/taxonomy/term/246811 en /node/1903741/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-08-01 20:51</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Afghan investigators arrived in Islamabad late Sunday to probe an alleged assault of Afghanistan ambassador's daughter, Afghan and Pakistani officials confirmed.</p> <p> Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Afghan envoy Najibullah Alikhil, has said she was abducted in the middle of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on July 16, held for several hours and brutally attacked.</p> <p> A medical report after Alikhil was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad said she had suffered blows to her head, had rope marks on her wrists and legs and was beaten.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/08/01/2741676-745773647.jpeg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="Policemen ride past the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad on July 19, 2021. (AFP)" title="Policemen ride past the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad on July 19, 2021. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kidnapping">kidnapping</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:53:28 +0000 wasey 1903741 at /node/1854011/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-05-05 17:45</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan needs and expects Pakistan to play a meaningful role in persuading the Taliban to remain engaged in the ongoing peace process and reduce violence, the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad said on Wednesday.<br /> Violence in Afghanistan has escalated sharply in recent weeks as the Taliban have stepped up their attacks against Afghan security forces since the US postponed its troop drawdown to Sept. 11 from a May 1 deadline agreed in talks with the Taliban last year.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/05/05/2605266-350222427.jpg" width="800" height="530" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s armed forces chief, Gen. Qamar Bajwa, meets Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan, Najibullah Alikhil, at the Pakistan Army&#039;s headquarters in Rawalpindi, April 22, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Pakistan Army)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-taliban">Afghan Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-afghan-ties">Pakistan-Afghan ties</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 05 May 2021 14:51:17 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1854011 at /node/1851631/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-04-30 19:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan told Arab News on Friday that senior American, Chinese, Russian and Pakistani officials had opened consultations in Doha to “explore a way forward in the Afghan peace process.”<br /> Khan is part of the Pakistani delegation attending the meeting of the “Extended Troika on the Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan” that is held at a time when there has been no substantial progress in intra-Afghan negotiations that began last year in September.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/04/30/2598591-2090340725.jpg" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Envoys from the United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan and Taliban representatives holding a meeting on Afghan peace process in Doha, Qatar on April 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Online)" title="Envoys from the United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan and Taliban representatives holding a meeting on Afghan peace process in Doha, Qatar on April 30, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Online)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/us">US</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/china-0">China</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/russia">Russia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-peace-process">Afghan peace process</a></div></div></div> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:01:34 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1851631 at /node/1849701/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2021-04-27 11:17</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The people of Afghanistan expect Pakistan to take “serious steps” to ensure a cease-fire in their country, the Afghan president’s special envoy for Pakistan, Umer Daudzai, told Arab News on Monday after holding wide-ranging talks with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Sadiq in Kabul.<br /> The Taliban have rejected calls for a cease-fire and insist the issue will only be discussed in intra-Afghan negotiations that have hit a stalemate for months. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/04/27/2593276-1594923888.jpg" width="670" height="395" alt="" title="Mohammad Umer Daudzai looks on during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 25, 2010. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-taliban">Afghan Taliban</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:23:07 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1849701 at /node/1846081/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2021-04-20 23:57</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: A senior Taliban leader, Mullah Nek Muhammad Rehbar, was killed in Peshawar on Monday in an attack by two unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike, a police official and two Taliban leaders told Arab News.</p> <p> “A probe has been launched to determine the motive behind the incident,” the police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Arab News.</p> <p> Three others accompanying Rehbar, 35, were also injured in the attack, according to the police official.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/04/21/2583636-175302537.png" width="670" height="509" alt="" title="File photo shows Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Nek Muhammad Rehbar who was killed by two gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan on April 19, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/Nangarhar governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mullah-nek-muhammad-rehbar">Mullah Nek Muhammad Rehbar</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:05:29 +0000 Sajjadkk 1846081 at /node/1845761/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2021-04-20 11:44</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: A senior Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Nek Muhammad Rehbar was killed in Peshawar Monday afternoon by two gunmen riding a motorbike, confirmed a police official and two Taliban leaders.