by Amir Wasim in Dawn, Dec 13, 2022• JI, JUI-F lawmakers call for engaging Taliban regime through parliamentary committee• Dawar opposes talks with Afghan govt, warns of IS threatISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday informed the National Assembly that Kabul had apologised to Islamabad over Sunday’s “unprovoked attack” on a village along the Pak-Afghan border, while lawmakers called for engaging the Afghan Taliban government through a parliamentary committee. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned…
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by Zahid Hussain in Dawn, Dec 7th, 2022The writer is an author and journalist.THE attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul last week raises questions about the Taliban administration’s capacity and resolve to fight terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil. The shooting that targeted the chargé d’affaires seems to be an extension of the militants’ war on the Pakistani state. Although the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the assault, the identity of…
by Ozer Khalid in The Express Tribune, Dec 6th, 2022The writer is a senior consultant, foreign policy expert and a columnist.Pakistan’s decision-makers must reassess Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy. Despite Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent high-octane diplomatic charm offensive to Kabul and Pakistan’s outreach, there have been relentless attacks on Pakistani interests along with TTP’s unilaterally shredding the paper-tiger peace-agreement. The attack on Pakistan’s mission in Kabul, gruesomely targeting Chargé d’affaires Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, is despicable and leaves…
edit in The Nation, Dec 6, 2022Friday’s attack on the Pakistani embassy in Kabul with Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani specifically targeted shows that regardless of who is in power, the security situation in Afghanistan is much the same. We can be thankful that the honourable CdA was unhurt, but the fact that a security guard at the embassy was seriously wounded is an indication of the significance of the issue. Our diplomatic team…
Report in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2022KABUL: The Taliban regime said on Monday the attack on Pakistan’s embassy, claimed by the militant Islamic State group, was carried out with the involvement of unidentified foreign groups with intention of sowing distrust with Pakistan. In Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said they remained in active contact with the Afghan authorities and expressed the confidence that the Dec 2 incident would be fully investigated and the perpetrators and their abettors…
By Zameer Safi in ToloNews, Dec 5, 2022 at 6:24 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter that one individual was arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on the Pakistan embassy. Mujahid said that the attacker is a foreigner and a member of the Daesh group. He also said that foreigners were behind the attack and aimed to create mistrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Earlier, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran,…
By Mariana Baabar in The News, Dec 06, 2022ISLAMABAD: As expected, Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul, Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, returned to Pakistan in what the Foreign Office says was a “pre-scheduled” visit for consultations. He will be briefing the new Foreign Secretary, Dr. Asad M. Khan, who has taken charge of the Foreign Office. Immediately after, there was an announcement from Kabul today that the lone assassin who had tried to take out Nizamani…
by Imran Danish in ToloNews, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:33 PMPakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said they are expecting to work with an “interim authority” in Afghanistan to “address the challenges posed by the terrorist organizations.” He made the remarks in an interview with Al-Jazeera in response to a question asked about Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Zardari also expressed frustration over the TTP’s ongoing activities. “As far as the TTP is concerned. Absolutely, they have…
Reuters in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022KABUL: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said on Thursday they had asked the Taliban to hold a ‘credible investigation’ into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children, in northern Daikundi province. The Taliban have said that a gunfight in Daikundi between security force members and suspected armed rebels had resulted in deaths but denied that children had been killed. The UN mission (UNAMA) said it was working to establish…
Pakistan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, along with a delegation of foreign ministry and other officials, was in Kabul on Tuesday for a one-day visit to meet her Afghan counterpart and discuss a range of issues involving bilateral relations. Apart from the issues on the agenda – education, health, regional connectivity, people-to-people contact, and socio-economic cooperation, as well as cross-border trade – possibly what took most attention were the powerful optics: a…
By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Nov 28, 2002 at 8:52 PMA high-level delegation from Pakistan led by Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar is set to visit Afghanistan on Tuesday, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The delegation will hold political dialogue with the Afghan Interim Government, the statement reads. “Bilateral relations, including cooperation in the areas of education, trade and investment, regional connectivity, people-to-people contacts and matters related to regional security will…