Islamabad hands over top commanders of TTP to the Afghan Taliban
Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan were recently transferred from a military detention facility to the custody of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan were recently transferred from a military detention facility to the custody of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
In a major and significant move, a group of high-profile US Senators which includes an erstwhile presidential nominee moved on…
The Taliban is inherently an inflexible, dogmatic and puritanical phenomenon that vehemently disallows exceptions, leniencies, and accommodations. For Beijing to genuinely believe that the Taliban in its new avatar will accede to Chinese interests (like Pakistan does), is very unlike and unbecoming of the perennially wary Chinese. The societal and political dynamics within Pakistan and Afghanistan are very different
Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales had skipped a tour of Bangladesh in 2016 because of security concerns
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had mentioned some unnamed force to be working against peace in Afghanistan and urged the group to be monitored.
Since the official withdrawal of the US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan on May 1, the Taliban have intensified attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases, and checkpoints.
The officials said the freed Taliban leaders include Sheikh Abdur Rahim and Mawlawi Abdur Rashid, who had served as the insurgent group's governors of Kunar and Nimroz provinces respectively during the Taliban administration before it was deposed by the US-led forces in 2001.
The statement by the Taliban came hours after PM Imran Khan returned to Islamabad after his maiden official visit to the US where he discussed the Afghan peace process with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed to work together to end to the conflict.
From January this year, President Donald Trump has targeted Pakistan on multiple occasions. In a tweet on New Year’s Day,…
The Taliban are preparing to send a delegation for talks with US officials about ending the conflict in Afghanistan and the meeting could address a possible prisoner swap, two officials involved with the process said on Tuesday.
