telephonic conversation with his Afghanistan counterpart Mohammad Hanif Atmar during which they exchanged

counterpart Haneef Atmar on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Dushanbe

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, had already called Mr Atmar on behalf of US translators

Mr Raab was reportedly asked to make a call to Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar to

A defiant Dominic Raab says he will not resign after failing to make a crucial call to help fleeing Afghan interpreters while on holiday, despite growing demands for him to quit. The phone call was delegated to a junior minister, as the Taliban neared Kabul last Friday – as the foreign secretary reportedly declined to intervene personally from his Crete hotel. Filmed walking into Downing Street, a smiling Mr Raab was asked if he would reign, but told reporters: “ No.” He is already under fierce

ISLAMABAD( Reuters)-Pakistan said on Monday it was waiting for information from the Afghan government in an investigation into the brief kidnapping of the Afghan ambassador's daughter in Islamabad, after Afghanistan raised questions over the credibility of the probe. Silsila Alikhil, 26, the daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, told Pakistani police she was assaulted and held for several hours by unknown assailants on Friday, following which Kabul pulled out its diplomats from Islam

A former national security adviser has criticised Dominic Raab’s failure to make a crucial call to help fleeing Afghan interpreters while on holiday, saying: ‘He should have made it’.... Raab insists he won’t quit over failure to make Afghan call on holiday Dominic Raab may keep his job today – but for how much longer?... Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, said: “ How can Boris Johnson allow the foreign secretary to continue in his role after yet another catastrophic failure of judgment

The three-day Afghan Peace Conference, earlier scheduled to commence from July 17 in Islamabad, has been postponed until after Eidul Azha, the Foreign Office said on Friday. According to the FO, the new dates of the conference will be announced later. The Foreign Office had earlier said in a statement that Pakistan was set to host the conference from July 17 to July 19 “ to provide momentum to the ongoing efforts for peace in Afghanistan ”.... We once again reiterate the imperative of a politic

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How could somebody do something like that in this chaotic situation?... " The interpreters and their families could be killed at any time." Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said:" Who wouldn't make a phone call if they were told it could save somebody's life?... " Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy accused Mr Raab of" yet another catastrophic failure of judgment"....