Afghanistan Pakistan Relations

Is Kunduz the victory ISI wanted for puppet Taliban chief Mullah Mansoor?

Kunduz is key to the Taliban's drug economy, an old base of Pakistan’s spies. Is it any surprise that Afghans feel Pakistan had a hand in its capture by the Taliban?

Germany signals no future Afghan role without US

Germany is signaling that its offer to keep hundreds of trainers in Afghanistan after US and other foreign combat forces leave the country next year is contingent on American and other soldiers being part of the training mission too.

Pak jail attack, a sign of Taliban's strength: daily

The audacious Taliban attack on a jail in Pakistan's North west frontier province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that freed about 400 prisoners is a demonstration of their physical and logistical strength, said a Pakistani daily, warning that this could happen again.

Afghanistan urges Pak to make "tangible progress" to end Taliban insurgency

The Afghan government needs to see Pakistan making "tangible progress" on pledges to use its influence to help end the Taliban insurgency, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday.