The Pakistan army on Tuesday urged the Afghan government to dismantle what it called the " sanctuaries of the Pakistani Taliban leadership" on its side of the border for the success of the ongoing major offensive in North Waziristan tribal region.
Pakistan military said Wednesday that two soldiers were killed and three injured in Bajaur tribal region when rockets were fired from Afghan side of border.
Afghan government on Wednesday welcomed U.S. president's plan to keep about 9,800 troops after 2014 in Afghanistan but virtually withdrawing all by the end of 2016.
Top military commanders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and NATO met in Kabul on Monday and discussed the border coordination and reviewed the current security situation in Afghanistan, officials said.
An official delegation led by Afghan first vice president Mohammad Youns Qanooni paid a visit to the site of a massive landslide in the northeastern mountainous province of Badakhshan on Sunday.
Afghan security forces arrested four militants, including a would-be suicide bomber, in northern Afghan province of Jawzjan, foiling a potential terror attack, an official said on Monday.
As tensions heightened between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent weeks over cross-border shelling, Islamabad said on Thursday it will work with the new Afghan government to improve relationship.
The international communities and Afghans hailed the presidential and provincial councils elections as "successful" despite allegations of fraud and irregularities.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the elections in Afghanistan as "critical" to securing its democratic future and continued international support, while pledging to continue the U.S. partnership with the new Afghan government.
Pakistan on Monday dismissed allegations that the country was behind recent attacks in Kabul ahead of the Afghan presidential elections on April 5.
Pakistan on Monday rejected allegations by the Afghan government that its intelligence agency could be behind an attack on a five-star hotel in capital Kabul.
Pakistan in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday started to issue new Proof of Registration cards to more than 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees that will allow them to stay legally until the end of 2015, officials said.
Pakistan on Friday angrily reacted to remarks by Afghan security adviser, who described Islamabad as the main "obstacle" to the Afghan government's peace talks with the Taliban.
The Pentagon on Monday condemned an Afghan government order to release 37 of 88 detainees who the United States says are threats to national security.
U.S. President Barack Obama defended his Afghanistan policy on Monday, saying he continues to have "faith" in the U.S. mission in the country.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
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