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High time for Pakistan to rethink its Afghan policy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In February, a suicide squad carried out a brazen attack on the Karachi Police Office and killed five people. Earlier, the bombing of a Peshawar mosque, located in a highly secured police headquarters, killed approximately 100 personnel. There were also frequent clashes between the Taliban f
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China committed to expand dealings with Taliban in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China in mid-2021 welcomed a Taliban delegation. The country showed its willingness to recognise the Taliban as the US signalled towards its planned withdrawal. In early January 2023, a Chinese firm agreed to sign a 25-year contract for oil extraction in Afghanistan.
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Pak National Assembly divided over launching 'another operation' to elimin
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A majority of the lawmakers opposed launching another operation to eliminate terrorism and questioned the efficacy of previous operations, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan government's Afghan policy responsible for terror resurgence: PTI
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the former information minister said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari did not understand the situation in Afghanistan.
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"Those who celebrated the fall of Kabul..." Pashtun leader slams Pakistan'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dawar's tweet comes as Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the explosion in Islamabad that killed a policeman and injured six other people after a car with explosives blasted near a clinic in the federal capital, Pakistani media reported.
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Pakistani senator Farooq Naek calls for revisiting Afghan policy after sur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
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China's Afghan policy marred with ambitions to attain regional hegemony: E
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 23 (ANI): China's policy shift towards Afghanistan is a "New Great Game" in the region to use the country as a stepping-stone for broader regional strategic, economic and political endeavour and moving towards the realignment of the region's balance of power and he
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Biden playing proactive role in handling Ukraine crisis: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Having learnt lessons from the Afghanistan fiasco, US President Joe Biden is implementing an inclusive approach along with playing a proactive role in handling the Ukraine crisis.
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan raises risk of jihadist attacks in China
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China's Afghan policy after the 9/11 attacks has been focused on 'curtailing the growth of terrorists and ensuring stability to expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Afghanistan'. However, the abrupt change following the US withdrawal is likely to incre
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Choice of 'friendship and enmity' is in Pakistan's hands, says Afghan pres
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The announcement of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan will require that Pakistan make a decision on its Afghan policy -- whether to opt for cooperation or enmity with its neighbour, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said.
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'India has its own perspective on Afghanistan'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): In the backdrop of US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's remarks that India should directly talk to Taliban, sources on Thursday said New Delhi has its own perspective on Kabul and its Afghan policy will be guided by its traditional relationship with the countr
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EU, U.S. need to revisit Durand Line to end Pak terror policy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): Describing the Afghanistan-Pakistan region as the breeding ground for international terrorism, European Parliament (EP) Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki has said there is a need for the European Union and the United States to review their respective Afghan p
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