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Moscow, March 6 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday to discuss the ongoing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, as well as the situation following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.According to a statement...

Islamabad, March 3: Combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30% in February, due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, according to statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, local media reported.A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies...

Islamabad, March 2 Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that his country was forced to take punitive action against the Afghan Taliban after they refused to act against the militants operating from their soil against his country.He was briefing members of the diplomatic corps...

Lahore, March 2 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced four employees of the defense ministry to jail terms of up to 10 years for providing "secret information" to Russia, an official said on Monday.The judgment was announced by Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra of the Official Secrets Act Court...

New Delhi, March 2 – The fragile ceasefire between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan collapsed when the latter declared an open war with Kabul. The first round of strikes went in Pakistan's favour, and this boosted its army's morale.Pakistan may be ahead of Afghanistan in terms of air power, but...

Karachi, March 1 At least 184 international flights from Pakistan to the Middle East have been cancelled since Saturday due to the escalating situation following the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran.A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi...

February 28, New Delhi: The U.S. has offered diplomatic backing to Pakistan's air strikes on Afghanistan, as Islamabad confirmed on Saturday that it would continue its military operations.The strikes followed months of intermittent clashes along the border. On Saturday morning, two loud...

Kabul, February 28 – According to media reports, Pakistani police have intensified the arrest of Afghan refugees following escalating border clashes with Taliban forces.The situation for Afghan nationals in Pakistan has been described as "critical," with widespread detentions of both men and...

New Delhi, February 28 – Following nearly four months of border closures following sporadic skirmishes along the Durand Line and intermittent aerial bombardment by Islamabad inside Afghan territory, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply escalated, with the conflict now...

Kabul, February 28 – At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following border clashes with Pakistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said.The majority of the casualties were women and...

Washington, February 28 – The United States (US) has backed Pakistan’s right to defend itself against Taliban attacks, even as fighting escalated between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban. President Donald Trump praised Pakistan's leadership, and a State Department spokesperson told IANS that...

Kabul, February 27 – Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a "special group" in Pakistan has initiated a mission to destabilize the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.Addressing a press conference in Kandahar on...

Kabul, February 27 – The Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes against Pakistani military targets in Islamabad, Nowshera, Jamrud, and Abbottabad, Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced on Friday.Fitrat stated that these attacks were carried out in response to the airstrikes...

Islamabad, February 25 Imran Khan's party, which includes the former Pakistani prime minister, approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to move him from jail to a private hospital for his eye treatment.Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, February 25 Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, who is currently in prison, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to move him from jail to a private hospital for his eye treatment.Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, February 25 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party filed a petition in the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, requesting that former Prime Minister Imran Khan receive medical treatment at a hospital of his choice and be allowed to consult with his personal physicians. Local media...

Islamabad, February 24 – Five United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern over the criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, emphasizing that the charges against them could be used to suppress legal advocacy and...

Islamabad, February 23 – The suicide bombing by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) targeting a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, which claimed 36 lives and injured over 160 others during Friday prayers on February 6, should raise concerns within the state on several levels, as it...

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 22 Pakistan said on Sunday that it targeted at least seven terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan in retaliation for recent rebel attacks in the country, with Kabul warning of a “necessary and measured response” to the strikes.In the latest terrorist incident, an army lieutenant...