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Taliban meet with Karzai and Abdullah, Ghani says he backs talks

Posted on August 18, 2021 by News Desk

Kabul, Aug 18 (AFP/APP):The Taliban, who have pledged a different sort of rule in Afghanistan from their brutal regime two decades ago, met with former president Hamid Karzai and senior official Abdullah Abdullah Wednesday as they seek to form a government. The talks came as […]

World community should hold transformed Taliban to their assurances: Munir Akram

Posted on August 18, 2021 by News Desk

NEW YORK, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has welcomed the fact that the Taliban are giving assurances to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan and to uphold human rights of its citizens, saying the international community should hold them to that commitment. […]

Pakistan wants assurance from Taliban to not let Afghan soil used against it: President

Posted on August 17, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan would like to have similar assurance from the Taliban, as given to China and the United States, that the soil of Afghanistan would not be used against them or any other country. “We will always like […]

UN chief urges Taliban to show restraint, protect women’s right; UNSC set to meet Monday

Posted on August 16, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the the group and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.” A statement issued to the UN press corps on […]

UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive in Afghanistan, negotiate ‘in good faith’

Posted on August 14, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that Afghanistan is “spinning out of control” and urged the Taliban fighters, who are capturing huge swaths of territory, to halt its offensive so they could “negotiate in good faith.” “The message from the international […]

Pakistan brushes aside allegations of support to Taliban, says pushing for political settlement

Posted on August 13, 2021 by News Desk

NEW YORK, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram has rejected Afghan and US allegations of Pakistani support to the Taliban fighters making rapid advances across Afghanistan, saying that those claims were emanating from the “people in Kabul” trying to explain their national forces’ failure to resist […]

Pakistan to bring Turkey & Taliban face-to-face to discuss security of Kabul airport: PM

Posted on August 13, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan would use its influence on Taliban for holding direct talks with Turkey to secure the Kabul International Airport as the U.S. troops are set to exit the conflict-hit country by August 31. “We will be trying […]

FO regrets media reports misquoting FM’s remarks on Taliban, Daesh

Posted on August 2, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, The Foreign Office spokesperson on Monday regretted a certain section of media for misquoting and twisting the remarks of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the need for peace and stability in Afghanistan through an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process. FO Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri […]

Pakistan rejects Afghan vice president’s accusations against PAF supporting Taliban

Posted on July 16, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan on Friday strongly rejected the allegations of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh against the Pakistan Air Force trying to help the Taliban. The Afghan vice president Thursday had accused the PAF of warning Afghan security forces that it would retaliate against any move […]

Over 50 of Afghan’s 370 districts fell under Taliban control since May: UN official

Posted on June 23, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Amid the swift withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the top UN official in the Central Asian state told the UN Security Council Tuesday that the Taliban fighters are flexing their muscles to gain greater control of the territory “The Taliban’s advances are […]

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