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After Clashes at Torkham, Kabul Calls for Dialogue to Solve Tensions

By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Sept 7, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that one of Islamic Emirate soldiers was killed and two others were injured as a result of yesterday’s clashes at the Torkham crossing between the Pakistani military and the Islamic Emirate forces. Mujahid did not address the cause of the clashes, but he emphasized that tensions should be solved through dialogue. “We ask the Pakistani side to be…

Afghan FM stresses stronger dialogue with Pakistan

report in The Express Tribune, Aug 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi has stressed the need for strengthening the Pakistan-Afghanistan dialogue, particularly on issues of mutual concern. Muttaqi met with a delegation of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), which visited Afghanistan from August 21-23, 2023, a statement issued here on Thursday said. During the meeting, Acting Foreign Minister Muttaqi highlighted the notable progress registered in bilateral trade and spoke about the…

Dialogue a must for free and fair polls, says Dr Kamal Hossain

report in The Daily Star, July 16, 2023Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged the government to sit in a dialogue with all political parties immediately to make the upcoming parliamentary elections free, fair and participatory. Though it’s the constitutional right to cast vote, the country’s people have had to fight to establish their basic rights, he said. “People want to form a government through a democratic process by exercising their constitutional rights in a…

BNP not giving importance to AL leader Amu’s remark on dialogue: Fakhrul

report in Prothom Alo, Jun 8, 2023BNP is not giving importance to Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu’s remark on dialogue to resolve political deadlock over the next general election, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, he also said ruling party leaders’ contradictory comments on the talks with BNP have also manifested how the government has now become unnerved. “I don’t want to…

Dialogue not on AL’s mind at the moment

by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Jun 8, 2023The Awami League at this point is not considering talks with the BNP to solve the current political impasse over the next general elections. According to AL sources, the party believes this is not the time to invite the BNP for talks and that dialogue with the BNP will never bear any fruit as the lattar’s main demand is the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh…