Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to resume peace talks in Istanbul to revive a dialogue that collapsed earlier this week, according to Pakistan's defense minister, two officials and state media i

Pakistan’s defense minister warned Afghanistan on Wednesday that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response, hours after talks between the two countries in Istanbul failed to secure a peace agreement.

Pakistan has reiterated its repeated concerns regarding ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan. Pakistan's Counsellor Muhammad Jawad Ajmal, speaking at Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Afghanistan, emphasized upon importance of protecting all human rights.

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to extend a ceasefire during talks in Istanbul after the worst border clashes between the neighbours in years, according to Turkey which mediated the talks along with Qatar.

Pakistan has admitted to a US drone agreement during Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks, causing Afghan negotiators to demand written guarantees against drone use in their airspace. The talks collapsed as Pakistan blamed Kabul for refusing to act against militants,

Some four years after players from the Afghanistan women’s national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban’s takeover, a number of the teammates are representing their country once more in an international soccer tournament.