Pakistan will register around 1 million Afghan refugees, Pakistani and Afghan officials said on Tuesday after talks in Islamabad.
Limping in a crowded street in Kabul as he directed traffic, Azam Shah, a former anti-invasion fighter, could not understand why with the defeat of the Russians and the end of the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, there still seems to be no end to the war in his country.
Support is needed in four areas to resolve the Afghanistan issue, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here after his meeting with Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
Airstrikes have claimed the lives of 25 militants in eastern Afghanistan's Khost and Paktika provinces over the past two days, local media reported on Sunday.
The Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF) on Thursday assumed the full security charges from NATO-led troops as the security transition ended, said Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.
President Barack Obama acknowledged on Sunday that Afghanistan is still a "dangerous place" as U.S.-led coalition forces formally ended their 13-year- long combat mission in the Asian country.
Afghanistan has overcome the worst political crisis and security upheaval in 2014 through the first- ever successful transfer of power from one elected president to another albeit through a protracted electoral process that tested the will and strength of the battle-scarred Afghan people.
China is willing to play a constructive role in Afghanistan's reconstruction, national reconciliation and people's livelihood improvement, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here on Monday.
The recently-concluded London conference has once again highlighted Pakistan's role in the Afghan peace process as concerns are growing about the emerging security challenges that Afghanistan would face with the withdrawal of most of the foreign forces by yearend.
Afghanistan's lower house of parliament on Sunday allowed a limited number of the U.S.-led coalition alliance to remain in Afghanistan, after the 2014 pullout of the NATO-led forces from the country.
Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and senior defense officials in Kabul and offered training to the Afghan military personnel.
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, after assuming office one month ago, began his first official state visit to China and inked four cooperation agreements on Tuesday to enhance bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.
Having served 13 years fighting militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, British troops departed for home on Sunday, leaving Afghan national forces to take over the security responsibility alone in the former Taliban stronghold.
Having served 13 years fighting militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, British troops departed for home on Sunday, leaving Afghan national forces to take over the security responsibility alone in the former Taliban stronghold.
Pakistan, Afghanistan trotting out roadmap for tension-free ties: adviser
After assuming office late last month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced that one of his priorities would be to reopen talks with the Taliban as he called on the insurgent group to respond positively to the peace dialogue that has been started by the previous administration.
Exactly 13 years on from the U.S.- led military coalition' invasion on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the Afghans are still suffering at the hands of Taliban militants and will likely suffer in the years ahead, Afghans from all walks of life including public opinion leaders believe.
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