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New tidings For AfPak

The new US Afghan policy declared in a speech by President Donald Trump on August 22 is impressive for its clarity, comprehensiveness and nuance. US seems to have learnt from its past mistakes and the deep, rigorous and long process of consultation involving all stakeholders in the US state system must have also contributed in producing a substantial policy. Surge ...

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Radical change in approach to Pakistan: US official

WASHINGTON: The United States has said it is time for Pakistan to demonstrate fully its willingness to assist America in achieving its core counterterrorism goals . “It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate fully that it is willing to assist the US in its core counterterrorism goals in the region,” a senior administration official told reporters during a conference call. Unlike in ...

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Bajwa stresses coordinated, trust based response against terrorism

KABUL: Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Javed Qamar Bajwa says Afghanistan is a brotherly country and terrorist are common enemy of the two countries, reads a statement from the army Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR). Bajwa expressed the view during a meeting with nine member Afghan media delegation which visited the army chief at Rawalpindi. According to the statement Bajwa stressed over trust based coordinated response ...

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تین ممالک کے ساتھ خراب تعلقات کی بنیاد پر ملک تنہائی کا شکار ہے، اسفندیار ولی خان

 ہمارے مسلسل مطالبات کے باوجود خارجہ پالیسی پر نظر ثانی ہوئی نہ ہی نیشنل ایکشن پلان پر عملدرآمد ہوا۔  تمام پڑوسی ممالک بالخصوص افغانستان کے ساتھ اعتماد بحال کرنے کے لئے اقدامات اٹھائے جائیں۔ پشاور ( پ ر ) عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے سربراہ اسفندیار ولی خان نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان کو دباؤ اور مشکل صورت حال کا سامنا ...

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Surrendered Taliban leader speaks of foreign intelligence role in Afghan violence

KABUL: A Taliban leader who has just joined the peace process with his fighters in eastern Nangarhar province has unveiled the role of the foreign intelligence in the ongoing violence in the country. The Taliban leader, Amir Khan famous as Zangal Pacha, joined peace process together with his six fighters. He said the foreign intelligence agencies were motivating them to ...

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Ex-Afghan intelligence chief welcomes new US strategy and approach towards Pakistan

KABUL: The former chief of the Afghan intelligence, national directorate of security, Rahmatullah Nabil welcomed the new strategy and approach by the United States towards Pakistan as part of its strategy for South Asia. “We support the new US strategy that committs to support the AFG people, continue to support ANDSF and speaking loud and clear about Pakistan’ss deceiving strategy ...

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UN envoy stresses regional cooperation to end Afghan conflict

KABUL: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, during a meeting with Pakistani officials stressed over regional cooperation to seek political solution to conflict in Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday. Tadamichi today held a meeting with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in Islamabad as part of a two-day visit to the Pakistan capital. Mr. Yamamoto, who also heads the UN’s ...

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Taliban cannot win militarily, time to join reconciliation: Gen. Nicholson

Pakistan must take decisive action against militant groups, based in its soil: U.S. Ambassador KABUL: Days after the US announced a new Afghan strategy, the top US and NATO commander in the country warned the Taliban cannot win on the battle field and it is time for them to join the peace and reconciliation process, instead of continuing to kill more ...

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د سپینه تنګی واقعه ۲۴ اګست ۱۹۳۰

د سپینه تنګی واقعه ۲۴ اګست ۱۹۳۰

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PM chairs meeting with top military brass to devise reply to Trump’s accusations

General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at a meeting held earlier this month.—File ISLAMABAD: A meeting of high-level military and political leadership is currently underway at the PM House, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, to devise a “detailed reply” to President Donald Trump’s accusation of Pakistan being a “safe haven” for terrorists. Interior ...

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