HPC More Loss than Gain

A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed a senior member of Afghanistan's peace council on Wednesday, officials said, the latest setback to efforts to end more than 11 years of war. Shah Wali Khan, the head of the High Peace Council (HPC) in ...

KABUL: An advisor to High Peace Council (HPC) on Wednesday said that the Afghan government would not compromise over the constitution during peace talks with the Taliban as protection of sovereignty and national interests are prime responsibility.

High Peace Council has been incapable of progressing peace talks with the armed opposition, first vice speaker of Afghan parliament said Saturday while a number of MPs suggested many of the imprisoned Taliban who were released have rejoined the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan High Peace Council has said that Pakistan has a crucial role to play in the difficult-to-achieve peace with the Taliban militia. The Afghan High Peace Council considers Pakistan's role as extremely important to put an end to ...

F.P. Report Peshawar: An important meeting between the Peshawar based Afghan Council General and high officials of the FATA Secretariat accompanied by the leadership of the Tribal Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI), to discuss the problems ...

A high-level US delegation led by Acting US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan David Pearce met Pakistan's Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani to discuss the troubled Afghan peace ...

Azimi disputes Gen. Dunford's remarks on Pakistan KABUL: Calling Pakistan "the main obstacle to the peace process in Afghanistan," Defence Ministry spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi on Thursday rejected as wrong US top commander Gen. Joseph Dunford's ...

Those who place roadside bombs and other types of improvised explosives will go to hell for their deeds, High Peace Council member Sibghatullah Mojaddedi said Wednesday, drawing similarities between the makeshift bombs and suicide bombing. ...

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) does almost nothing to eradicate drug production in Afghanistan, and this drug-trafficking problem will likely worsen in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated. The NATO ...