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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 June 2007 Pakistan this weekend is closing two camps for Afghan refugees. The U.N. refugee agency is urging the government of Pakistan to make sure the closure goes peacefully. Violent clashes occurred in mid-May when Pakist
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has spoken with India's Prime Minister to express his sympathy for victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Kabul where the president said there is a new need for a regional approach
Pakistan has promised to continue working with the United States in fighting terrorism and ending unrest in Afghanistan. But Pakistani officials say any political or military role for India in Afghanistan will be unacceptable. Prime Minister Shahid K
Mutual distrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan has hampered efforts to combat terrorism along their common border. That has led to calls for joint patrols, along with international troops. While that has yet to happen, Afghan and Pakistani soldier
A senior government official says Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders had planned to dine at Islamabad's Marriot Hotel when a suicide car bombing struck it, killing 53 people. While an investigation is under way into the country's deadliest
The International Committee of the Red Cross is launching an emergency operation to provide urgent assistance to tens of thousands of victims of armed conflict in Bajaur Agency on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Lisa Schlein reports from Interna
President Bush has met at the White House with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the talks took place at a time of rising tensions on the Pakistan-Afghan border. The Bush administration wants the Pakistanis to
Those Taliban who are not part of al-Qaida or other terrorist networks are welcome to come back to their country and lay down arms and resume life under the constitution of Afghanistan. - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai sa
Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts at a Wednesday summit in Ankara aimed at improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have been strained over the war against the Taliban insurgency. (from
Sectarian Terror Attack Fuels Afghan-Pakistan Tension This week's suicide bomb attack that killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a Kabul shrine has significantly heightened tensions between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. The Afghan president has
Pakistan Eyes US Drawdown in Afghanistan US President Barack Obama Wednesday announced a drawdown of U.S. forces from Afghanistan next month, with a grim warning to Pakistan: terrorist safe havens will not be tolerated. In a nationally televised spee
Pakistani authorities and eyewitnesses say that unknown gunmen have shot dead a Pakistan-based Afghan journalist and wounded his colleague in a northwestern border region. The attack comes as police in an eastern town claims to have detained six sus
Michael Kitchen An armed clash in central Afghanistan has left one U.S. Marine dead and another injured. The fighting comes amid efforts by neighboring Pakistan to root out Afghan militants hiding on
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 26 December 2007 Pakistan and Afghanistan have pledged to enhance cooperation between their spy agencies and tighten border controls in an effort to curb militant activities on both sides of the border. From the Pakistani capita
By Mandy Clark Kabul 02 June 2008 Pakistan recently began closing its largest camp for Afghan refugees out of fear that remnants of the Taliban had been using it as a hideout. Now, more than 70,000 Afghans are being uprooted once more. Many are maki
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 August 2007 Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai head of the Pakistani delegation, right second, greets with Afghan officials at the Kabul international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, 8 Aug. 2007 Pakistan and Afghanist
Pakistani tribal sources say Monday's suspected U.S. missile strike in the North Waziristan tribal region killed four foreign al-Qaida operatives. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that independent sources have not confirmed the alleged de
By Benjamin Sand Kabul 09 August 2007 Pakistani and Afghan leaders issued renewed calls for greater cooperation in the fight against religious extremism. Hundreds of delegates from both countries are holding a landmark peace conference or jirga in th
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan(巴基斯坦) on Jan. 27-28 for talks on bilateral and regional issues, focusing on anti-terror cooperation, an Afghan diplomatic said here
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad, Pakistan 03 August 2007 Pakistani and Afghan leaders will meet August 9-12 to discuss cross-border security issues in a landmark assembly or grand jirga. The four-day talks come as extremists continue to inflict heavy cas