{"id":20946,"date":"2026-05-09T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20946"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:09:50","slug":"pakistan-seeks-expanded-cooperation-with-afghanistan-says-isolation-no-longer-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/09\/pakistan-seeks-expanded-cooperation-with-afghanistan-says-isolation-no-longer-an-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks expanded cooperation with Afghanistan, says isolation no longer an option"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Ishaq Dar, Pakistan\u2019s deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, said Islamabad is working to expand trilateral and regional cooperation with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, and other regional countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the South Asian Federation of Accountants conference in Lahore on Friday night, Dar said Pakistan can no longer afford to remain isolated and must strengthen its relations and economic cooperation with neighboring states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that South Asian countries could achieve major benefits through greater economic collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dar stressed that regional stability, coordination, and joint cooperation are in the interest of all countries and said efforts should continue to strengthen mutual trust across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks come as Pakistan faces growing economic challenges following restrictions and disruptions in trade relations with Kabul, an issue increasingly acknowledged by senior Pakistani officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Ishaq Dar, Pakistan\u2019s deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, said Islamabad is working to expand trilateral and regional cooperation with Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, and other regional countries. Speaking at the South Asian Federation of Accountants conference in Lahore on Friday night, Dar said Pakistan can no longer afford to remain isolated and must strengthen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20948,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946\/revisions\/20948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}