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 […]

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 said Thursday evening that their forces had launched attacks on Pakistani military posts along the eastern border and claimed to have seized multiple outposts in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, marking a sharp escalation in already rising tensions between the two sides. In statements circulated by Taliban officials, they said two Pakistani posts had been “captured” in the Machinaw […]

The Taliban said Pakistani forces struck Kabul and two other cities after border clashes late Thursday. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed that Pakistani airstrikes targeted Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia in the early hours of midnight on Friday. He claimed that no one was harmed in the airstrikes. Amu reporters earlier said that the airstrikes were heard in various areas in […]

The spokesperson expressed hope that “good-faith dialogue” between Kabul and Islamabad would help defuse the crisis. Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Tehran is deeply concerned about the rising tension between Kabul and Islamabad, warning that any further escalation could have consequences beyond the two neighboring states. Speaking at a press conference, Baghaei said Iran stands ready to […]

A worsening militancy in Southwest Asia is again ramping up the risk of a major conflict between nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan.. Pakistan has twice bombed territory deep inside Afghanistan, the latest raid coming overnight Saturday after a series of deadly attacks which Pakistan blamed on India-backed militants hiding in the country. The Taliban government has threatened to reply at […]

On February 22, 2026, Pakistan carried out a series of predawn airstrikes across eastern and south-eastern Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 civilians, including women and children, and leaving several others injured. Pakistani accounts, however, claimed the strikes hit seven militant facilities, including the Banusi Madrasa in Bermal district and suspected hideouts in Khogyani, killing more than […]

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday night, targeting what it described as militant camps near the border, as local sources reported strikes in several districts of Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. In a statement dated Feb. 21, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the strikes were a “retributive response” to a string of recent suicide bombings inside Pakistan, including attacks […]

Pakistan’s commerce minister has said that national security would remain the country’s top priority in its trade ties with Afghanistan and diplomatic engagement with the Taliban. Jam Kamal Khan warned that Islamabad would not compromise on what he described as militant threats emanating from Afghanistan’s territory. Khan said that “terrorism originating from Afghanistan” is unacceptable and that peace, trade and […]

Mohammad Fazel Mazloom, a former Taliban deputy defence minister who is under U.N. sanctions, has been appointed minister of transport and civil aviation in a cabinet reshuffle ordered by the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Under the same order, the Taliban transport minister, Hamidullah Akhundzada, has been appointed as the Taliban’s first deputy minister of defense, a similar pattern of […]