The United States of America has extended an offer to new Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada for peace process and hoped he would seize the opportunity.
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry on Tuesday told a US envoy his country has the "credentials" to join a club of nuclear trading nations, signalling Islamabad may apply alongside India and force a showdown in the consensus-based group next month.
Key members of US Congress are not prepared to support military aid to Pakistan, said Elizabeth Trudeau, Director Office of Press Relations State Department, underscoring the strains in relations between the two countries.
Pakistan Wednesday said it was deeply saddened over the hanging of Ameer Jamat e Islami Bangladesh Moti ur Rehman Nizami for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971 and termed it against the spirit of democracy.
Pakistan has been entrusted with a task to bring 10 Taliban leaders to table for the next phase of Afghanistan reconciliation process.
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