Hekmat Karzai

India, along with the United States and Afghanistan, reaffirmed its shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region as even as leaders from the three countries explored ways to "coordinate and align" assistance to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's chief negotiator in peace talks that began in Pakistan this week said on Tuesday that he was hopeful Taliban insurgents would join the process but warned that public support would wane if there were no quick results.

Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States sat down today for talks to resurrect a stalled Afghan peace process and end nearly 15 years of bloodshed, even as fighting with Taliban insurgents intensifies.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.

Afghan negotiators said today their next round of talks with the Taliban would focus in detail on ways to end bloodshed in the country, wracked by nearly 40 years of war.

An interim report by the Malaysian government into debt-laden state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has found nothing suspicious after vetting its accounts, a parliamentary committee said today.

The presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan, United Nations sanctions and prisoners of war were among issues raised by the Taliban at the first official meeting with Afghan government representatives this week, Afghan officials said today.

Pakistan on today said Afghan and Taliban representatives had agreed to meet again after landmark through-the-night talks aimed at ending the militants' 13-year insurgency.

India, along with the United States and Afghanistan, reaffirmed its shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region as even as leaders from the three countries explored ways to "coordinate and align" assistance to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's chief negotiator in peace talks that began in Pakistan this week said on Tuesday that he was hopeful Taliban insurgents would join the process but warned that public support would wane if there were no quick results.

Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States sat down today for talks to resurrect a stalled Afghan peace process and end nearly 15 years of bloodshed, even as fighting with Taliban insurgents intensifies.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at restarting the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting the Taliban insurgents.

Afghan negotiators said today their next round of talks with the Taliban would focus in detail on ways to end bloodshed in the country, wracked by nearly 40 years of war.

An interim report by the Malaysian government into debt-laden state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has found nothing suspicious after vetting its accounts, a parliamentary committee said today.

The presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan, United Nations sanctions and prisoners of war were among issues raised by the Taliban at the first official meeting with Afghan government representatives this week, Afghan officials said today.

Pakistan on today said Afghan and Taliban representatives had agreed to meet again after landmark through-the-night talks aimed at ending the militants' 13-year insurgency.