ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) on Thursday asked the government to take immediate steps to save economy from Afghan economic downward plunge in the wake of reduced foreign lending. Tensions between two countries will not allow the decision to double bilateral trade between in two years which will hurt plans to explore central...
A Voice of the Unheard Monday, September 7, 2026
Tag: Afghanistan
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Afghan forces claim regaining control of Kunduz city
KABUL: Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban. An operation launched overnight saw forces recapture government landmarks and inflict heavy casualties on the militants, officials said. But the Taliban has insisted it still control large parts of the city. The city’s capture on...
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US airstrike kills Taliban Kunduz chief
KABUL: U.S. airstrikes have killed a suspected “Taliban chief for Kunduz province” in northern Afghanistan, a day after the provincial capital Kunduz city was captured by the insurgent group, Afghan intelligence agency claimed Wednesday. The Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) said in a statement that the Tuesday night airstrike targeted a group of suspected militants...
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US Special Forces engage Taliban in fighting at Kunduz airport
KABUL: US Special Forces battled the Taliban forces that laid siege to the main airport in Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan. The fighting at the airport started on Sept. 29, just one day after the Taliban seized control of the city. The engagement between Coalition forces belonging to Operation Resolute Support and Taliban fighters was...
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Pakistan sincerely wants peace in Afghanistan: Aizaz Chaudhry
NEW YORK: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has said that Pakistan is concerned over situation in Afghanistan and it sincerely wants peace there. Briefing the media along with Pakistan’s permanent envoy to United Nations Maleeha Lodhi, Aizaz Chaudhry said, “Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan sincerely, which will bring peace and stability to the entire region.” Chaudhry...
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Practical steps needed to manage Pak-Afghan borders for gainful conclusion of Zarb-e-Azb: Perpetual instability in Afghanistan had telling effects on region: COAS General Raheel Sharif
MUNICH: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said that practical steps are required to manage Pak-Afghan borders for gainful conclusion of operation Zarb-e-Azb. He made these remarks while addressing the CENCOM’s South Asia Security Conference in Marshal Centre in Munich, Germany. The conference discussed regional peace and security with special focus...
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Abdullah Abdullah calls on Pakistan to crack down on terror outfits; deliver on promises
UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan’s chief executive Abdullah Abdullah has called for Pakistan to keep its promise to crack down on Islamic extremists blamed for carrying out cross-border attacks and destablilzing the impoverished war-torn country. “We agreed to a paradigm change in our relations and engagement towards peace talks with the Taliban. Events turned out differently after...
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Afghan people expect more than government can deliver: Abdullah Abdullah
NEW YORK: Afghanistan’s chief executive officer Abdullah Abdullah says the Afghan people have expected much more than the new unity government has been able to deliver. Abdullah, whose job duties are similar to a prime minister in the power-sharing government, spoke to VOA Afghanistan service at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He...
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Heart of Asia – Senior Officials deliberate upon Islamabad Declaration
NEW YORK: Senior officials of the member countries of Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process met earlier Sunday on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA Session in New York. The Senior Officials Meeting, co-hosted by Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the 12thmeeting at this level since the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process began in 2011. The agenda of the current...
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Sino-US Rivalry: Resulted in, Either Confrontation or Cooperation?
“The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the centre of the action”. – Hillary Clinon As Sino-U.S. rivalry is getting intensified with the passage of time. U.S. policies towards China is being undergone through an abrupt change from the Kissinger’s administration...