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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...

Islamabad, March 1 Pakistan has killed 415 Afghan Taliban personnel and injured more than 580 in the ongoing military operation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.Pakistan launched operation 'Ghazab Lil Haq' on Thursday night in response to Afghan Taliban...

Islamabad, March 1 A Pakistani minister announced on Sunday that the operation against the Afghan Taliban was continuing, refuting reports on social media that the operation had concluded.Pakistan launched its operation on Thursday night in response to Taliban operatives attacking 53 locations...

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...

New Delhi, February 28 – When the American media posed a direct question to US President Donald Trump about his likely intervention in the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, he seemed more focused on the upcoming strikes in Iran than on broader implications.However, he did say that he might...

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...

Islamabad, February 28 Pakistani authorities said that approximately 331 members of the Afghan Taliban and their allied terrorist groups have been killed so far as the operation against them was ongoing, it emerged on Saturday.Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, providing an early...

New Delhi, February 28 – As the war with Afghanistan continues, Pakistan is beginning to realize that many of its assets have deserted it, choosing the opposite side. Consequently, it has been eliminating assets who have been switching loyalties during the escalation of the Afghan war.For...

United Nations, February 28 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said."I can tell you that the Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of violence...

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...

New York/Washington, February 28 Amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump has said he gets along very well with Pakistan and that the country is doing “tremendously well”.“I do, but I get along very, very well with Pakistan. You have a great Prime...