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New Delhi: Amid concerns over its support to cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday (July 16, 2021) blamed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology for the stalled talks between Pakistan and India. On being asked if talks and terror can go together, the Pakistani PM told ANI, "I ...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD A top Afghan delegation, led by the country’s peace council chairman Abdullah Abdullah, departed for Qatar’s capital Doha on Friday for crucial talks with the Taliban amid ensuing violence in Afghanistan.Speaking to reporters at the Kabul Airport, Abdullah said the Taliban must realize the raging war and advances on ...

A regional conference on connectivity hosted by Uzbekistan that began on Thursday afforded external affairs minister S Jaishankar an opportunity to discuss the situation in Afghanistan with key leaders such as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. Jaishankar arrived in Tashkent after attending meetings of ...

The head of the World Trade Organization on Thursday expressed optimism about clinching a long-awaited deal to stop overfishing, but some developing states criticised the draft agreement, with India calling parts of it "unjust". The virtual conference in Geneva, the first meeting of WTO trade ...

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 ...