AFGHANISTAN

‘Unwarranted’ references to Pakistan in US Senate bill inconsistent with spirit of cooperation: FO

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 29: Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said on Wednesday that “unwarranted” references to Pakistan in a bill that was recently introduced in the United States Senate was “inconsistent” with Read More

Taliban accuse US forces of violating Afghan airspace, call for upholding commitments made in Doha

KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday warned of consequences if the US did not stop flying drones over Afghan airspace. “The US has violated all international rights and laws as well Read More

US generals express concern over Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal in wake of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, SEPT 29: Top US generals are claiming that they had warned US President Joe Biden that a rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan could increase risks to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and Read More

Turkey to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan via Pakistan

ANKARA, SEPT 28: Turkey will send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan by land via Pakistan, the country’s foreign minister said. “We will send humanitarian aid (to Afghanistan). We will take it Read More

Qureshi again urges world to engage with ‘new reality’ in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 28: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has once again urged the international community to engage with the “new reality” in Afghanistan and unfreeze the country’s assets so that Read More

Pentagon chief: Afghan army collapse ‘took us all by surprise’

WASHINGTON, SEPT 28: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army‘s sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America’s longest war including corruption and damaged morale Read More