The representative of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday and asked to ensure action is taken against all groups in Afghanistan that conduct terrorist attacks against Pakistan. This comes after a suicide attack on a security forces convoy in Bannu district on Sunday. According to Islamabad the attack was carried out by […]

Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has said in a meeting with the UN special envoy for Afghanistan that the country has a single, legitimate and authorized venue to discuss any international issue. During the meeting, the sides discussed deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, assistance to returnees and the recent UN report on Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

Acting Minister of Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said during a visit to Ghazni province on Sunday that Pakistan’s recent decision to expel illegal migrants has upset many people, including Afghans. Addressing a gathering in the province, he said: “Although the people and scholars of Pakistan treated the Afghans well during the two revolutions, the government’s recent decision to forcibly expel […]

Balochistan’s caretaker information minister Jan Achakzai said phase two of Islamabad’s crackdown on illegal foreigners has started and the aim is to expel at least one million undocumented migrants by January. So far, almost 350,000 illegal migrants, mostly Afghans, have left Pakistan, either voluntarily or forcibly since the government’s announcement in early October. Addressing the media early Thursday, in Quetta, […]

Afghanistan’s neighbors, along with Russia, are sustaining ties with its Taliban government under an “understanding” that they will grant it formal recognition simultaneously if certain conditions are met, a regional diplomat said Thursday. Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s special representative on Afghanistan, told an international seminar that the regionally developed approach has helped sustain the crisis-hit country economically. “There is an understanding […]

The Taliban’s acting commerce minister said he had asked Pakistan to help return the assets of expelled Afghans and discussed ways to overcome Afghanistan’s stalled banking sector transactions during a four-day visit to Islamabad this week. Acting minister Nooruddin Azizi’s arrival in the Pakistani capital marked the first public visit by a senior Taliban official since Pakistan announced its policy […]

Pakistan security forces killed four militants in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Sunday. A military statement said security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Khaisoor area of North Waziristan district, where they exchanged fire with militants. It said troops seized weapons and ammunition from the militants’ […]

The Islamic Emirate’s deputy prime minister Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi and other officials visited Spin Boldak in Kandahar on Sunday where they met with refugees who had returned from Pakistan. Hanafi, who is also head of a commission tasked to deal with problems of returning refugees, visited a number of people in their homes and held a meeting with officials […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in response to Donald Trump’s statement that the United States will regain control of Bagram Airfield, says Trump holds no political power and his words cannot be discussed. IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said they will not allow Afghanistan to once again become a field of competition between regional and world powers. “Trump is now an […]

Those two’s North-South Transport Corridor through Iran will now become the lifeline for the Afghan people and their war-torn economy. Iran and the Taliban became embroiled in a bitter dispute over water rights earlier this spring that was analyzed here at the time, which warned that these continued tensions dangerously risked dividing-and-ruling the broader region to the US’ hegemonic benefit. […]