Pak Afghan Relations

CIA Director William Burns met Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI head Lt General Faiz Hamid today and discussed issues related to regional security issues and the current situation in Afghanistan, the Pakistan military said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi yesterday said the US should not view its relations with the country only through the perspective of the ties with India or the Afghan issue.

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

Acknowledging that Pakistan's relationship with the US is "under stress", the country's envoy here has urged Washington not to look at Islamabad with a "very narrow approach" through one lens or the other.

China and Pakistan will look at extending the $57 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC, which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is part of China's ambitious Belt and Road plan to link China with Asia, Europe and beyond.

The US-Pakistan relationship is in "serious trouble" and the mistrust between the two countries runs deep, an expert on the bilateral ties at a top American think-tank has said, a day after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif concluded his three-day visit to Washington.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who is in the US to attend the UN General Assembly session, said his country doesn't have a complaint if India assists Afghanistan economically, but will never accept any political or military role for India in Afghanistan.

Pakistan should use diplomacy and not "proxies" that engage in violence to pursue its interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere, US National Security Adviser Lt Gen HR McMaster has said as he criticised the Pakistani leadership for selectively targeting terror groups. Lt Gen McMaster in an interview to Afghan television channel ToloNews appeared to ta...

Pakistan has begun building a fence on its disputed 2,500 km (1,500 mile) border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by terrorists, Pakistan's army chief said, in a move likely to further strain relations between the two countries.

India is considering whether to pay for repairs to grounded helicopters and transport planes from Afghanistan's air force, signalling a willingness to step up military assistance for Kabul that has irked Pakistan in the past.

Terror groups continue to have safe havens in Pakistan and its establishment provides unhindered support to terrorists, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said on Tuesday, slamming Pakistan for being the destabilising factor in his war-torn country.

Hitting out at Pakistan for blocking Indo-Afghan trade via Attari border for "political reasons", India on Wednesday said nations cannot become "walls" aborting trade and culture that is as old as written history.

Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan today called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a stern message to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

China today welcomed efforts by Pakistan and Afghanistan to improve their ties and working out a road map for resuming peace talks with the Taliban.

CIA Director William Burns met Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI head Lt General Faiz Hamid today and discussed issues related to regional security issues and the current situation in Afghanistan, the Pakistan military said.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi yesterday said the US should not view its relations with the country only through the perspective of the ties with India or the Afghan issue.

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

Acknowledging that Pakistan's relationship with the US is "under stress", the country's envoy here has urged Washington not to look at Islamabad with a "very narrow approach" through one lens or the other.

China and Pakistan will look at extending the $57 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC, which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is part of China's ambitious Belt and Road plan to link China with Asia, Europe and beyond.

The US-Pakistan relationship is in "serious trouble" and the mistrust between the two countries runs deep, an expert on the bilateral ties at a top American think-tank has said, a day after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif concluded his three-day visit to Washington.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who is in the US to attend the UN General Assembly session, said his country doesn't have a complaint if India assists Afghanistan economically, but will never accept any political or military role for India in Afghanistan.

Pakistan should use diplomacy and not "proxies" that engage in violence to pursue its interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere, US National Security Adviser Lt Gen HR McMaster has said as he criticised the Pakistani leadership for selectively targeting terror groups. Lt Gen McMaster in an interview to Afghan television channel ToloNews appeared to ta...

Pakistan has begun building a fence on its disputed 2,500 km (1,500 mile) border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by terrorists, Pakistan's army chief said, in a move likely to further strain relations between the two countries.

India is considering whether to pay for repairs to grounded helicopters and transport planes from Afghanistan's air force, signalling a willingness to step up military assistance for Kabul that has irked Pakistan in the past.

Terror groups continue to have safe havens in Pakistan and its establishment provides unhindered support to terrorists, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said on Tuesday, slamming Pakistan for being the destabilising factor in his war-torn country.

Hitting out at Pakistan for blocking Indo-Afghan trade via Attari border for "political reasons", India on Wednesday said nations cannot become "walls" aborting trade and culture that is as old as written history.

Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan today called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a stern message to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

China today welcomed efforts by Pakistan and Afghanistan to improve their ties and working out a road map for resuming peace talks with the Taliban.