ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday his country’s international partners, particularly Qatar, were playing a role in efforts to resolve ongoing hostilities with Afghanistan, adding that Islamabad had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire announced a day earlier at Kabul’s request and that “the ball is now in their court.” Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply deteriorated in recent years, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of sheltering fighters from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), allowing them to stage cross-

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday his country’s international partners, particularly Qatar, were playing a role in efforts to resolve ongoing hostilities…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday justified its strikes in Afghanistan, saying it had “exercised its right to self-defense,” as an international wire agency reported Afghan and…

Kabul said that at least 10 civilians were killed when Pakistan broke a fragile 48-hour ceasefire, as both sides prepare for high-level talks in Doha.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and intelligence chief will be traveling to Doha today, Saturday, to hold talks with representatives of the Afghan Taliban,…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif is leading the delegation of his country to Doha to hold talks with Afghan officials today, Saturday, demanding an end to…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistani and Afghan officials began talks in Qatar on Saturday to defuse tensions, a senior Taliban official said, after at least 10 people were killed in…

The neighbours have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after week of cross-border violence.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif announced on Sunday that Islamabad had reached a ceasefire agreement with Kabul in Doha, after days of fierce clashes…