Peace Process

Meet Haibatullah Akhundzada: All you need to know about the new Taliban chief

Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada was appointed as the new Taliban chief after Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike last week

Key Israel-Palestine peace conference postponed, says French President Hollande

A conference on the peace process between Israel and Palestine, due to be held on 30 May in Paris, has been postponed, President Francois Hollande said.

Afghanistan: President invites Taliban to join peace process

Boost trade to facilitate peace with India: Pak daily

Stronger trade ties with India are "clearly a new track that expands the potential for positive contact", said a Pakistani daily, noting that trade creates a traction all of its own.

Pak wary of Indian influence in Afghan: Pentagon

A report says Pakistan is concerned it will be left alone to confront an unfriendly, Indian-influenced Afghanistan on its border and that is why it seeks to advance a political settlement that considers Pakistani interests.