If you want to disarm Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and promote peace and coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, Pakistan is the wrong choice. Pakistan, which does not recognize Israel, has already made it clear that it is “not ready” to disarm Hamas. According to Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar: “If the purpose of deploying […]

The resumption of direct flights between Dhaka and Karachi in December 2025 is more than a matter of convenience. It symbolizes a broader recalibration in South Asian geopolitics following Bangladesh’s student-led uprising of 2024, which toppled Sheikh Hasina’s long-standing regime and ushered Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus into interim leadership. Against this backdrop, Dhaka’s foreign policy is shifting away from its […]

Taliban and Pakistani border forces exchanged fire at the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province on Friday night, both sides said, marking the latest flare-up along a frontier that has seen repeated clashes over the past two months. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the incident began when Pakistani forces opened fire, prompting what he called a “necessary response” from Taliban […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezhakian’s visit to Islamabad on August 2, which led to the signing of 12 cooperation agreements between Iran and Pakistan, is a reflection of the 12-day Israel-Iran war. Pakistan strongly condemned the unjustified and illegitimate aggression by Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistani Defence Minister Khwaja Asif vowed to “stand behind Iran” and called […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed Tuesday to “respond appropriately” to overnight strikes it blamed on neighboring Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tensions spiked the day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city. An air raid on Khost province left nine children and a woman “martyred,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X, blaming Pakistani forces and saying the target […]

Pakistan’s military on Tuesday issued a cautious response to Taliban accusations of deadly airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, saying it does not conduct undeclared military operations and “never targets civilians”. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that Pakistani strikes hit parts of Khost, Paktika and Kunar provinces overnight, killing at least 10 civilians. Mujahid described the attacks as “violations and […]

Pakistan’s military denied on Tuesday it had struck neighbouring Afghanistan, rejecting accusations by the Taliban government that it was behind an overnight air raid that killed 10 people near the border. “Pakistan has not attacked Afghanistan,” army spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in comments carried by state broadcaster PTV, adding that “the allegations of the interim Afghan government […]

Pakistan security forces killed 23 militants in two targeted operations near the Afghan frontier, the army said Thursday, a week after a suicide bombing killed 12 people in Islamabad. The militants belonged to the Pakistani Taliban or its affiliated groups, the military said in a statement, accusing archfoe India of backing them.

Pakistani security forces killed at least 23 militants during raids on two hideouts in the country’s northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, amid heightened tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban. The operations took place on Wednesday in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and triggered intense gunfights, according to a statement from Pakistan’s military. No […]

The Taliban’s Commission for Refugees said on Monday that more than 7,700 Afghan migrants were deported from Pakistan the previous day, as Islamabad continues a sweeping crackdown on undocumented foreigners. An additional 246 individuals were expelled from Iran on the same day, the commission said. The deportees entered the country through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings in the […]