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Islamabad, March 13 – At least six police personnel were killed and one injured in an explosion near a police vehicle in the Bettani tribal area of Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, according to local media reports.According to a spokesperson for the local police...

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...

March 13, New Delhi – The Afghan government stated today that Pakistan had launched fresh attacks on Kabul and several other provinces.Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced on X that the attacks targeted Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Paktika, and some other areas.He also...

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...

New Delhi, March 12 India on Thursday dismissed Islamabad's allegations of Indian involvement in the recent clashes between Pakistani troops and the Taliban, asserting that no amount of "spin" will change the fact that Pakistan supports cross-border terrorism.New Delhi also rejected Pakistan's...

Islamabad, March 11 Pakistan said on Wednesday that its security forces have killed 641 Afghan Taliban operatives and injured over 855 in the ongoing military operation launched two weeks ago.Pakistan launched military action, codenamed Operation Ghazab lil-Haq (righteous fury), on February 26...

Kabul, March 10 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan are hindering the country's progress and exacerbating humanitarian challenges, local media reported on Tuesday.UNAMA Acting Head Georgette Gagnon...

In an exclusive interview with a leading international affairs magazine, Kabul-based Afghan intelligence analyst and counterterrorism expert Ajmal Sohail accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of increasingly targeting Chinese infrastructure and investment projects in Afghanistan...

March 10, New Delhi – The United States has condemned Afghanistan over its detention of American citizens, a move that could result in a ban on U.S. passport holders traveling to the country.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he was designating Afghanistan’s Taliban...

Washington, March 10 – The United States has designated Afghanistan as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention," with Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing the Taliban of detaining Americans and other foreign nationals to extract concessions.Announcing the move, Rubio said that Washington...

Kabul, March 9 – Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has accused Pakistani Army generals of putting the security of the entire region at risk instead of resolving the country's internal issues, local media reported on Monday.Muttaqi, during an iftar gathering for ambassadors of...

New Delhi, March 9 – Pakistan’s ISI has made several efforts to disrupt Chinese investments in Afghanistan as Islamabad feels that it is soon losing control. India and Afghanistan have reset ties, and the country’s foreign minister recently visited New Delhi to signal the same.This was a...

Islamabad, March 8 According to official data released on Sunday, Pakistan's security forces have killed 583 Afghan Taliban operatives in the ongoing military operation launched along the border last month.Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq on February 26 after the Afghan Taliban...

Kabul, March 8 – A fire broke out at a commercial market in the Torkham area of Afghanistan following a major strike by Pakistani forces, causing damage to businesses and property, local media reported on Sunday, citing officials.Torkham Mayor Mawlawi Abdullah Mustafa said that several shells...

Canberra, March 7 – The ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan marks a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations that have been simmering since the Taliban regained power in August 2021. Islamabad has previously conducted significant airstrikes targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

Paris, March 7 – A leading international press freedom organization expressed grave concern over a new wave of repression targeting Afghan refugees, including exiled journalists across Pakistan.Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that the escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

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...

Kabul: Pakistan is desperately trying to portray itself as a country under siege, targeted by militants allegedly operating from Afghan soil, and forced to take unilateral military action to protect its citizens. However, when viewed against the backdrop of regional history, this narrative...

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...

Peshawar, March 5 Security forces conducted coordinated ground and air strikes against militant positions along the border with Afghanistan in southwest Pakistan, targeting dozens of posts used by the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij militants, officials said on Thursday...