Pakistan's admission that it is housing Taliban leadership and retains influence over their secretive movement appears to be part of Islamabad's effort to retain its status as the dominant player in the Afghan war.
A senior Pakistani official in charge of foreign policy says the Afghan Taliban leadership and their families are living in his country.
Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan says the Taliban are likely to participate in direct peace talks with Kabul in the near future.
The Afghan Taliban’s office in Qatar has told RFE/RL it continues to insist that all foreign troops in the U.S.-led coalition must leave Afghanistan before it will join direct peace talks with the government in Kabul.
Diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States, and China held talks in Islamabad to try to draw up a plan for peace talks between in Afghanistan's government and the Taliban.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed at Pakistan’s Lahore airport, the first visit by an Indian premier since 2004.
A power struggle among top Taliban leaders casts a dark shadow over the militant movement's political future, though their campaign shows no signs of abetting despite the onset of winter in Afghanistan.
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Suspicion in Kabul over Islamabad's intentions in facilitating peace talks with the Taliban and growing rifts among Afghan insurgents cloud the possible resumption of direct talks between the Afghan government and rebels.
A former inmate of the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay is leading Afghanistan's fight against Islamic State militants involved in a violent campaign in eastern Afghanistan.
In a major blow to a simmering secessionist struggle from Pakistan, one of the most influential Baluch separatist leaders is expected to reconcile with Islamabad after engaging in secret talks with the government.
The return of Afghan militias to the front line in the war against the Taliban has raised concerns, with locals claiming gross abuses at the hands of the irregular forces.
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