MONITORING (SW) – Following the political upheavals in Afghanistan in recent years, a wave of frightened people sought refuge in neighboring countries, including Tajikistan, as a gateway to safer countries.
KABUL (SW) – On Wednesday, the Pakistan Army’s Public Relations Department has stated that seven insurgents intending to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghan soil were identified and promptly action has been taken against them by Pakistani border forces.
KABUL (SW) – Pakistani media recently have reported that the proposal to establish a regional contact group on Afghanistan has reached a deadlock due to Pakistan’s opposition to India’s presence in this group.
MONITORING (SW) – In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people.
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s lawmakers elected Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday as the country’s president for the second time.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate officials announced that the contract for the CASA-1000 project, is signed between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan on Friday.
KABUL (SW) – Following the claims of the Pakistani authorities about “the Afghan citizens are involved in the insecurity of Pakistan, Dawn News, one of the leading media of this country, has recently reported that the Pakistani security forces have succeeded in arresting six members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who are Afghan citizens.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate has dispatched a second trade delegation to Turkmenistan within a week.
MONITORING (SW) – Iranians voted for a new parliament on Friday in an election seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy at a time of growing frustration over economic woes and restrictions on political and social freedoms.
KABUL (SW) – Officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum say that based on the agreement and discussions between the Afghan delegation with the Turkmenistan authorities, the practical work of the TAPI pipeline project in Afghanistan will be launched soon. The exact timing for its beginning remains uncertain.
KABUL (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, has left for Turkmenistan as the head of a delegation to discuss various bilateral issues between Kabul and Ashgabat.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties have reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, they say, days after inconclusive national elections did not return a clear majority.
