U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan for talks with Afghan leaders on the new U.S. strategy to end the 16-year war.
Pakistan plans to build a pair of fences -- nine-foot-high, chain-link fences topped with barbed wire – along much of its 2,500-kilometer border with Afghanistan in the hope it will keep out Islamist militants from the neighboring country.
A high-level U.S. diplomatic delegation is visiting Pakistan for the first time since President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in August.
In order to build trust with the Taliban, Afghanistan is working to bring back insurgent detainees from neighboring Pakistan.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the United States would try "one more time" to work with Pakistan before turning to other measures over Islamabad’s alleged support for militant groups operating in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has met with Pakistan's army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in Kabul as part of the Pakistani general’s visit aimed at repairing the strained ties between the neighboring states.
Pakistan and India are trading accusations of state-sponsored terrorism against each other at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in his first address before the UN General Assembly on September 21, rejected the new U.S. war strategy in neighboring Afghanistan while praising China's growing economic role in the region.
Kabul and New Delhi have agreed to further strengthen their strategic alliance by deepening security ties and defense assistance.
Five of the world's leading emerging economies have issued a statement that includes for the first time Pakistan-based militant groups as a regional security concern and calls for their patrons to be held accountable.
Pakistani lawmakers have denounced U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations that the country has provided safety to militants battling NATO-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
The U.S.-Pakistani relationship has had its ups and downs. But Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state with a powerful security reach, and U.S. President Donald Trump this week signaled his intention to play hardball with Islamabad over its suspected support for extremist groups.
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