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April 03, New Delhi — A suicide bomber in a vehicle packed with explosives killed at least three women and two children at a house in northwestern Pakistan.The attack took place in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders the country's formerly self-governed...

Kabul, April 3 – Two commuters were killed and 13 others were injured when a passenger bus veered off the road in Ghazni province, eastern Afghanistan, on Friday, provincial police spokesman Khalid Sarhadi said.The accident occurred on the main road in the Qarabagh district early Friday...

Kabul, April 3 – At least two children were killed and nearly 30 people were injured due to shelling and drone strikes carried out by Pakistani forces in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Friday, citing officials.Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the attacks targeting...

April 03, New Delhi – U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Randy George has been asked to step down and retire immediately by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.George, an infantry officer with service in Iraq and Afghanistan, was confirmed as Army chief in 2023. The position typically has a four-year...

Kabul, April 2 – Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, said on Thursday that over 27,000 Afghan families across nine provinces have been displaced due to attacks carried out by Pakistan's military, according to local media reports.During a coordination meeting with...

Islamabad, April 2 – As many as 109 Pakistani nationals were among at least 2,722 people from the Asia-Pacific region who died or went missing around the world in 2025 while attempting to enter other countries illegally, according to Pakistani media, citing the latest statistics released by the...

Peshawar, April 2 Pakistani security forces have killed eight militants in an intelligence-based operation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, the army said on Thursday.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army's media wing, the operation was...

Kabul, April 2 – One person was killed and 13 others were injured after flash floods swept through several areas in the Herat province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Thursday, citing an official statement.Pajhwok Afghan News, an Afghan news outlet, quoted provincial governor spokesman...

Islamabad, April 2 Pakistan confirmed on Thursday that it was holding talks with the Taliban government of Afghanistan to end the ongoing conflict, while demanding that Kabul must "demonstrate visible and verifiable actions" against terrorists.Speaking at a weekly press conference here...

Kabul, April 1 – UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has criticised the continued ban preventing Afghan women from accessing UN offices, calling the policy discriminatory and unjustifiable, according to local media reports on Wednesday.Bennett...

Islamabad, April 1 Officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China are meeting on Wednesday in the Chinese city of Urumqi under the trilateral mechanism, according to a media report.This is the first high-level interaction between the two warring neighbours since Pakistan launched Operation...

Islamabad, April 1 – Participants in a jirga (tribal council) have urged the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to stop the border clashes and resolve their differences through dialogue, local media reported on Wednesday.A "Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga" was organized in Pakistan's...

Peshawar, March 31 A joint Pakistan-Afghanistan "jirga" held here on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire to ease the rising tensions between the two neighbors.A jirga is an assembly of elders and community leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan that resolves disputes based on consensus...

Islamabad, March 30 Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, Pakistan is actively seeking to project itself as a mediator, reflecting the pressures and constraints it faces, both external and internal, according to a report.A meeting was recently held in Islamabad, which saw the participation...

Kabul, March 30 – As many as 28 people were killed and 49 others were injured due to heavy rains, floods, and lightning in several provinces of Afghanistan since February 26, according to the Disaster Preparedness Authority spokesperson, Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, local media reported on Monday...

Kabul, March 30 – Hundreds of Afghans living abroad held protests in London and Oslo over the weekend, protesting against the Pakistani military's attacks in Afghanistan, which have caused civilian casualties, local media reported on Monday.Protesters in London marched through central streets...

New Delhi, March 30 Following reports that Pakistan was attempting to broker a truce between the United States and Iran amidst a month-long war in West Asia, Afghanistan appears to have increased its regional outreach amid its own armed conflict with Islamabad.During a discussion with Afghan...

Islamabad, March 30 – Recent statements by figures in Pakistan linked to terrorist networks reveal a troubling pattern of using symbolic and emotionally charged occasions to strengthen narratives of conflict, identity, and cross-border mobilization, a report highlighted on Monday.Writing for...

Kabul, March 30 – The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has urged Pakistani forces to stop attacking civilian areas in Afghanistan and to respect international law. Calling the firing on residential areas "war crimes," the IHRF has called on the United Nations and international human...

Kabul, March 30 – One person was killed and 16 others were injured after Pakistani forces launched rocket and heavy weapon attacks on residential areas in Kunar province, Afghanistan, local media reported on Monday, quoting officials.The shelling targeted areas near Asadabad and nearby homes...