US values Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace talks: Khalizad
- 18-Jan-2019
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) Special Envoy for the Afghan Reconciliation Process Zalmay Khalilzad appreciated Pakistan’s role in facilitating talks between the US and Afghan Taliban in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday, ARY News reported. “Washington valued Islamabad from the Afghan peace perspective,” he added.Regional security issues and the Afghan reconciliation […]
Taliban say no pact struck with US over deadline to end war
- 20-Nov-2018
KABUL: A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the militant group said a day after the diplomat declared a deadline of April 2019 to end the 17-year-long war. Afghanistan’s security situation has worsened since Nato formally ended combat operations […]
US special envoy Khalilzad on four-nation visit including Pakistan
- 09-Nov-2018
WASHINGTON: U.S. special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar from Nov. 8 to 20 to push for peace negotiations with the Afghan Taliban, the State Department said on Thursday. Khalilzad met Taliban leaders in Qatar last month as part of efforts to find a […]