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Pakistan vows to ‘eradicate terrorism’ as Afghan truce nears end

March 23, 2026 admin

A Pakistani soldier keeps watch at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s foreign minister said Monday (March 23, 2026) that the country remains committed to “eradicating the menace of terrorism”, as the clock ticked down to the end of a temporary ceasefire with Afghanistan. Both countries last Wednesday…

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Pakistan and Afghanistan announce Eid ‘pause’ in hostilities

March 18, 2026 admin

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) announced a halt in fighting during celebrations for the end of Ramadan, after the deadliest strike in their escalating conflict killed hundreds in Kabul earlier this week. The governments in Islamabad and Kabul said in separate statements that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkiye had requested a pause…

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India terms Pakistan’s bombing of drug rehab centre in Kabul a ‘barbaric’ act

March 17, 2026 admin

Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP ndia on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) “unequivocally” condemned Pakistan’s bombing of Omid Drug Addiction Treatment Hospital in Afghanistan capital Kabul on the night of March 16 terming it…

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Rashid Khan, Afghanistan cricketers condemn deadly Kabul air strike by Pakistan

March 17, 2026 admin

Firefighters stand next to a fire truck at the site of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Several Afghanistan cricketers have spoken out against the civilian casualties reported in Kabul following airstrikes by Pakistan, expressing…

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Pakistan bombs Kabul in ‘open war’ on Afghanistan’s Taliban government

February 27, 2026 admin

Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, on Friday (February 27, 2026), with Islamabad’s Defence Minister declaring the neighbours at “open war” following months of tit-for-tat clashes. AFP journalists in Kabul and Kandahar heard blasts and jets overhead, as Pakistan launched air strikes on the Afghan capital and southern power base of…

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Pakistan Afghanistan conflict: Country wary of militant attacks after Afghanistan air strikes

February 25, 2026 admin

A soldier of Afghan Taliban forces stands guard close to the Torkham border of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said February 24, 2026…

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Afghanistan says it has released 3 Pakistani soldiers captured during October cross-border fighting

February 18, 2026 admin

Smoke goes up after a shell exploded in a border area during clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, as seen from Pakistan side of the border near Chaman, Pakistan on October 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Afghanistan has released three Pakistani soldiers who it had captured during cross-border fighting last October, its government spokesman…

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Pakistan witnesses drop in terror attacks since Afghan border closure: report

January 1, 2026 admin

Afghan refugees wait to register in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border. File | Photo Credit: AP Since closing down its border with Afghanistan, Pakistan has recorded a significant drop in cross-border terrorist attacks and deaths related to violence. Pakistan shut its border on October 11 last year after clashes with Afghanistan, which were…

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Pakistan cancelled military action against Afghanistan at Qatar’s request: DPM Dar

November 29, 2025 admin

Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan cancelled a potential military action against Afghanistan at Qatar’s request last month, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday (November 29, 2025). Mr. Dar was addressing a press conference where he talked at length about…

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10 including 9 children killed in Pakistani attack in Afghan province: Taliban

November 25, 2025 admin

A Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Khost province. | Photo Credit: AFP At least nine children and a woman were killed after Pakistani forces bombed the home of a local resident in Afghanistan’s Khost province, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid…

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