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Pakistan military chief Asim Munir arrives in Tehran in push to end Iran war

May 22, 2026 admin

Pakistan’s powerful army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on Friday (May 22, 2026), with Islamabad mediating as the Islamic Republic examines a new U.S. proposal to end the West Asia war. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, however, said the visit did not necessarily mean “we have reached a turning point or…

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IED blast kills three, including tribal chief, in northwestPakistan

May 18, 2026 admin

Three people, including a tribal chief, were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device blast at a marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Monday (May 18, 2026), police said. The blast occurred in a busy plaza in Wana town of South Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Rescue teams and residents rushed to…

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Security forces kill five terrorists in northwest Pakistan

May 17, 2026 admin

Security forces gunned down five terrorists in intelligence-based operations in northwest Pakistan, police said on Sunday (May 17, 2026). The operations were conducted late on Saturday (May 16, 2026) in the Bannu district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to police. The Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sajjad Khan said that the operations were launched following…

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The evolving China-Pakistan space cooperation

April 28, 2026 admin

Today, China has built and launched satellites for Pakistan and in 2026 announced that it will send one Pakistani astronaut to the Tiangong space station. (Representational image) The Chinese space programme has undertaken major strides since it built and launched its first satellite in 1970. In last half a century Beijing has conducted satellite launches,…

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Pakistan’s return: Mediator or West Asia asset?

April 9, 2026 admin

Across India and among South Asia watchers, Pakistan’s role has been met with a mix of surprise and unease, with sentiments that are increasingly visible in sections of strategic commentary Source link

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar sustains ‘hairline fracture’ after fall during Egypt Foreign Minister’s reception

March 30, 2026 admin

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty shakes hands with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Ishaq Dar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the day Pakistan hosts talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey to discuss regional de-escalation, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan,…

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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 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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Tens of thousands flee northwest Pakistan over fears of military operation

January 28, 2026 admin

People who fled from Tirah, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, amid uncertainty over a military operation against the Pakistani Taliban, wait for their turn outside a registration centre in Bara, a town of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber district, on January 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children,…

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CDF Asim Munir tells Afghan Taliban to choose between TTP and Pakistan

December 21, 2025 admin

Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces and Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir. File Photo credits: Inter Services Public Relations via AP Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has asked Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to choose between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistan, saying that a majority of militant groups infiltrating across the border comprise Afghan nationals….

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