A senior U.S. official says an international conference scheduled for next week in Brussels is expected to bring pledges totaling more than $3 billion in development support for Afghanistan through the year 2020. Richard Olson, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, made the remarks on September 29 at a forum in Washington. Olson…

Pakistan Thursday welcomed the peace agreement signed between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan. Pakistan has consistently emphasized that there was no military solution of the conflict in Afghanistan. Politically negotiated settlement through an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process was the most viable option for bringing lasting peace and stability to…