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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...

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...

Islamabad, February 27 Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar accused the Afghan Taliban regime on Friday of sponsoring cross-border terrorism that "institutionalizes slavery and orchestrates the systematic erasure of women and minorities."Addressing a press conference, Tarar said...

On Friday, Pakistan stated that it was in an "open war" with Afghanistan after its forces killed more than 270 Taliban fighters and injured over 400 others in airstrikes in response to what Islamabad described as the cross-border attacks by the Afghan Taliban.The spokesman for Afghanistan's...

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...

Tel Aviv, February 27. Pakistan is not targeting militants in Afghanistan, but rather terrorizing civilians and undermining Afghan sovereignty. This, according to a report, exposes the stark hypocrisy of Islamabad, which decries its losses while simultaneously bombing Afghan schools and homes...

February 27, New Delhi – Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that there is now an "open war" between Pakistan and Afghanistan, following months of tit-for-tat clashes.Pakistan bombed Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul, on Friday, hours after Afghan forces attacked...

Kabul, February 27 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, called for calm and respect for human rights and humanitarian law, particularly the protection of civilians, amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have claimed...

Islamabad, February 27 – Pakistan on Friday stated that it considers itself in an "open war" with Afghanistan, as its forces killed more than 130 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia in response to what Islamabad described as the cross-border attack by the Afghan...

Moscow, February 27 Amid escalating armed clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Russia on Friday urged both countries to end the conflict and resolve their differences through diplomatic means.Pakistan launched a retaliatory operation late Thursday night in response to alleged border...