Since clashes between the Afghan border police and Pakistani paramilitary forces resumed Monday at the Torkham crossing, a senior Pakhtun nationalist leader Asfandyar Wali Khan called on the two countries to exercise extreme cautions to put an end to the skirmishes through dialogues. Head of the Awami National Party voiced concern over clashes erupted between border forces of the two ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan was summoned in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) over a clash between the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham. MoFA said a strong protest was lodged with the Pakistani Ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain regarding the latest clash. The deputy foreign minister for administrative affairs Dr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha reminded the Pakistani ...

The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the Haqqani Network was not a simple issue and could have caused a blowback. Sartaj was speaking a joint sitting of the Senate committees on defence and foreign affairs which mainly focused on the issue of the cancellation of F-16s sale by US to Pakistan. The US congress refused to to ...

A senior Pakistani army officer has died of his wounds after he was injured during a clash with the Afghan forces in Torkham. (Dawn News Photo) According to the local media reports, the senior army officer, Major Ali jawad Changezi, died at the Combined military Hospital in Peshawar today. This is the first official confirmation of a Pakistani army officer ...

TORKHAM: Fresh clashes have reportedly among the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham, hours after a heavy clash broke out between the two sides. According to reports, the clash resumed around 4 pm local time but there are no other information available regarding the incident. The clash between the two sides erupted late on Sunday night after the Afghan forces ...

KABUL: The death anniversary of the legendary Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir was observed in Kabul today by a number of the Afghan artists, including singers and media supporters. The participants who paid tribute to the legendary singer said Ahmad Zahir will remain unique and will not be replaced by any other singer in the history of the Afghan music. Ahmad ...

KABUL: The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan and President Ghani’s Special Envoy Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz discussed regarding the latest skirmish among the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham. The Embassy of Afghanistan in Pakistan in a statement said the issue was discussed during a telephone conversation as Zakhilwal is currently in Kabul. The statement ...

KABUL: The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces in Nangarhar province has been instructed to provide support to the security posts of the Afghan border police located along the Durand Line. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces have the responsibility to defend from the national sovereignty, territorial integirty, and freedom ...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have been put on alert after clash erupted among the Afghan and Pakistani border fores in Torkham earlier tonight. National Security Council spokesman Tawab Ghorzang in an online statement said National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has reviewed reports regarding the indiscriminate move by the Pakistani forces in Torkham. Ghorzang further added ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan National Security Council has dismissed the remarks by General Raheel Sharif regarding Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Mullah Fazlullah as baseless after he claimed that the TTP leader should be targeted inside the Afghan soil. NSC spokesman Tawab Ghorzang told reporters in Kabul on Sunday that TTP fighters including Mullah Fazlullah are not in Afghanistan and Pakistan should act ...