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Peshawar, March 27 Pakistan suspended the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals via the Torkham border on Friday after a security official was injured in firing from the other side of the border, officials said.The incident occurred late on Thursday at a border check-post near Torkham...

New Delhi, March 27 Pakistan has unexpectedly emerged as a mediator in the escalating US-Iran conflict, leveraging its diplomatic ties, according to reports, while its own ongoing war with Afghanistan remains unresolved despite several attempts at arbitration by other nations in the region...

New York, March 27 – Human Rights Watch, a US-based advocacy group, on Friday termed the recent Pakistani airstrikes on a rehabilitation center in Kabul as "an unlawful attack" and warned that the incident could amount to a possible war crime, raising serious concerns over civilian safety and...

Islamabad, March 27 – Pakistan has resumed the deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees through the Torkham border after the border was reopened for one-way pedestrian movement following a month-long closure due to clashes between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.In...

Lahore, March 26 Over 33,000 Afghan nationals, including women and children, have been deported from the Punjab province of Pakistan during the ongoing crackdown launched against illegal Afghans last year, police said on Thursday.Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem said in a...

United Nations, March 25 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stepped up his efforts to end the Iran war, appointing a personal envoy on Wednesday to support mediation efforts.Guterres stated that he was hopeful that, despite the differing positions of the parties in the conflict...

Kabul, March 25 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, stated on Wednesday that UN experts have called for prompt, independent, and transparent investigations into the Pakistani airstrikes on the Kabul rehabilitation center.On March 16...

New Delhi, March 25 The Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday that it has filed a chargesheet against certain nationals of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India as part of an investigation into money laundering related to a 2019 case involving the smuggling of over 580 kg of heroin along the...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence on the Border Roads Organisation in New Delhi. The meeting focused on key issues related to defence infrastructure, connectivity, and strategic initiatives to strengthen...

Kabul, March 24 – In a heartbreaking scene, several Afghan families searched for their loved ones on Eid in Afghanistan after a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on March 16 claimed the lives of over 400 people, according to a report. The Pakistani attack, which it...

Islamabad, March 24: According to reliable sources, the crackdown on undocumented Afghan refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is expected to intensify after the Eid holidays, local media reported on Tuesday.Authorities had temporarily suspended arrests during the Eid period to allow...

Kabul, March 22 – At least 43 shops were completely destroyed after a fire broke out at a local market in Badakhshan province, northern Afghanistan, according to a statement released by the provincial department of information and culture.The fire originated in the Ab Jim market in the...

Islamabad, March 21 Pakistan will not allow terrorists operating from Afghanistan to disrupt peace and endanger its security, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Saturday.Munir visited Kurram, on the border with Afghanistan, to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr...

Islamabad, March 21 – Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's "ill-considered decision" to declare war on Afghanistan amid the fragile situation at home has plunged Pakistan into a crisis with little prospect for a swift exit. By conducting airstrikes across the Durand Line, Rawalpindi has placed the...

Islamabad, March 21 – As Pakistan advocates against "Islamophobia" abroad, the persistence of such conditions at home raises legitimate questions about the country's credibility. The recurring claims of Islamophobia by Islamabad on the global stage, a report has cited, call for closer scrutiny...

Kolkata, March 21 Kolkata Knight Riders suffered another setback to their pace resources with India seamer Akash Deep ruled out for at least eight weeks due to a stress reaction in his lower back on Saturday, effectively sidelining him from the Indian Premier League.The injury also puts the...

Oslo, March 21 – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warned that over 115,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan, with civilians facing worsening humanitarian conditions following the conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan."Families who were already struggling to survive have been...

New Delhi, March 20 India has delivered a 2.5-ton shipment of medicines and other medical supplies to Afghanistan to treat people injured in an airstrike by Pakistan.Pakistan's airstrike on Kabul on March 16 killed around 400 people and injured more than 250. India has "unequivocally"...

New Delhi, March 20 – India delivered a 2.5-tonne consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits, and equipment to Afghanistan on Friday to support the medical treatment of those injured in the recent attack by Pakistan on a hospital in Kabul.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...

Kabul, March 20 – Khas Kunar police command spokesperson Farid Dehqan accused the Pakistani military of carrying out rocket attacks in Kunar province, Afghanistan, according to local media reports on Friday.Dehqan stated that the Pakistani military fired around 25 shells in several areas of...