Russia envisages Afghanistan serving as the irreplaceable transit state for pioneering another North-South Transport Corridor, albeit this time between itself and Pakistan, but this master plan will remain unfulfilled as long as those two’s grievances against one another aren’t adequately addressed. The latest clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are the most serious in decades, have prompted a flurry of […]

Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital, Kabul, with Islamabad’s defence minister declaring that the hostile neighbours were in a state of “open war” as a cycle of retaliatory attacks escalated further. Witnesses in Kabul and Kandahar, the southern Afghan city, […]

Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, held separate phone calls with senior officials from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, focusing on the recent escalation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In his call with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Muttaqi said Afghanistan’s recent security actions were aimed at protecting sovereignty and territorial […]

The Taliban’s Defense Ministry claimed Saturday that 110 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 68 wounded in what it described as retaliatory operations over the past two days. In a statement, the ministry said its forces had carried out continued “operation” against Pakistani troops and had seized 27 military posts. It also claimed that key military centers and facilities inside […]

Pakistan information minister on Friday confirmed that three cities, all in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were targeted by Taliban drone attacks, claiming that no one was harmed. Attaullah Tarar said the attacks were carried out in Abbottabad, Swabi and Nowshera, claiming that Pakistan’s anti-drone systems shot down all of the drones and that there was no damage to life. Tarar said the […]

The mysterious elimination of Haji Lali Mama Nurzai, longtime operative of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and architect of jihadist training networks, marks more than the end of a single militant’s career. It is a symbol of Pakistan’s shrinking influence over Afghanistan, and of the Taliban’s deliberate pivot toward a pragmatic foreign policy that increasingly sidelines Islamabad in favor of […]

Afghan military spokesman confirmed the incident, while residents reported the pilot’s parachute descent. The event followed recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, including Kabul, intensifying the conflict. Taliban fighters look up while manning an armed pickup truck at the Afghan side of the Ghulam Khan crossing with Pakistan in Khost province, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir) Tensions […]