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The writer can be reached at:. Another way to break the impasse would be to reinstitute a regional mechanism to pick up from where the QCG left off, without burdening it with the sort of expectations gap that crippled the QCG from effectively doing its job. Shortcomings notwithstanding, the QCG did drive home a sobering truth: no single regional player has the capacity to individually plot, or pilot, Afghan reconciliation. The writer works for the Jinnah Institute. He tweets @fahdhumayun. The wellbeing i...

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Baghdadi may appoint Molvi Abdul Haseeb as new chief of Khorasan Province. Richard Olson discusses Pak-Afghan border management mechanism with COAS. Afghan envoy Dr Omar Zakhilwal hosts National Day reception in Islamabad. Afghan president calls Nawaz Sharif to condole Quetta tragedy. Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree to Continue Truce despite Differences. FPCCI President offers condolences over Uzbek President’s death. PM appreciates Chinese companies for faster pace of CPEC. LeT founder Hafiz Saeed is a t...

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Ex-Ambassador Husain Haqqani | The Fortress

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After working for years as a journalist and adviser to four Pakistani prime ministers, Husain Haqqani became Islamabad’s ambassador to Washington in 2008. He served three and a half often tumultuous years until his resignation in late 2011. Now the director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University, he says Islamabad and Washington should start working toward a “post-alliance future.”. Speaking to RFE/RL correspondent Richard Solash. When I used the term ‘divorce’ —...Pakistan and th...

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Afghan Taliban Names New Leader to Replace Mullah Omar | The Fortress

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Afghan Taliban Names New Leader to Replace Mullah Omar. KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan’s Taliban on Thursday confirmed the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, who led the group’s self-styled Islamic emirate in the 1990s, sheltered Al Qaeda through the 9/11 attacks and led a 14-year insurgency against U.S. and NATO troops. The peace process was plunged into uncertainty earlier Thursday, when the Afghan Taliban indicated they were pulling out of the negotiations and Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the ta...

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Pakistan and Turkmenistan Decide to Start TAPI Project in December | The Fortress

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Pakistan and Turkmenistan Decide to Start TAPI Project in December. Pakistan green signalled delayed and much-awaited ground breaking ceremony of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in December 2015. Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif assured Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas and Special Envoy of the President of Turkmenistan, Baymurat Hojamuhamedov, that Pakistan wanted to start the TAPI project as early as possible. The proposed 1,735km-long (1,078-mile...

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United States encourages Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan | The Fortress

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United States encourages Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan. Special Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs, Dr. Peter Lavoy, accompanied by the US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Ms. Rose Gottemoeller and Ambassador Richard Olson met with Pakistan’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Wednesday here in Islamabad. Dr Peter Lavoy underscored that the US wanted to further strengthen and broaden Pakistan-US rel...

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Pakistan Army Decides to Ensure National Security at Any Cost | The Fortress

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Pakistan Army Decides to Ensure National Security at Any Cost. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) Meeting was held at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi. General Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) presided over the meeting which was attended by General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army Staff, Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, Chief of Naval Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of Air Staff, Secretary Defence and senior military officers from the three services. The sat...

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Peace Can Be Achieved Only Through Kashmir: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq | The Fortress

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Peace Can Be Achieved Only Through Kashmir: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq. APHC Chairman Dr Mirwaiz Mohammad Umer Farooq yesterday Visited the Home Of Senior APHC Leader Chairman Jklf Javaid Ahmad Mir To Inquire His Health Status. Other Leaders Including Adv Shahidul Islam, Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi And Tariq Buch. Javaid Ahmad Mir Was Injured Last Friday At Press Enclave During A Peaceful Demonstration. In the meanwhile Mirwaiz today visited the residence of prominent Hurriyat leader Javaid Ahmad Mir to inquire about hi...

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Pakistan Releases Former Taliban | The Fortress

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Pakistan Releases Former Taliban. Pakistan has released four Afghan Taliban prisoners, including the former minister of justice Mullah Noordin Turabi and former Helmand Governor Abdul Bari under Taliban rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.Pakistani officials on the condition of anonymity confirmed. To local and international media on Monday that former Afghan Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi and former Helmand province Governor Abdul Bari have been freed. Pakistan released nine Afghan Taliban m...

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Taliban Killed Minister Bashir Ahmad | The Fortress

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Taliban Killed Minister Bashir Ahmad. A top leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmad Bilour was killed by a Taliban suicide bomber in Peshawar. His Personal Secretary Noor Muhammad , a police officer Abdul Sattar and eight others killed in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, claimed the responsibility for the blast and Bilour’s assassination. Sheikh Naseeb Khan was A religious scholar and teacher of Darul Uloom Haqania. Prime M...