<br /> The slain Taliban commander looked after military deployments in Nangarhar, and his killing was also mentioned by the governor of the Afghan province Ziaulhaq Amarkhil in a Twitter post.<br /> Rehbar was scheduled to return to Afghanistan as top Taliban leaders had asked their key commanders to reach their respective areas in the war-battered country.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/04/20/2582656-1027607428.jpg" width="697" height="530" alt="" title="File photo shows Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Nek Muhammad Rehbar who was killed by two gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan on April 19, 2021. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/Nangarhar governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban-leader-killed">Taliban leader killed</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peshawar">Peshawar</a></div></div></div> Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:46:54 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1845761 at /node/1825286/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-03-14 14:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been invited to participate in next week's Moscow meeting on the Afghan peace process, the foreign office confirmed on Sunday, as sources say Islamabad's special envoy for Afghanistan will lead the Pakistani delegation.</p> <p> During the Moscow conference, which starts on Thursday, Afghan and Taliban leaders as well as representatives from China and the United States are expected to discuss a transitional power-sharing government as part of an intra-Afghan peace deal.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/14/2520311-153921135.jpg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="Participants attend the opening of the two-day talks of the Taliban and Afghan opposition representatives at the President Hotel in Moscow on February 5, 2019. (AFP/File)" title="Participants attend the opening of the two-day talks of the Taliban and Afghan opposition representatives at the President Hotel in Moscow on February 5, 2019. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-peace-process">Afghan peace process</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/peace-process">Peace process</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-dialogue">Afghan Dialogue</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 14 Mar 2021 11:53:18 +0000 wasey 1825286 at /node/1822036/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2021-03-08 18:42</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The United States special envoy on Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Monday held talks with Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the military headquarters in Rawalpindi and discussed an ongoing peace process to end the long Afghan war, the Pakistani military said.</p> <p> A statement by the Pakistan army said Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, General Austin Scott Miller, accompanied Khalilzad and both sides discussed matters of mutual interest, regional security and ongoing Afghanistan reconciliation process with Gen Bajwa. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/03/08/2511096-813955893.jpeg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="US peace envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and his delegation hold talks with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ, Rawalpindi, on November 2, 2020. (Photo courtesy: ISPR/File)" title="US peace envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and his delegation hold talks with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ, Rawalpindi, on November 2, 2020. (Photo courtesy: ISPR/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/zalmay-khalilzad">Zalmay Khalilzad</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/army-chief-qamar-javed-bajwa">Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:51:21 +0000 wasey 1822036 at /node/1817191/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-02-28 14:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s special envoy has welcomed the Pakistani military’s announcement that it would oppose the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan.<br /> The Afghan president’s special envoy for Pakistan, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, was on a three-day visit to Islamabad last week as peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have resumed in Qatar to yield a power-sharing arrangement in the country torn by a decades-long conflict.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/02/28/2497586-652617181.png" width="670" height="409" alt="" title="In this file photo, Mohammad Umer Daudzai is giving an interview to Arab News in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 9, 2019. (AN photo) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-taliban">Afghan Taliban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghan-peace-process">Afghan peace process</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban-government">Taliban government</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mohammad-umer-daudzai">Mohammad Umer Daudzai</a></div></div></div> Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:30:42 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1817191 at /node/1793741/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-01-16 21:12</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The Afghan National Security Council said on Saturday that the reduction of US forces in the country has no major impact on the security situation, as Washington announced it had met its goal of decreasing the number of troops to 2,500.