Taliban latest offensive launched in early May has seen the group take control of half of the country’s about 400 districts.
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Pakistan and China issue Joint Press Statement of the Third Session of the Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue of China and Pakistan. Dasu tragedy culprits to be exposed. Both countries call for a ceasefire in Afghanistan
In response to media queries regarding the statement made by the Indian State Minster for External Affairs in the Indian…
National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf gives interview to Indian journalist Karan Thapar.
Yusuf reiterates there can be no talks with India till it is ready to resolve Kashmir issue in line with UN resolutions.
“India will have to stop terrorism in Pakistan,” NSA says.
Afghan NSA Hamdullah Mohib calls on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London.
Top Afghan officials, Nawaz discuss matters of mutual interest, says NSCA.
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry says every enemy of Pakistan is a friend of Nawaz Sharif.
Night curfew will be effective between 10pm and 4am local time, Ahmad Zia Zia, deputy interior ministry spokesman, said in a separate audio statement issued for media representatives.
An unmanned aerial system impacted a coalition base in Kurdistan in the early hours of Friday, coalition spokesman US Colonel Wayne Marotto said in a statement issued on Saturday
The sanctions are the first imposed by China under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in June, and come days before US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is due to visit China amid deeply strained ties.