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Islamabad, March 30 – Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership should be pressured to confront the consequences of decades of strategic tolerance and support for terrorism operating from its soil – an approach that has made the country the most affected by terrorism in the world, according to...

Peshawar, March 15 Four brothers were killed on Sunday when a bullet, allegedly fired from the Afghan side, struck near a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, police said.The incident occurred in the Letei Tarip Shah area of Bajaur district, which borders Afghanistan.The incident...

Kabul, March 13 – Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and Paktika, which have resulted in several civilian casualties. He described these strikes as a clear and grave violation of the principles of neighbourliness, human...

Kabul, March 13 – Pakistan has carried out fresh military strikes across multiple Afghan provinces, including Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and Paktika, resulting in civilian casualties, including women and children, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday.The attacks have heightened...

Peshawar, March 12 At least five members of a family were killed after a mortar shell exploded in a residential area in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province late Wednesday night, police said.The tragic incident occurred in the Serri Kandao area of the Tirah Valley, in...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan’s military establishment doesn't just act as a "State sponsor of proxies," but as a proxy force backed by its own state apparatus – using civilian governments as a diplomatic facade while the army maintains strategic control.When granted international validation...

Kabul, March 6 – Afghan authorities have said that Taliban forces killed 30 Pakistani soldiers during clashes that erupted along the Durand Line border, local media reported on Friday, citing a defence ministry spokesperson.Taliban defence ministry spokesperson Enayatullah Khwarazmi said the...

Islamabad, March 4 Chief of the Armed Forces and Army Chief, Marshal Syed Asim Munir, described as "unacceptable" the alleged use of Afghan soil by terrorists against Pakistan.According to a statement issued by the army's media wing, Munir visited Wana in the South Waziristan district, along...

Kabul, March 4 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, echoed concerns raised by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday regarding the intensifying clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which have...

Islamabad, March 1 Pakistan has killed 415 Afghan Taliban personnel and injured more than 580 in the ongoing military operation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.Pakistan launched operation 'Ghazab Lil Haq' on Thursday night in response to Afghan Taliban...

New Delhi, February 28 – As the war with Afghanistan continues, Pakistan is beginning to realize that many of its assets have deserted it, choosing the opposite side. Consequently, it has been eliminating assets who have been switching loyalties during the escalation of the Afghan war.For...

Washington, February 24 – Pakistan has the right to protect itself from terrorism, the US said on Monday after Islamabad carried out strikes against alleged militant camps along the Afghanistan border."Pakistan has the right to protect itself from terrorism," a State Department spokesperson...

New Delhi, February 23 – Islamabad's airstrikes inside Afghanistan followed less than four days after media reports widely quoted Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stating in an interview that his country would not hesitate to carry out air operations inside the neighbouring country.The...

Islamabad, February 18 – The Pakistani Army suffered heavy casualties during counter-insurgency operations along the volatile Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the post-9/11 period, fighting against Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents. A recent report stated that during the height of these operations...

New Delhi, February 15 – The recent spate of violence and bloody clashes between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani military has brought the region into the global spotlight, highlighting the scale and intensity of human rights abuses in the region. The rebels, refusing to yield to the...