</p> <p> The Pentagon confirmed the reduction of US troops on Friday in accordance with President Donald Trump administration’s November pledge to cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/01/16/2431066-1070701096.png" width="1000" height="634" alt="The Pentagon confirmed the reduction of US troops on Friday in accordance with President Donald Trump administration’s November pledge to cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January. (Reuters/File Photo)" title="The Pentagon confirmed the reduction of US troops on Friday in accordance with President Donald Trump administration’s November pledge to cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January. (Reuters/File Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kabul">Kabul</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/us">US</a></div></div></div> Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:26:06 +0000 daniel.fountain 1793741 at /node/1793611/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-01-16 14:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The Afghan National Security Council said on Saturday that the reduction of US forces in the country has no major impact on the security situation, as Washington announced it had met its goal of decreasing the number of troops to 2,500.</p> <p> The Pentagon confirmed the reduction of US troops on Friday as in accordance with President Donald Trump administration’s November pledge to sharply cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/01/16/2430741-1948319004.jpg" width="670" height="394" alt="" title="In this file photo, US troops walk at their base in Logar province, Afghanistan on Aug. 4, 2018. Taliban on Saturday denied US media reports saying that a Russian intelligence unit secretly rewarded them for targeting American troops in Afghanistan. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghan-peace-talks">Afghan Peace Talks</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:12:14 +0000 farheen.fatima 1793611 at /node/1790741/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2021-01-11 13:35</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami party of Afghanistan, Karim Khalili, arrived in Islamabad today, Monday, on a three-day visit that will focus on ongoing peace talks between the Kabul government and Taliban insurgents. <br /> Khalili’s visit is part of Pakistan’s ongoing policy to reach out to a broad base of political leaders in Afghanistan “to forge common understanding on the Afghan peace process and deepen people-to-people linkages,” the foreign office said in a curtain raiser on Sunday. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/01/11/2422601-1806886375.jpeg" width="1500" height="883" alt="Pakistan&#039;s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq receives leader of the Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami party of Afghanistan Ustad Karim Khalili at the Islamabad airport on Jan. 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy: @AmbassadorSadiq/Twitter)" title="Pakistan&#039;s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq receives leader of the Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami party of Afghanistan Ustad Karim Khalili at the Islamabad airport on Jan. 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy: @AmbassadorSadiq/Twitter)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hezb-e-wahdat">Hezb-e-wahdat</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:42:30 +0000 wasey 1790741 at /node/1789761/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/238001">Sayed Salahuddin</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-01-09 15:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has said he is going to complete his term in office, amid rumors about the establishment of an interim government in the country as part of peace negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban that have resumed in Doha, Qatar.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/01/09/2419861-372007850.jpg" width="2000" height="1179" alt="A general view shows talks between the Afghan government and Taliban in Doha on Sept. 12, 2020. (REUTERS/File)" title="A general view shows talks between the Afghan government and Taliban in Doha on Sept. 12, 2020. (REUTERS/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ashraf-ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-peace-process">Afghan peace process</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:07:11 +0000 wasey 1789761 at /node/1762646/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-11-13 20:36</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit Afghanistan next week to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries and focus on his administration’s cooperation with various Afghan factions to facilitate peace process between them, diplomatic sources said on Friday.<br /> “The visit was finalized on Friday and the prime minister will travel to Kabul on November 19,” an official, who did not want to be named since an official announcement about the trip is yet to be made, informed Arab News.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/11/13/2346421-461259356.jpg" width="2000" height="1179" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s prime minister Imran Khan and Afghan president Ashraf Ghani can be seen together during the Guard of Honor ceremony in Islamabad on 27th June, 2019. (PID/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kabul">Kabul</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:44:06 +0000 wasey 1762646 at /node/1756046/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246811">TAHIR KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-10-30 02:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The Afghan President’s Special Envoy for Pakistan Mohammed Umer Daudzai said on Wednesday that Pakistan should use its influence over the Taliban to help break a deadlock in peace talks between the insurgent group and Kabul, but warned that Islamabad should push the Taliban to support democracy.<br /> Talks between an Afghan government delegation and the Taliban have been ongoing in Doha since mid-September, but progress has been slow and rising violence has sapped trust.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/30/2327856-810081920.jpg" width="1000" height="530" alt="" title="The peace talks follow a deal in February between the USs and the Taliban. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/taliban">Taliban</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:27:46 +0000 Mahad 1756046 at