciliation in Afghanistan

Shamim shahid PESHAWAR: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to deepen, with analysts warning that prolonged hostility between Pakistan’s powerful military establishment and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban could prove damaging for Read More