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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says the United States is scheduled to meet on Monday (Dec 17) with the Afghan Taliban and that Islamabad has facilitated the dialogue at Washington’s request. “The same U.S. that had been asking us to ‘do more’ is now asking Pakistan to facilitate its talks …

The outgoing American ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says Pakistan continues to harbour terrorists that turn around and kill American soldiers, asserting that Washington should not give Islamabad even a dollar until it addresses the issue. Haley said that U.S. did not need to give money to countries …

Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the U.S. of “pushing Pakistan away” and said he would never want to have a relation with Washington where his country is treated like a “hired gun”.  “Reflecting on the two nations’ changing relationship, the Pakistani prime minister said his country would no longer …

President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah held separate talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday. According to a statement released by Ghani’s Office, during the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, the …

The European Union has announced a financial package worth 474 million euros ($535 million) in financial aid for Afghanistan during a key summit focusing on development, peace, and security in war-torn Afghanistan. The aid agreement was made on Tuesday at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. The new aid package is …

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said U.S. President Donald Trump needs to inform himself about historical facts after Trump stated that U.S. is not paying billions of dollars for Pakistan for doing nothing. In a series of statements on Twitter on Monday, Khan said “Trump’s false assertions” add insult …

Maulana Samiul Haq, Chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) who was also known as the ‘Father of the Taliban’, assassinated at his residence in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi on Friday, Geo News reported. Haq’s his family and party officials confirmed to Geo News that the senior religious scholar and former senator was “stabbed multiple times”. …

Iranian president Hassan Rohani accuses the U.S. of using psychological and economic warfare against his country, saying the United States is seeking regime change in Tehran. “In the past 40 years there has not been a more spiteful team than the current U.S. government team toward Iran, Iranians and the …

India and Russia have denounced terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and reiterated the need to combat the menace with the decisive and collective response without any double standards.  According to a joint statement in unequivocal terms, “The Sides agreed to converge their efforts to eradicate terrorist networks, their …

U.S. President Donald Trump has made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia, saying he warned Saudi Arabia’s King Salman he would not last in power “for two weeks” without the backing of the U.S. military. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they’re rich. And I love the …

In an interview to a foreign news channel, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has clarified Islamabad’s policy regarding Afghanistan. In response to the claims that some of Pakistani army and intelligence ISI were playing a double game, helping Taliban and Osama Bin Laden, the foreign minister said, “They were …

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have exchanged taunts and threats at the United Nations General Assembly during which they made powerful claims about each other in front of World leaders. Trump used his annual address to the United Nations to attack Iran’s “corrupt dictatorship,” praise last …

At least 24 people were killed and 53 others injured in an attack on a military parade in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday, Iran’s state news IRNA said. The dead and wounded were both military personnel and civilians including a journalist who were watching the parade, IRNA added. …

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday pledged to offer Pakistani citizenship to Afghans born in his country, according to local media reports. Imran Khan said that the government will issue national identity cards and passports to immigrants from Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He made the remarks during his maiden …

Pakistan lawmakers elected Arif Alvi from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party to take charge as Pakistan’s 13th President. Arif Alvi will replace President Mamnoon Hussain, who completes his five-year term on September 9. Pakistan’s elections oversight body is expected to certify the result on Wednesday. The president is elected by …

The U.S. military says it has decided to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended due to Islamabad’s perceived lack of action against militants. The Trump administration says Islamabad is granting safe haven to insurgents who are waging a 17-year-old war in neighboring Afghanistan, a charge …

The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Pakistan to take “decisive action” against all terrorists operating in the country. Pompeo has made remarks in a phone call with new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement on Thursday. The …

Official results show cricket star Imran Khan won in Pakistan’s polls but he will have to seek out allies to form a coalition government,  Associated Press reported. After a tediously slow count, Pakistan election officials Friday announced Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won 109 of the 269 seats being contested …

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Election authority chief Sadi Guven said the president “received the absolute majority of all valid votes”. Erdogan had declared himself the winner before the official results were announced. But …

India and Russia have agreed to work jointly on possibly a development project in Afghanistan, an Indian newspaper reported Thursday. The agreement comes during six hours of one-on-one conversation between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi earlier this week. According to the Indian Express, Modi proposed …