Category: Pakistan

Imran Khan to visit Kabul; Afghan politicians seek direct talks with Pakistan

Pakistani officials said on Wednesday in a statement that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Kabul on Thursday to discuss the Afghan peace process with President Ashraf Ghani.

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What Explains the Timing of Pakistan’s Anti-India Dossier?

Islamabad has come forward with evidence about India’s role in spreading terrorism in Pakistan. That might be a politically smart move. Last week, Pakistan came forward with a dossier allegedly presenting evidence of India’s involvement in funding terrorist activities in the country. In a joint press conference, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the director-general of the Inter-Services Public […]

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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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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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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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MoFA rejects Pakistan’s claims of India using Afghan soil to plot attacks

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday rejected Pakistan’s claims that India is using Afghanistan soil to plot attacks against Pakistan and said the claims are baseless. “We are committed to the policy of combating all forms of terrorism in the world without any discrimination,” the ministry said in a statement.

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Pakistani-Indian Military Clashes Kill 13 in Kashmir

Pakistan and rival India say fierce military clashes across their frontier in disputed Kashmir have killed at least 13 people and wounded many more on both sides, with each country accusing the other of initiating the fight. The two nuclear-armed South Asian nations routinely trade fire across the cease-fire boundary, known as the Line of Control (LoC), which splits the […]

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to Visit Kabul This Week

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Kabul this week, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday. Gran Hewad, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Afghan peace process and strengthening political, security, trade and economic ties will be discussed during this trip.

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Imran Khan accuses India of sponsoring terrorism inside Pakistan

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan Saturday claimed that his country has provided “irrefutable evidence” of India’s sponsored terrorism inside Pakistan. Pakistan reportedly has submitted the evidence to the United Nations. Khan also warned that Pakistan “cannot remain indifferent or silent.”

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