Taliban resumes attacks despite the deal
The Taliban called an abrupt end to a partial truce on Monday, just two days after signing a deal with the United States that...
Taliban return: What do Afghanis think?
Seated on a rug in their Kabul living room, three generations of men from the same family sip tea as they discuss the political...
Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan
Calls for Nobel Peace Prize for Prime Minister Imran Khan sprung up on Twitter for the success of the US-Afghan peace deal. Colossal tweets...
Did US deal meet all the demands of Taliban?
The Afghan Taliban claim that their "all demands" have been met in the recently-inked landmark peace deal with the U.S. to end the 18-year...
History of Taliban: Rise, fall and resurgence
The Taliban governed Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, imposing strict Islamic sharia law before being ousted and launching an insurgency. Here is some background on...
UN Secretary General Pakistan’s visit bearing fruit
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency welcomed the European Union’s generous humanitarian aid of €21 million for Afghan refugees and their host communities in Iran...
Taliban Deal: Credit Zalmay Khalilzad & Mullah Baradar
Taliban-US deal came down largely to two Afghan men - one working for the US, the other for the militants. Their lives have been...
War to peace: History of Afghanistan post-2001
As the United States and the Taliban ready to sign a deal aimed at eventually getting America out of Afghanistan, here are some landmark...
US and Taliban will ink a historic peace deal at Doha: Pakistan invited
Pakistan has been formally invited Pakistan to participate in the Signing Ceremony of the US-Taliban peace deal in Doha on February 29, 2020. Pakistan...
Corona virus at the gate: Pakistan on high alert
Pakistan and Afghanistan have porous borders, creaking hospitals and large illiterate populations, therefore they face a potentially devastating health crisis after the new coronavirus...
US-Taliban Deal: Qatar hopes to benefit
Providing neutral space for talks on ending Afghanistan's 18-year conflict has boosted Qatar's international profile and helped it defy a painful embargo enforced by...
Pakistan’s Position in the Shifting Political Regional Alliances
The acrimony over the disputed results of the Afghan presidential election notwithstanding, there has been a consensus within Afghanistan for the “reduction in violence”...