Pakistan Frees Nine Taliban Leaders
MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - The Pakistani government has released nine leading members of the radical Islamist Taliban group at the request of the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan High...
View ArticleMore Taliban Prisoners May Be Released
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Many of at least a dozen Afghan Taliban prisoners being released by Pakistan are significant figures, according to officials on all sides, and Afghan peace representatives were...
View ArticleAfghan president praises Pakistan prisoner release
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president praised Pakistan on Tuesday for releasing a group of Taliban prisoners, a move he hopes will kick start peace talks with the militant group, the...
View ArticleKabul convergence
A register of reports and views from the Pakistan press Kabul convergence AHEAD of general elections in Pakistan (2013) and Afghanistan (2014), and on the heels of the US presidential election, a...
View Article>Pakistan agrees to free Taliban for peace process
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan agreed to free a handful of Taliban prisoners at the request of the Afghan government, in a move meant to help jumpstart a shaky peace process with the militant group in...
View ArticlePakistan agrees to free Taliban for peace process
Pakistan agreed to free a handful of Taliban prisoners at the request of the Afghan government, in a move meant to help jumpstart a shaky peace process with the militant group in neighboring...
View ArticlePakistan agrees to free Afghan Taliban: officials
PAKISTAN has agreed to release several members of the Afghan Taliban held in its prisons to facilitate peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government, officials have said. The move,...
View ArticlePakistan frees Taliban prisoners in attempt to boost Afghan reconciliation...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Wednesday released several Afghan Taliban captives, a gesture meant to nudge along on-again, off-again reconciliation talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan,...
View ArticleBank of Portugal predicts major recession in 2013
LISBON, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Portugal has revised its economic forecasts downwards for the country, anticipating a third year of contraction at 1.6 percent in 2013, according to the bank's...
View ArticlePak concerned over cross-border shelling by Afgan
Islamabad: Pakistan Monday conveyed its "deep concern" to Afghanistan over an incident of cross-border shelling by Afghan forces that killed four civilians, including two children. Foreign Secretary...
View ArticlePakistan will free Taliban prisoners
Move a push for Afghan peace talks The Bottom Line...
View ArticlePakistan releases 14 Afghan Taliban cadres
Islamabad: Pakistan has released 14 Afghan Taliban cadres, including Commander Anwar Haq Mujahid, and may consider a request by Afghan peace negotiators to free Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to...
View ArticlePakistan releases nine Taliban for peace process in Afghanistan
November 17, 2012 -- Updated 1333 GMT (2133 HKT) (CNN) -- Pakistan has released nine members of the Taliban from prison in hopes they will help negotiate peace in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan peace...
View ArticleFrench president urges kidnappers to free hostages
PARIS, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged kidnappers to free French hostages held in the Sahel region in western Africa, adding that Francewon't resort to military...
View ArticleObama still backs Allen for NATO job: White House
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The White Houseon Tuesday said that President Barack Obamastill backs John Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to take over as Supreme Allied Commander Europe --...
View ArticlePakistan agrees to free ten Afghan Taliban
Pakistan has agreed to free several Afghan Taliban prisoners, officials from both countries said on Wednesday. The talks between Pakistani diplomats and Afghan peace negotiators came as Salahuddin...
View ArticlePakistan frees Taliban prisoners for peace process
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View ArticleEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for protest against Israeli aggression on...
CAIRO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday called for all Egyptian people to organize a protest on Friday against the Israeli aggression upon the Gaza Strip, official MENA news...
View ArticlePakistan accuses Afghans of killing civilians
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan on Monday accused Afghan forces of killing at least four civilians in a cross-border shelling attack, increasing tension just as a senior Afghan official visited Islamabad...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Cross-border shelling could derail reconciliation talks...
By Muhammad Tahir ISLAMABAD, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The latest cross-border shelling in Pakistan's border areas allegedly by Afghan forces that killed four people has heightened tension and could derail...
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