Iran’s participation with the Taliban and the Afghan government in quest of a negotiated settlement in the war-torn nation was welcomed by Pakistan on Friday.In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri stated, “Pakistan supports Iran’s involvement with Afghan parties to reach a negotiated political settlement.”Pakistan sees Iran asRead More →

MOSCOW – The Afghan Taliban claimed control of 85 percent of Afghanistan’s land on Friday, as the organisation pressed its attack despite the US military departure.Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar stated at a news conference in Moscow that the organisation controls “85 percent of Afghanistan’s land,” including 250 of the country’sRead More →

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has asked Pakistan for assistance in ending the country’s raging conflict, saying he hopes Islamabad can encourage the Taliban to resume negotiations.The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated, with the Taliban starting a blistering assault and seizing key areas of the nation, bolstering their positionRead More →

ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning, stated on Friday that there are obvious early indicators of the fourth COVID-19 wave beginning in Pakistan, owing to a lack of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the proliferation of the Delta version. The federal minister, who is also the head ofRead More →

KARACHI: The rupee dropped to a five-month low against the US dollar on Thursday, under pressure from import payments. Forex brokers, according to a storey in The News, predict the local currency to lose additional ground in the coming days. The rupee closed at 159.33 per dollar on the interbankRead More →

US President Joe Biden defended America’s choice to leave Afghanistan on Thursday, dismissing the notion that the Taliban’s takeover was “inevitable.” However, the US president acknowledged that a unified Afghan government controlling the majority of the country was “very improbable.” His comments came as US and international soldiers began toRead More →