Afghanistan

Commission on Afghanistan will include 16 members appointed by the two major parties

Dai'sh offering $270-$450 a month to jobless youth who join terror group, says local in northeastern Kunar province

Imran Khan reaffirms resolve to provide 'all-out support' to Afghanistan to avert humanitarian crisis

PACF, Khadija Welfare Trust hand over seven truckloads to Afghan officials at Torkham Border

International community must work together to help Afghans facing dire situation, says Pakistan’s ambassador to Turkey

Afghani sagged to 130 against the dollar in Monday trade down from around 100 a week ago

Funds would help millions of the country's citizens that are in desperate need, says FM Amir Muttaqi

Four Afghan brothers hauled their family's carpet loom out of storage in desperate hope of earning a living

Salim Shaheen spends his days confined to his home in Kabul afraid of the new Taliban regime

It is our common wish that war-torn country achieves lasting peace and stability, says Turkish president

Up to 100 insurgents have been released during the last 10 to 15 days, says govt official

Sanctions, suspension of aid prevent Afghan citizens from enjoying peace that returned after decades

High-level Afghan delegation will also visit Pakistan to attend session

Russian forces practice repelling an enemy aerial attack on military facilities using its S-300PS systems

Many are seeking to flee Afghanistan, which is facing threat of winter food shortages and economic collapse

This is a different demarche than a political recognition of the Taliban govt, says French president

Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August as US-backed government in Kabul and country's military collapsed

After braving two decades of conflict, the country’s battered population braces for crippling poverty and famine

FM Qureshi says purpose of OIC meeting is to avert looming humanitarian, economic crises in neighbouring country

Pakistani academic says people in Pakistan need to look beyond US

Respect for women's rights has repeatedly been cited by key global donors as a condition for restoring aid

Afghanistan's GDP could contract 20 per cent within a year, predicts UN

Taliban also re-committed to allowing Afghans and foreigners to leave if they wish so

Islamabad proposed transportation of wheat on Pakistani trucks to be operated by the UN

In his first address to nation, Mullah Hassan Akhund says they are trying to bring people out of miseries

Dr Alvi meets Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on sidelines of 15th Summit of Economic Cooperation Organisation

Turkish official says they shut music, theatre and dance departments at the request of Taliban officials

Afghanistan has been plunged into crisis by the abrupt end of billions of dollars in foreign assistance

Nefarious designs of forces inimical to peace, stability of country being foiled via comprehensive strategy, says COAS

Pakistan will continue to ‘play its role to assist Afghan brethren in their hour of need’, says foreign minister

Afghan people are at the brink of catastrophe, highlights Dr Moeed

Hazara leader says previous govt of president Ashraf Ghani was the "darkest point" in the history of Afghanistan

Islamabad has repeatedly urged international community to reach out to Afghan people to ward off humanitarian crisis

Militants who surrendered were active in Muhmand Dara, Chaparhar, Kot and Khogiani districts, says Taliban official

Hardened by years of bitter resistance, presence of young Talibs is a defining feature of group’s return to power

‘Peace in Afghanistan means peace in Pakistan’, General Qamar tells US delegation

Imran approves Rs5b humanitarian assistance for Kabul

Official says nobody wanted to abandon Afghanistan this time

PACF holding free medical camps in neighbouring country where eye surgeries are conducted free of charge

Thousands of Afghan government workers are owed at least three months of salary

Ambassador Munir Akram says spoilers in the war-torn country ‘must be isolated and exposed’

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says biggest challenge facing Afghanistan was financial insecurity

Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target Afghani people with connections to the former government, Facebook said.

The operation started around midnight in at least four districts of Kandahar province

Nobel Peace Prize winner says a similar ban in 1996 lasted for five years in Afghanistan

Exercise involves dozens of US-made M117 armoured security vehicles with MI-17 helicopters patrolling overhead

Reforms in Afghanistan could be done 'peacefully, and not through pressure tactics', says Amir Khan Muttaqi

Petitioner Saifullah claims four members of his family were assassinated in the early hours of February 16, 2011

Qatar to help facilitate any formal communication between Washington and the Taliban government in Afghanistan

ISPR says Chinese special envoy also called on COAS and discussed security related matters