Archive for November 18th, 2020

New Delhi Rebuffs Islamabad’s ‘Proof’ of Indian Support to Militant Groups

On Saturday, 14 November, Pakistan claimed it would present evidence to the United Nations and other international bodies that India has been involved with militant organisations on its soil. The claim was made by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi after the armies of both countries engaged in cross-border firing on the eve of Diwali.

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Twenty-Eight Taliban Militants Killed in Helmand Clashes

Lashkargah (BNA) Twenty-eight Taliban insurgents were killed and 11 others wounded in the latest clashes in Helmand.

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Pakistan blocks off capital over anti-France protest over Macron’s comments

Pakistan authorities sealed off a major road into the capital Islamabad for a second day Monday as a far-right religious party held fresh anti-France protests. A rally in the neighboring city of Rawalpindi which attracted up to 5,000 people on Sunday spilled over into Monday, with around a thousand protesters gathered at the roadblock preventing them from entering the capital.

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Afghanistan: 70 Taliban commanders killed in Helmand, Kandahar by Afghan forces

The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Sunday released a list of 70 Taliban commanders killed in Afghanistan’s war-torn provinces of Helmand and Kandahar in operations carried out by Afghan forces in response to attacks by the group that started more than a month ago, reported TOLO News.

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152 Pakistani terrorists operating in Afghanistan killed in Afghan forces operations

Over 150 Pakistan terrorists operating in Afghanistan were killed in operations conducted by the Afghan forces in Helmand and Kandahar province, the Interior Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. In a press conference, the Interior Affairs Ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian released a list of Taliban terrorists killed in recent clashes against Afghan forces.

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Sino–India dispute: how far can it go?

In September 11, both India and China optimistically agreed to reduce tensions, caused by China’s occupation of Indian lands, with a joint statement in Moscow made by the foreign ministers of respective parties on the need to achieve results through negotiations and military de-escalation. In actual fact, the recent Sino-India border clashes, which started between the two Asian nuclear armed […]

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Pakistan has ‘irrefutable’ proof of India sponsoring ‘terrorism’

Islamabad says it has obtained documents that show New Delhi met with and funded members of banned Pakistani Taliban and Baloch militant groups in a bid to sabotage China’s $65 billion Belt and Road investment plan. Islamabad has said it has “irrefutable” evidence of India sponsoring “terrorism” aimed at destabilising Pakistan and targeting its economic partnership with China – that […]

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India, Afghanistan Reject Terror-Related Charges by Pakistan

Afghanistan and India Sunday refuted allegations they are the source of terrorist attacks in Pakistan and instead questioned counterterrorism credentials of their South Asian neighbor. The strong rebuttal comes a day after Islamabad accused New Delhi of running some 66 militant training camps on Afghan soil to plot “terrorism” to destabilize Pakistan and hurt its economic partnership with China.

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MoI Releases List of Taliban Commanders Killed in South

The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Sunday released a list of 70 Taliban commanders killed in Helmand and Kandahar in Afghan forces operations that were carried out in response to attacks by the group that started more than a month ago. According to the ministry, 20 of the commanders were from various parts of Helmand and were leading groups of […]

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Kandahar Clashes Claim Member of Taliban Office in Qatar

Maulvi Munir, a key member of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, had been killed by Afghan security forces during a battle in Kandahar province. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said in a press conference on Sunday, that Maulvi Munir, a key member of the Taliban’s Qatar office, had been killed in a clash with Afghan security forces in Kandahar.

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