Since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, India and Afghanistan, except the Taliban era, have had warm ties...
Opposition to Pakistan is the main reason why the two countries have maintained cordial relations (even though Afghanistan remained neutral in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars)...
A STRATEGY to first focus on building a personal relationship of trust is not wrong when meeting someone with no experience in politics and who is known for radical remarks...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with US president-elect Donald Trump for the first time in New York...
THE situation in Afghanistan can be described as a stalemate at both the strategic and tactical levels...
The security environment is precarious, socio-economic development is stagnating, and the reconciliation process has reached an impasse...
According to an Intelligence assessment report declassified by the CIA, Pakistan’s support for the Afghan insurgents against the soviet occupation is based on a number of key factors, that include:A belief that if Soviets gain control over Afghanistan, they would use it to exert influence in Balochistan as a means of influencing Pakistani politics...
The idea that continued support of the Afghan insurgents is that it provides Pakistan...
Pakistan's relationship with the United States is 70 years strong and is not defined by the conflict in Afghanistan alone, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think-tank on Wednesday...
Abbasi's New York visit to attend the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly comes at a time when tensions between US and Pakistan are running high in the wake of Trump's Afghan...
Afghan Counsel General Abdul Wahid Pohan on Saturday rejected the impression that India's growing interest in Afghanistan has had an affect the Pak-Afghan relationship...
While speaking at an event organised to mark the Afghan International Culture Day in Peshawar, Pohan said that Afghanistan has the right to maintain good diplomatic relations with other countries including India...
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday termed the relationship between Pakistan and United States as imbalanced and expressed concern at US’ tilt towards India...
"Bilateral relationship between US and Pakistan seems to be driven by giving priority to US national security interests in the region rather those of Pakistan", Rabbani observed while chairing a Senate session...
ISLAMABAD: A new research study carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has found a relationship between smog and the practice of rice residue burning by farmers in the rice belt of Punjab...
Findings of the study provide scientific evidence of the causes of smog, and the relationship between smog and crop residue burning...
A man in Shangla on Wednesday allegedly killed his wife, daughter and a male relative after suspecting both women of involvement in a relationship with the man, said a Station House Officer (SHO)...
After receiving the information, he went to the site of the incident and found the bodies of the two women in a pool of blood inside the house, while another body was found on the road, at a distance of approximately 100 feet...
Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in Beijing...
The American president has held up his relationship with Xi as evidence of his heartfelt belief that good foreign policy starts with building strong personal relationships...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran are keen to rebuild their relationship plagued by mistrust and are eyeing cooperation for peace in Afghanistan and stronger economic ties between them...
“Pakistan and Iran are determined to take positive steps to deepen mutual understanding, increasing cooperation and scaling up bilateral relations,” National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs chairman Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said while...
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday said Pakistan seeks to reset its relationship with the United States (US)...
“There seems to be a little bit of a stalemate in the last couple of years,” Dar pointed out in conversation with WSJ correspondent Ian Talley...
ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of China and the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage held an exhibition of paintings, calligraphy and photographs at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on Friday to mark the 67th founding day of China...
The event started in the main PNCA lobby, an already narrow space that felt near claustrophobic for journalists and guests...
Outgoing American president Barak Obama once 'expressed the desire' to visit Pakistan, but could not act upon the wish "for a variety of reasons, some of them relating to the complicated relationship between our two countries at certain times over the last eight years," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said at a news briefing...
The subject sprang up at the news briefing in light of President-elect Donald Trump's telephonic...
ISLAMABAD: Repeating allegations about Haqqani network sanctuaries and shortcomings in Pakistani efforts to check illicit financing, senior US National Security official Lisa Curtis said on Tuesday the Trump administration wanted a “new relationship” with Islamabad...
“Ms Curtis urged the government of Pakistan to address the continuing presence of the Haqqani network and other terrorist groups within its territory, and reiterated the...