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Six years after Pakistan’s last attempt to try and embrace estranged Baloch leaders failed, or was foiled, the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a fresh move aimed at Baloch reconciliation but critical questions will need to be answered before such an initiative can get off the ground.A ...

#Pakistan News Turkey has continued with negotiations on securing and operating Afghanistan’s Kabul airport with both the United States as well as other countries, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar stated on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in Ankara, Akar said: “There are some issues on which we have agreed with (U.S. ...

Ministry of External Affairs sources spoke to Khaleej Times on the condition of anonymity. Uncertainty over the resumption of flights from India to UAE looms large, despite the Narendra Modi administration putting its best foot forward, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources have told Khaleej Times, requesting ...

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has sought Pakistan’s help to persuade the Taliban to hold talks with authorities in Kabul as fierce fighting between Afghan and insurgent forces claim dozens of lives on a daily basis across the country. “We have great expectations from Pakistan. I hope Islamabad will persuade the Taliban ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghan and Taliban representatives are speaking of progress toward peace and promising further talks after two days of dialogue in Tehran between a senior Taliban delegation and representatives of the Kabul government. Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, called the talks that ended Thursday "substantive," tweeting: "As foreign ...

TEHRAN, Iran Iran on Wednesday, for the first time, hosted intra-Afghan talks with participation of political representatives from Kabul and high-ranking Taliban officials from the group's political office in Qatar.The Taliban side was led by Abbas Stanekzai, the head of group's political bureau in Qatar, while the Afghan side was ...

#Pakistan News "Although we (Taliban) have the upper hand on the battlefield, we are very serious about talks and dialogue," a spokesperson of the Afghan insurgent group tells Reuters. An Afghan army soldier walks past Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles that were left after the American military left Bagram ...

#Pakistan News The two nuclear neighbors will no longer have backdoor contacts to resume the long-stalled talks between India and Pakistan, the latter country's security adviser said Saturday. The contacts, according to Moeed Yusuf, have been abandoned because New Delhi failed to take any confidence-building measures, mainly the reversal ...

LBA leaders addressing a press conference at Kargil on Monday. —Excelsior/Basharat Ladakhi Excelsior CorrespondentKARGIL, June 28: Demanding separate invitation for scheduled talks with Government of India on July 1, Kargil branch of Ladakh Buddhist Association has said that the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) does not represent all in the ...

KDA meets today to take call on joint forumLegislature, Sixth Schedule demands to figure Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, June 25: After All-Party Meeting (APM) on Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh is next on the agenda and a meeting is likely to be called shortly by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs ...