This is the result of them reviving their Old Cold War-era strategic partnership. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced that his country will upgrade its technical mission in Afghanistan to a full-fledged embassy during the six-day visit of his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi. This came the day after Pakistan bombed several alleged “Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan” (TTP, a.k.a. “Pakistani […]

Residents of Kabul say drones were seen patrolling the skies over the capital for a second consecutive night, following airstrikes by fighter jets late last week. According to local accounts gathered by Amu TV, the drones flew over several areas of the city and remained in the air until the early hours of the morning. The origin of the drones […]

Former UN monitor Heinz Jacob Schindler cautions that large-scale deportations may offer IS-KP new opportunities to grow [ISLAMABAD] Multiple reports confirm a sharp surge in Afghans being forcibly expelled from Pakistan and Iran—a mass return that has alarmed diplomats and security officials. They warn that Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP), already entrenched in eastern Afghanistan and notorious for brutal attacks, […]

The women’s brigade is reportedly to be led by Sadiya Azhar, the sister of Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Maulana Masood Azhar. Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which suffered a crippling blow during India’s Operation Sindoor, has reportedly stepped up efforts to revive its footprint, including in India, and has announced the formation of its first-ever women’s wing, named Jamaat-ul-Mominaat, according to media […]

At least 11 Pakistani soldiers were killed and two more were wounded in an overnight attack by militants from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local sources told Amu on Wednesday. According to the sources, TTP fighters attacked a military post late Tuesday night and the fighting lasted for several hours. The sources also […]

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on Kabul and Paktika province, calling the attacks a violation of Afghanistan’s airspace. In a statement issued Friday, the ministry described the strikes as “unprecedented in the history of relations between the two countries,” and labeled them “violent and unacceptable.” “We condemn this incursion into Afghan territory […]

A spokesperson for the Pakistan Army accused India of using Afghanistan as a “base of operations” and alleged Afghan nationals’ roles in anti-security activities inside Pakistan during a press briefing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry criticized the KP provincial government, saying it should focus on protecting its citizens rather than “begging Afghanistan” for security. “Appeasement of terrorists and their […]

India is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to full embassy status, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced during a meeting Friday with Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Jaishankar said the personal meeting offered both sides “special value” in exchanging perspectives, identifying common interests and forging closer cooperation. He referenced recent “terrorist attacks” — in Pahalgam, Kunar and Nangarhar […]

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that the Taliban will not permit any foreign country to establish a military base in Afghanistan, including the former US airbase at Bagram, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported Tuesday. In a meeting on the sidelines of the 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow, Muttaqi said […]

Representatives from 10 countries attending the 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan reaffirmed their support for a stable and independent Afghanistan and rejected any deployment of foreign military infrastructure in the country or its neighbors, according to a joint statement issued Tuesday. The meeting, held on October 7, brought together senior officials and special envoys from Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, […]