report in ToloNews, Dec 19, 2023 at 10:15 PMThe acting minister of foreign affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said he opposes the appointment of a representative of the UN for peace and reconciliation negotiations in Afghanistan. The new potential envoy was suggested by UN special coordinator for Afghanistan Feridun Sinirlioğlu in his report to the UNSC in November 2023. In a meeting with UK Chargé d’Affaires for Afghanistan Robert Chatterton Dickson, Muttaqi said the report of…
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report in the Khaama Press online, Dec 15, 2023Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. representative for Afghanistan peace, says that relations between Kabul and Islamabad are critical. On Friday, Khalilzad mentioned in a post on his social media platform X that while Pakistan accuses the Taliban of supporting the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), the Taliban administration, rejecting these claims, accuses Islamabad of supporting ISIS Khorasan. Khalilzad added that Pakistan also denies the claims of the Taliban administration.…
report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023BATTAGRAM: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that incompetent and corrupt leaders have failed to revive economy and restore peace in the country. Speaking at a public gathering here on Thursday, he said that after remaining in power, both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and member parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement had no justification to seek votes from people. He claimed that JI always strived for enforcing a corruption-free and merit-based system in…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…
by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges confronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants including Afghan refugees to leave the country or face forceful expulsion. The government took the decision after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Afghan nationals. According to a statement released…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 29, 2023During the Moscow Format meeting, the Special Representative of Russia for Afghanistan, quoting his country’s Foreign Minister, stated that without the involvement of ethnic groups in the government, peace in Afghanistan is not possible. In another part of his remarks, Mr. Kabulov noted that the Taliban has been ineffective in countering terrorist groups, notably ISIS. Mr. Kabulov expressed concern about the Taliban’s performance against ISIS in the region.…
Editorial in The Nation, Sept 8, 2023The recent closure of the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan due to clashes between their security forces is a troubling development that underscores the deteriorating relations between the two neighbouring nations. This incident not only threatens peace and stability in the region but also disrupts vital trade routes and exposes the inability of the Afghan government to maintain control over its territory. The Torkham border crossing is…
report in The News, August 05, 2023KHAR: A newly formed organization here on Friday announced to stage a sit-in for peace at Khar Bazaar on August 14 on the occasion of the Independence Day of the country. In a press release issued after the first meeting of the organization named “Da Bajaur Zwanano Tolana” said the people belonging to all segments of the society could become its members to make efforts for the restoration of…
By MEERA SRINIVASAN in The Island, June 25, 2023Accountability remains the “fundamental gap” in Sri Lanka’s attempts to deal with the past, a senior U.N. official has said while warning that “as long as impunity prevails, Sri Lanka will achieve neither genuine reconciliation nor sustainable peace.” Referring to the Sri Lankan government’s plans to set up a Truth Commission, to probe allegations of war crimes and grave human rights violations during the country’s civil war,…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, asked the Taliban authorities to advise their security forces to maintain peace and security and avoid further border conflicts. The Iranian Minister said on Wednesday that peace and security had been restored in the area following the recent incidents that occurred along the Iran-Afghanistan border, according to Tasnim News. Vahidi blamed the Taliban forces for last week’s border clashes and…