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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...

Islamabad, March 4 The Pakistani government arranged a closed-door briefing for leaders of various political parties on Wednesday to keep them informed about the prevailing regional security situation.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the meeting, where security officials briefed the...

New Delhi, March 4: With the people of Afghanistan rallying behind the Taliban in the fight against Pakistan, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has been instructed by the ISI to carry out widespread attacks.The Afghan people, many of whom were not in favour of the Taliban, are now...

Peshawar, March 4 The Pakistani Army has killed the commander of the Afghan Taliban during an operation near the Torkham border in northwest Pakistan, security officials said on Wednesday.The commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA), identified as Qahraman, and his associates were...

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...

Peshawar, March 2 The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan has temporarily suspended the arrest of Afghan nationals due to the prevailing security situation and the continued closure of the border, officials said on Monday.A police spokesperson said the decision was taken on...

Lahore, March 2 Pakistan has temporarily closed certain routes within the Karachi and Lahore Flight Information Regions (FIRs) at specific times due to ongoing military exercises involving fighter jets from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), in response to the evolving regional situation, a...

Islamabad, March 2 Pakistan's offensive against the Afghan Taliban was ongoing, with its security forces destroying an ammunition depot, state media reported on Monday.Pakistan launched "Operation Ghazab lil Haq" last week after forces of the Afghan Taliban attacked 53 locations along the more...

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...

Kabul, March 2 – Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that its Air Force had conducted what it described as precise and coordinated aerial operations against multiple Pakistani military installations, signaling a sharp escalation in the already worsening security situation...