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State Department HQ Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid /Wikimedia Commons The United States believes Afghanistan ultimately needs a political solution which could best be achieved if the Taliban enters into Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace talks. A State Department spokesperson...

Pakistan’s economic and security gains were at risk from continued Afghan instability, and it is in the country’s interest to work with the United States to help bring peace to Afghanistan, a top Pakistani official said....

Photo: UN A UN Security Council mission may visit Afghanistan shortly for a first-hand update of the situation in war-torn Afghanistan, Kazakhstan’s UN Ambassador Kairat Umarov indicated Thursday. The diplomat told reporters Thursday that he hopes to lead the...

Kabul in 1950s or 1960s with modern transport system Photo: Public Domain/Wikipedia Afghanistan and Pakistan have been part of American news cycle for more than 16 years now since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001 after the September...

Afghanistan-Pakistan border,  Photo: CIA The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has underscored the need for the landlocked country to achieve a political settlement with the armed opposition, pointing to an upcoming February meeting between the parties...

Kabul has admitted publicly that the anti-Pakistan militant group TTP operates in the insecure Afghan areas, reinforcing Islamabad’s claim that the group uses Afghanistan for cross-border attacks inside Pakistan. Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah during his...

Opium poppy field in Afghanistan. Photo: IRIN/UN The United Nations is ringing alarm bells that the production of opium in Afghanistan – a major source of the Taliban insurgency – has seen an 87 per cent production...

Top American diplomat Rex Tillerson had a series of meetings with Pakistani leaders to seek stronger action against the Afghan militant groups as the United States pursues a new policy to address troubles plaguing landlocked Afghanistan...

On the eve of his visit to Islamabad, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the U.S. policy toward Pakistan will be based on whether the country takes toward Afghan reconciliation and peace and stable future...

Co-authored by Akbar Ahmed and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Despite President Trump’s unveiling of his Afghanistan strategy on August 21, which involves committing several thousand additional American troops, the reality is that the war in Afghanistan, the...