Engagement without recognition: Decoding New Delhi’s approach to Taliban

India-Taliban Ties: Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is currently on an eight-day stay in New Delhi, marking the highest-level visit by a Taliban official since the group took control of Kabul in 2021. He will be in India till...

Afghanistan cancels Pakistan cricket matches after Kabul attack

Afghanistan have cancelled proposed home and away cricket fixtures with Pakistan after a deadly bomb attack blamed by the country's intelligence agency on militants allegedly backed by Islamabad. Pakistan were set to play their first Twenty20...

World News | MQM Leader Altaf Hussain Slams Pak Army's Role in KP, Afghanistan; Questions Military's Political Interference

London [UK], October 14 (ANI): MQM founder and leader Altaf Hussain has vehemently condemned the involvement of the Pakistan Army in political and military affairs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan. During his 328th public address on TikTok,...

School Assembly News Headlines Today (Oct 21): Top National, International & Sports Updates + Thought of the Day

School Assembly News Headlines Today (Oct 21): Top National, International & Sports Updates Thought of the Day If you’re a student on the lookout for news headlines to read out in your school assembly, you’re at the right place! We’ve compiled a...

Family of Afghan refugees finds new beginnings in West Des Moines

After four years of uncertainty and danger while trying to escape terror and get into the United States, the Zaki family has found safety in Iowa, and a community eager to help them start again.The Zakis are Afghan refugees. They arrived on U.S....

Islamabad warns: Kabul of harsher response in future

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has warned Kabul that any further terror activity from its soil will be harsher than what Afghanistan experienced early this week. Well-placed diplomatic sources told The News/Jang on Monday that the high-echelon visit of...

Technology: Causing Chaos Or Transforming The World Order?

Technology has always shaped human civilisation, but in the 21st century, especially with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its transformative capacity has become systemic, global, and unpredictable. This paper advances three interlinked...

India resumes diplomatic ties with Afghanistan, reopens embassy in Kabul

India upgrades its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, announcing it will change its technical mission in Kabul to a full embassy – marking its most significant step to re-engage with the Taliban since the 2021 takeover. The move is a pragmatic...

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi slams Pakistan, hails India-Pakistan friendship

India News Indian FM S Jaishankar met Afghan counterpart Amir Muttaqi in New Delhi, discussing diplomatic, economic, and security matters. New Delhi: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met with his Afghanistan counterpart Amir Muttaqi in New...

PSX plummets by 4,600 points after weekend Afghan skirmish, TLP crackdown

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index plummeted by over 4,600 points on Monday due to continuing political uncertainty, the weekend conflict with Afghanistan and the ongoing crackdown on the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)....

Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist group, a longtime ally of Islamabad, seized power in 2021 as international troops withdrew and the government they...

Escalation tra Afghanistan e Pakistan: Conflitti Transfrontalieri, Attacchi Aerei e Implicazioni Regionali

Assessment L’escalation militare tra Afghanistan e Pakistan, sebbene parzialmente contenuta grazie all’intervento di attori esterni, quali Qatar e Arabia Saudita, rappresenta un problema persistente e crescente, con potenziali ripercussioni sulla...

Between New Delhi & Kabul, a fine balance

On December 24, 1999, an Indian Airlines flight (IC 814) operating between Kathmandu in Nepal and New Delhi was hijacked, and after moving through a few cities, eventually taken to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the ideological home of the...

As Pakistan battles Afghan Taliban, fears of major war rise

Fierce fighting erupted between the Pakistani military and Afghan Taliban forces over the weekend, marking the deadliest conflict between the neighbors since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021. Both Pakistani officials and the Taliban...

Afghanistan internet blackout ’a wake-up call’ for blockchain decentralization

Afghanistan’s recent nationwide internet outage underscored a critical weakness in the world’s leading decentralized blockchains: their dependence on centralized internet providers that remain vulnerable to government intervention and technical...

Afghan Industry Minister Visits China for Free Zones Congress

Nooruddin Azizi, Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has departed for China at the official invitation of the Chinese government, leading a high-level delegation. According to the Ministry of Industry and...

Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes: What Triggered The Fighting And Could It Escalate?

Last Updated:October 13, 2025, 16:01 IST The deadliest clashes in years erupted after alleged Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan. With both sides trading blame, fears of escalation are growing Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the...

Lessons that should be learned from the Pak–Afghan border clashes

By Agha Iqrar Haroon Although it appears that Pakistan’s one-sided affection toward Afghanistan may continue, it is imperative to reemphasize that it would be wiser for Pakistan to reassess and conclude this phase of its relationship sooner rather...

Pak-Afghan tensions dent investor sentiments, KSE-100 sheds over 4,500 points

Cross-border escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan dented investor sentiments at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 shedding over 4,500 points during the intra-day trading on Monday. At 12:35pm, the benchmark index...

Pak-Afghan tensions dents investor sentiments, KSE-100 sheds over 3,700 points

Cross-border escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan dented investor sentiments at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 shedding over 3,700 points during the opening hours of trading on Monday. At 11:30am, the...