China urges dialogue to resolve Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions, warns force will worsen crisis

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan can only be resolved through dialogue and consultation. China Xinua News reported that the use of force would only complicate the situation and intensify the contradictions, which would be of no benefit to either side and threaten regional peace and stability, he said. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a phone conversation with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi at the latter’s request. Muttaqi…

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‘Audacity to provoke major military power’: Zardari blasts Taliban drone attacks

President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday strongly condemned drone attacks carried out by Afghan Taliban elements targeting civilian areas across Pakistan, calling the strikes a provocation by an “illegitimate regime” that had crossed a “red line.” Further, the president expressed best wishes for those struck and injured by drone debris in Quetta, Kohat and Rawalpindi. Read: Air blitz wipes out terror dens in Afghanistan “The illegitimate regime of Afghanistan, installed by terror and brute force, continues to renege on its commitments not to provide safe sanctuaries to terrorist groups,” Zardari said in a…

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