Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said security forces had foiled an attempt by the Afghan Taliban and terrorists to attack a border post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Ghulam Khan Sector, in which 37 of the attackers were killed and more than 80 were injured. According to the minister, the incident took place on the night […]
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Managing Threats across the Afghan Border
Pakistan and Afghanistan are neighbours. Ideally, their relationship could have been built on trade, commerce, and shared prosperity. The border between the two countries could have been a bridge of opportunity, a gateway to regional growth. Instead, it has become a corridor of fear. Suicide attackers cross into Pakistan. Drones strike from Afghan soil. What […]
Pakistan launches decisive strikes against Afghan Taliban along border
The Pakistan Armed Forces continue decisive operations against Afghan Taliban and Fitanah al-Khawarij elements. According to security sources, the military carried out a major operation in the Bajaur sector, targeting Afghan Taliban posts near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, destroying them completely. Sources confirmed that the Pakistan Army also employed guided missiles to strike Taliban positions along […]
Pakistan strikes seven terror camps along Afghan border
Pakistan has struck seven “terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Pakistani Taliban of [Fitna al Khwarij] and its affiliates and [the Islamic State-Khorasan Province] at the border region of Pakistan Afghan border,” the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced in a post early Sunday on social media platform X. Fitna al Khawarij is a term […]
Sindh urges border surveillance amid Nipah virus outbreak in India
Seeking to enhance border surveillance, the Sindh Health Services department has urged the authorities to ensure early detection of any suspected Nipah virus (NiV) case arriving through international travel or exhibiting unexplained encephalitis, amid surfacing of Nipah virus in neighbouring India. The health department said this in an alert on Nipah virus outbreak in West […]
Turkish intelligence captures senior IS-K figure on Pak-Afghan border
Turkish intelligence has captured a senior operative of the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) group during a covert operation along the Pak-Afghan border, Turkish officials said on Monday, describing the arrest as a major blow to the militant network’s transnational operations. The suspect, Mehmet Goren, a Turkish national, was apprehended following days of intelligence-led surveillance in […]
Torkham border reopens for Afghans to leave, but trade remains suspended
Pakistan partially reopened Torkham border crossing on Saturday allowing thousands of Afghan refugees who had been stranded for nearly three weeks to return to Afghanistan. The reopening, however, was limited exclusively to pedestrian refugees. Officials on both sides confirmed that all other cross-border movement, including trade routes that see hundreds of trucks daily remains suspended. […]
The Border That History Already Settled
In the rugged mountains where the Hindu Kush meets the plains of the subcontinent, a faint but firm line still shapes the destiny of two nations. The Durand Line – often misunderstood, occasionally misrepresented, but never legally in doubt – remains one of South Asia’s most consequential frontiers. For Pakistan, it is not merely a […]
Five troops martyred in border clashes amid Afghan talks
Security forces have killed 25 Khawarij, including four suicide bombers belonging to an Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij Fitna in Kurram and North Waziristan districts. “Movements of two large groups of khwarij, opposite general area Ghaki, Kurram District and Spinwam, North Waziristan District, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, were picked up […]
Afghan border crossings to remain shut over security situation
Pakistan on Friday announced that border crossings with Afghanistan would remain closed, citing the security situation, stressing that saving the life of an ordinary Pakistani is more important than the movement of goods or trade. Border crossings between the two countries have remained closed since October 11, following clashes earlier this month that killed dozens […]