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Afghan forces struck militant hideouts in Pakistan: Taliban

June 19, 2026 admin

Afghan forces launched “air strikes” on ⁠hideouts of Islamist militants in two provinces of Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban’s Defence Ministry said on Friday (June 19, 2026), sparking new tension between the neighbours months ‌after they engaged in their worst conflict in years. The hideouts in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, both of ‌which share…

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Pakistan says onus on Afghanistan to end hostilities

April 2, 2026 admin

Afghan refugees gather next to a truck loaded with their family’s belonging as they wait for registration to leave for their homeland, outside a repatriation centre in Landi Kotal, a town of Pakistan’s Khyber district bordering with Afghanistan. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan said Thursday (April 2, 2026) that the burden of ending its…

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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastern city, killing and wounding civilians

March 29, 2026 admin

Afghanistan’s government accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastern Afghan city on Sunday (March 30, 2026), killing one person and wounding more than a dozen in the latest episode of renewed fighting between the two neighbouring countries. The fighting, which erupted in late February, has been the most severe between Afghanistan and…

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How Pakistan and the Taliban, former allies, slid into ‘open war’

February 27, 2026 admin

“Our patience has run out”, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif wrote in a social media post on Friday (February 27, 2026). “Now it is open war between us and you.” Mr. Asif’s remarks came after Pakistan carried out air strikes on Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s two largest cities, and Paktia, a border province. The strikes…

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Taliban’s trade Minister in Delhi amidst Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes to enhance sea connectivity

November 19, 2025 admin

Afghan Industry and Commerce Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi receives a warm welcome on his arrival for the official visit to India, in New Delhi on November 19, 2025. Photo: X/@MEAINDIA via ANI Against the backdrop of continued hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Taliban administration Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi started…

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Ceasefire with Afghanistan hinges on Taliban’s commitment to rein in terrorists, says Khawaja Asif

October 20, 2025 admin

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview in Islamabad, on October 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday (October 20, 2025) said the ceasefire arrangement with Afghanistan hinges on Taliban’s commitment to rein in terrorists attacking his country from across the border. His statement comes a…

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Three Afghan cricketers killed in attack: cricket board

October 17, 2025 admin

Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country’s cricket board said on Friday (October 17, 2025). The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border…

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Situation under control: Muttaqi on Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes

October 12, 2025 admin

Afghanistan’s Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attends a press conference, in New Delhi on October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Afghanistan wants peaceful resolution of its conflict with Pakistan but if the efforts don’t succeed, it has other means, Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday (October 12, 2025). Mr….

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