Afghanistan has emerged as a major center of terrorism, narcotics trade and human trafficking since the return of the Taliban to power, according to international observers and policy analysts. Militant networks operating from Afghan territory are not only destabilizing neighboring countries but are also posing security concerns for nations beyond the region, including the United […]
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Pakistan conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan border, kills over 80 TTP militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out intelligence-based airstrikes across the Afghanistan border on Sunday, targeting seven camps belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State-Khorasan Province, killing more than 80 militants, according to Pakistani security sources. The operation was described as retaliatory, following a series of recent suicide attacks in Bajaur, Bannu, and Islamabad that […]
Pakistan demarches Afghanistan over Bajaur terror attack
Pakistan issued a demarche to the Taliban regime over the use of Afghan soil for a terrorist attack on security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur that martyred 11 soldiers, it emerged on Thursday. According to a press release by the Foreign Office (FO), the demarche was issued on Wednesday afternoon when the FO summoned the […]
Terror Nurturing in Afghanistan
The world has started understanding the concerns expressed for a long time by Islamabad about the emergence of cross-border terrorism from Afghanistan. New disclosures surfacing through regional and international forums are substantiating the genuineness of Pakistan’s stance amid the existence of banned terrorist groups under the shelter of the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan. Infiltration, […]
Afghanistan beat UAE to keep faint Super 8 hopes alive
Afghanistan clung to their fading hopes of making the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup after Azmatullah Omarzai’s all-round brilliance fashioned their five-wicket victory against the United Arab Emirates in a Group D match on Monday. The outcome sent group leaders South Africa, who have six points from three games, into the Super […]
US affirms Pakistan as key partner in South Asia strategy
WASHINGTON: Pakistan remains an important partner for the United States (US) in South and Central Asia, with Washington aiming to expand trade, economic cooperation, and security ties, Assistant Secretary of State Paul Kapur told Congress on Wednesday. Read More: Pak-US relations enter new era in 2025, reports Washington Times Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s […]
UN warns of TTP growing presence in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD – A United Nations (UN) Security Council report has warned that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) continues to enjoy preferential treatment under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, raising concerns among member states about the group’s potential as an extra-regional threat. Read More: Taliban must stop TTP operating from Afghan soil: UN The warning appears in the 37th report of the […]
Around 1,100 Pakistani students return from Afghanistan, NA told
Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that around 1,100 Pakistani students have already returned home following the closure of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Of these, 26 entered Pakistan via land routes, while the remaining students were repatriated by air, he said while responding to a calling attention […]
Seifert, Phillips shine as NZ beat Afghanistan by five wickets
Tim Seifert’s fifty and Glenn Phillips’s 42 off 25 balls propelled New Zealand to a five-wicket win over Afghanistan in the fourth match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Set to chase a daunting 183-run target, the Blackcaps struck the winning runs for the loss of five […]
Minibus crash kills 15 in northeastern Afghanistan
At least 15 people were killed when a minibus overturned and crashed into a valley in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, police said, updating an earlier death toll. The bus “veered off course and fell into a valley” as it travelled along a road in Badakhshan province towards its capital, Faizabad, a provincial police spokesperson said, […]