The United States and Pakistan have pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation on regional security, the Foreign Office says. The agreement came at a meeting between a visiting US delegation led by Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass, and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi, After the meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, a statement from More
A delegation of Afghans based in European countries, who visited Kabul for 12 days, discussed with Taliban officials a number of issues including girls’ education and the establishment of social system. A report about the outcome of the delegation’s visit said Taliban leaders agreed with the delegation in many areas and said they had taken More
The US acting under-secretary for political affairs arrives in Islamabad today (Monday) for talks on issues of common interest, including Afghanistan. During his two-day trip, he would meet senior Pakistani officials on bilateral ties and shared regional security interests, John Bass wrote on X. On the first leg of his visit, Bass flew to Doha, More
Former central bank governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat has passed away due to his illness in the Virginia state of the United States. Abdul Shakur Waqif Hakimi, a former member of parliament from Badakhshan province, wrote on his Facebook page that Fitrat passed away on Sunday evening. He added: “He (Fitrat) had been suffering from cancer More
A senior US diplomat has embarked on a five-day trip to Qatar and Pakistan for talks on the current situation in Afghanistan, says the State Department. John Bass, America’s acting under-secretary of state for political affairs, would meet senior Qatari officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in More
The Pro-Republic Democratic Movement of Afghanistan (PDMA) has stressed negotiated settlement, establishment of a legitimate government in Afghanistan and urged that military and armed struggle did not produce meaningful results to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. In a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the PDMA stressed meaningful dialogue under constitutional order which More
Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said the issue of girls’ education belongs to the Afghans and they themselves would address it. Haqqani, who met a delegation of Afghan scholars and culturists living in in European Countries, said the government of the Islamic Emirate (IEA) did not like to listen to dictation from others about More
The Iranian government has executed four Afghan refugees, including two brothers, over drug trafficking charge in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, says a human rights group. Halvsh identified the individuals as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri , Ghulam Qadir Samani and Ibrahim Noorzai. Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers. The refugees, arrested in 2019, had More
Security forces have freed a woman locked up in a dark bathroom for ten years by her relatives in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Wednesday. Information and Culture director Maulvi Mansoor Afghan said that the 36-year-old victim Shamsia had been imprisoned in Andar district for the past 10 years. Shamsia was incarcerated in a More
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Pakistan next week for discussions on a wide range of issues, including bilateral security cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan. The two-day trip, beginning on April 22, will be his first foreign visit following Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone onslaught on Israel late on Saturday. Raisi is the first More
