A House of Lords committee on Tuesday recommended that British troops should stay in Afghanistan until peace talks with the Taliban are over and urged the British government to shape its own policy rather than simply follow the United States.

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.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Afghan politician Mohammad Karim Khalili on Tuesday and discussed bilateral relations and the Afghan peace process.

Intra-Afghan talks have resumed after a 20-day recess amid increased attacks and assassinations in Kabul along with trepidation over what comes next. On one hand, the Afghan government must accept that calling the U.S.-Afghan relationship an “alliance” does not change the reality that it is merely a partnership with a dwindling number of shared goals. In fact, the opportunity to […]

High on the agenda is the continuing peace process between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban. A prominent Afghan Shia Muslim leader has held talks with Pakistan’s foreign minister, as that country continues to reel from the brutal killing of 10 Shia coal miners in a targeted attack in the southwest earlier this month.

“The Foreign Minister reiterated Pakistan’s consistent support for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan,” Pakistan said. Mohammad Karim Khalili, the leader of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e Islami and the former head of the High Peace Council, during a trip to Pakistan met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday.

The attack happened in PD5 of Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province. At least two female ANA soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in a gunmen attack on an army vehicle in Balkh province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.

Islamabad however does not blame Kabul for growing Daesh/ISIS activities, says army spokesman The Pakistan army on Monday alleged that the terrorist organization Daesh/ISIS is using the Afghan territories to operate against Pakistan with India’s backing.