Afghan Peace Process

“The last US soldier has left Kabul airport and our country gained complete independence,” Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf said, according to Al Jazeera TV.

He is present in Kandahar. He has been living there from the very beginning,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

“Prime Minister Imran Khan, earlier in his speech in Bajaur, had advised former president Ashraf Ghani to formulate a government based on consensus instead of holding elections. And now we …

“Any sustainable solution in Afghanistan must include Pakistan,” the US senator wrote on Twitter, calling the region “very complicated” and the current period “dangerous”, US Senator Lindsey Graham.

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Friday it was bracing for a possible exodus from violence-ravaged Afghanistan of up to half a million more refugees by the end of 2021. …

DG ISPR says Pakistan “ready” for all sorts of situations unfolding at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Says as of now, the situation along the border is “normal” and “under control. Says …

FM Qureshi informed President Raisi about Pakistan’s perspective on the Afghan situation and stressed the importance of adopting a coordinated approach, saying peace in Afghanistan would bring economic and political …

Besides Afghanistan, the parliamentarians will also get a briefing from the military high-ups on the situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

UK intelligence chief Richard Moore meets Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual and professional interests, intelligence and defence collaboration were discussed. …

“My heartfelt thanks to Imran Khan for Pakistan’s exceptional assistance in very difficult circumstances!” tweets IMF managing director. IMF thanks Pakistan for “safe and swift” evacuation of staff from Kabul. …