Bonn Conference

Pakistan giving Bonn meet a miss regrettable: Ban

Pakistan's decision to boycott the conference came in the wake of a NATO attack on its border posts that killed 24 of its troops.

West's Afghan resolve tested by economy, Pak, Iran

Ten years after a similar conference held to rebuild Afghanistan, there is no shortage of worries, in particular about the Afghan government's ability to provide security for its own people.

Karzai accuses Pakistan of stalling talks with Taliban

The Bonn meeting will seek to chart a course for Afghanistan after the NATO withdrawal in 2014, but a boycott by Pakistan has dealt a blow to already fragile hopes for a roadmap.

Pak has right to self-defence, so does US: Pentagon

Pakistan has the right to self-defense, so does the US, the Pentagon after reports that Kayani gave his commanders on the Af-Pak border to return fire without permission.

Pakistan to boycott Bonn Conference on Afghanistan

The decision to stay away from the important conference to be held in the German city on 5 December was taken at a three-hour special meeting of the cabinet chaired by PM Yousuf Raza Gilani in Lahore this afternoon.