Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has expressed hope for the intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban would conclude in 100 days.
 

A Kashmiri rights activist at United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday flayed Pakistan for committing grave human rights violations with its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism.

The Indian government on Wednesday said that it is in the process of evacuating 1,400 Indian nationals, mostly residents of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir, from the coronavirus-hit Iran where around 300 people have died due to the outbreak.

The former American diplomat Robin Raphel and Ghulam Nabi Fai, a convicted felon who worked as Pakistan's spy to influence the US policy over Kashmir, are back in business.

Ashraf Ghani took oath as president of Afghanistan for a second term at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. 

Some members of the Talibans negotiating team have said that the intra-Afghan talks with the Kabul government will be easier for them than their 18-months of discussions with the US which concluded with the signing of the landmark peace deal

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday called for inclusion of women in peace talks.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday not only handed over control of his Twitter account to "inspiring women" on Women's Day, but also his other social media platforms.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has told the Senate that Pakistan neither desires "any security role of India in Afghanistan" nor wants presence of militant organisations - Al-Qaeda and ISIS - in the landlocked country

Afghan experts have cast doubts over the outcome of the historic US-Taliban peace accord, which was signed in Doha on February 29 after 18 months of negotiations, saying that the accord won't lead to ending the war in Afghanistan, at least in the near future

Distributing free sanitary products in Srinagar to women who can ill afford such products is winning Irfana Zargar a million hearts and loads of appreciation in Jammu and Kashmir

Jalila  Haider, a human rights activist from Balochistan province of Pakistan, will receive the Inter­national Women of Courage award from US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday. 

The Taliban carried out more than a dozen attacks on Afghan army bases, officials said Tuesday, hours after ending a partial truce and throwing into doubt peace talks between Kabul and the insurgents.

India on Monday reassured Bangladesh that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will have no implications on its people and the government.

The US-Taliban negotiations that culminated with a peace deal signed in Doha began with former US President Barak Obama's administration, but remained a secret, the spokesperson for Talibans political office in Doha said. The Taliban hopes to reach an agreement with the Afghan government before the total withdrawal of the international troops within 14 months, the spokesman, Suhail Shaheen told Efe news in an interview on Sunday.