Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) militant group head Mangal Bagh was killed in an IED blast in eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar Governor Ziaul Haq Amarkhel said in a tweet that Bagh was killed in a bomb blast along with his two comrades in the Achin district of the province.

On January 24, 2021, five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, including two ‘commanders’, were killed in intelligence-based operations in Mir Ali and Khesur areas of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The slain ‘commanders’ were identified as Syed Raheem and Saifullah Raheem.

President Ashraf Ghani has said that Kabul-Islamabad ties are weak and the Taliban should cut their ties with Pakistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked Pakistan and other countries with a stake in Afghanistan’s future to put pressure on the Taliban to agree to a reduction in violence, a ceasefire and to cut their ties with terrorist groups.

President Ashraf Ghani has called on the Taliban to cut ties with Pakistan. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Ghani stated that the Taliban should not have a safe haven in Pakistan either.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s foreign minister, on Thursday called on Joe Biden, the US president to follow up on the current Afghan peace process and US troops’ withdrawal from the country, reported Al Jazeera.

Pakistan said Wednesday that it had successfully test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile into the Arabian Sea, aimed at “revalidating” the weapon’s operational and technical parameters.

“The Prime Minister conveyed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Afghanistan,” the PM’s office said. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday during his meeting with Karim Khalili, the head of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in Islamabad said that “a peaceful and stable Afghanistan will open up new vistas of cooperation in trade and regional connectivity.”

Hizb-e-Wahadat-e-Islami Chairman Muhammad Karim Khalili met with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser in Islamabad on Monday and discussed the Afghan peace process among other issues. Khalili, who is leading a delegation on a three-day visit to Islamabad, has also already met with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshiis and is expected to meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, and […]

Hizb-e-Wahadat-e-Islami Chairman Muhammad Karim Khalili on Tuesday met with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and chief of army Qamar Javed Bajwa where they discussed issues of mutual interest, peace and stability in the region, and the Afghan peace process.

Taliban sources from the peace talks team said on Tuesday not all negotiators from their side have returned to Doha. This comes after peace talks officially resumed eight days ago – although the first actual meeting was only held on Saturday.