KABUL (Pajhwok): A former Afghan diplomat on Sunday acknowledged Pakistan played a quiet and covert role in recent US- Taliban peace negotiations. “It perhaps could’ve been best advised to continue with such hands-off approach,” tweeted Dr. Omar...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government has renewed its opposition to the fencing of the Durand Line , arguing the Pakistan will affect civilians from both countries. Kabul’s aversion to the move was renewed by Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Afghan ambassador says he has held candid talks with Pakistan ’s Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi. Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal tweeted after Tuesday’s meeting in Islamabad he had held a “delightful...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Kabul has asked Islamabad for full cooperation on the issue of peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan . At a meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Afghan Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal hoped Islamabad would...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Omar Zakhilwal has expressed concern over insecurity in eastern Nangarhar province, saying he will discuss the issue with President Ashraf Ghani. After the killing of a tribal elder and Wolesi Jirga...
PESHAWAR *Pajhwok): The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan on Friday congratulated Imran Khan and his party on winning Wednesday’s general election. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal tweeted: “Congrats to Imran Khan for election victory. I have developed a close...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Impediments to Afghanistan ’s trade and transit through Pakistan have been significantly reduced as a result of fruitful bilateral engagement, says the Afghan ambassador. Omar Zakhilwal, addressing the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan:...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghanistan ’s Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Omar Zakhilwal has supported peace talks with the Taliban to end the ongoing war. “Peace cannot be brokered under duress, but it needs good and positive intentions because there is no...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has demanded serious punishment for the officials involved in harassing Afghan women at the Islamabad airport. A senior Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official was arrested on...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal has challenged the notion that Afghan forces provoked the recent deadly border clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces. Zakhilwal, who called on advisor to Pakistan...
KABUL (Pajhwok): An important meeting between Pakistan and Afghanistan is scheduled to take place next month on easing tension in relations between the neighbors. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistan ambassador in Islamabad, told this to Afghan...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghanistan has urged Jamiat Ulema -i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to help defuse tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. Ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal issued the call at a meeting came with the JUI-F head on Friday, Pakistani...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan ambassador in Islamabad Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday said regional economic cooperation was a top priority for the Afghanistan government. Addressing the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Islamabad...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan calls regional economic cooperation a top priority, affirming its commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) states. Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Zakhilwal said...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Omar Zakhilwal believes peace alone can pave the ground for foreign troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan . Zakhilwal made the remarks on Sunday in reaction to the removal of Gulbadin Hekmatyar,...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Thursday said he held important and beneficial talks with Jamiat-i- Ulema Islam (JUI) leader Maulana Samiul Haq. Zakhilwal met the Pakistani cleric and politician...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Despite its vast natural resources, Central and South Asia remains the least connected region in the world in terms of trade, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan has said. Speaking at a conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Dr. Omar...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad has said he is not certain the assistance from an American magazine has reached Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, seeking explanation in this regard. A resident of eastern Nangarhar province, Sharbat Bibi...