US: Ending war not hypocrisy
Imran Jan | Peace, they say, is basically a period after the war for the preparation of next war. Let us not imagine the next...
Afghanistan: 40 years of conflict
AFP | The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 40 years ago kicked off decades of war that endured long after the Red Army's retreat, which ended...
US envoy seeks peace deal in Taliban talks before Afghan elections
AFP | The US diplomat leading talks with the Taliban said Friday he hoped to see a peace deal in place before Afghanistan’s July presidential...
Back to square one – A bid for peace in Afghanistan
Sufian Qazi | In October 2001, after the United States carried out heavy bombing raids on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s...
Pakistan’s befitting reply to Ashraf Ghani: PTM-Afghan nexus exposed?
News Analysis | The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a self-declared rights movement, is once again in the news. As the Afghan President Mr. Ashraf Ghani...
‘Gross interference’: FM rejects Afghan president’s statement
News Analysis | Responding to the tweet of Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s president, Mr. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the foreign minister has said that Pakistan rejects such...
Taliban say Moscow talks with Afghan politicians ‘very successful’
AFP | The Taliban on Wednesday hailed unprecedented talks with Afghan politicians as "very successful", despite disagreements over women's rights and the group's demand for...
Can Iran help reach a lasting peace in Afghanistan?
Fatemeh Aman | Progress has been reported in peace talks between US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban, but without the participation of the Afghan government, it seems...
Russia sidelines Kabul regime ahead of Taliban-opposition dialogue
News Analysis | Russia has decided to snub the Afghan government in order to ensure the participation of Taliban in the scheduled dialogue between them...
Taliban take centre stage as Kabul cut out of peace talks
AFP | President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignore his overtures for peace and negotiate instead with his friends,...
Trump pushes withdrawal from ‘endless’ Afghanistan, Syria wars
AFP | Pushing back against Republican opposition, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his determination to pull US troops out of "endless wars" in Syria and...
Trump ‘serious’ about Afghan withdrawal, Taliban says
AFP | US President Donald Trump is serious about getting out of Afghanistan, the Taliban told AFP on Friday, outlining the “Islamic system” comprising “all Afghans” that...