Country: Afghanistan

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to avoid any escalation in their armed conflict, during talks hosted by China in recent days, Beijing said Wednesday. The neighbours and one-time allies have been locked in violent confrontation over claims from Islamabad that ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan made "useful" progress in talks in China to resolve the conflict that broke out between the South Asian neighbors last October, the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Tuesday. The two Muslim countries have been 

Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing steadily, China said on Friday, following reports that the South Asian neighbours were meeting there to try to end their worst conflict since ‌the Taliban returned to power in 2021. China, which shares a western border ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in China to try to find a way to end months of conflict sparked by cross-border attacks, two officials from Islamabad told AFP on Wednesday. The meeting in the northwestern city of Urumqi follows Pakistan's ...

China called for "calm and restraint" between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, after an air strike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul killed at least 400 people. Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Tuesday of hitting a treatment centre for drug addicts ...

China said on Monday its special envoy had spent a week mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan and had urged an immediate ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes flared. South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan have had a strained relationship for ...

By Asif Shahzad and Joe Cash Chinese mediation efforts, including a message from President Xi Jinping, have helped ease the worst fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, three Pakistani government officials said.

China is stepping up diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan after recent clashes along their disputed frontier, highlighting Beijing’s growing role as a regional mediator in South Asia. Officials say China has offered to facilitate dialogue between the two ...

China called on Friday for a ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan, adding it was talking to both sides to try to end violent clashes that had left Beijing "deeply concerned." Pakistan is one of China's closest partners in the region, but ...

China’s Foreign Ministry condemned a recent spate of attacks by militants in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. A series of coordinated attacks from 31 January in more than ten cities left 30 civilians and around 18 security personnel dead. Subsequent battles killed more than 150 fighters.