'Certain countries' should assume their due responsibilities for Afghanistan's future development as 'instigators' of the situation, Xi says, in an apparent reference to the United States and its allies
PTA informed that a 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) has been installed at K2 Base camp area of Concordia in order to provide better communication facilities to the mountaineers and trekkers.
“Pakistan has not yet made any decision to invite Indian troops to take part in the military exercise,” says top military official.
The drills will be held in Pabbi and the decision to hold the joint exercise “Pabbi-Anti-terror-2021” was announced during the 36th meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 18.
On Friday, the Islamabad Policy Research Institute held a webinar on the “Afghan Peace Process and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)”, featuring Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister, and Vladimir Norov, Secretary General of the SCO, as the keynote speakers.
The webinar was the first of its kind to host Central-South Asian countries in an attempt to discuss the regional connectivity pursuits, and opened a broader discussion on the sustainability of the Afghan peace process.
The foreign minister stressed that the Afghan leadership must seize this historic opportunity to establish durable peace in Afghanistan and the region.