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Afghanistan has other means if peaceful efforts with Pakistan do not succeed: Muttaqi
New Delhi: Afghanistan wants to resolve border clashes with Pakistan through dialogue but has recourse to “other means” if peaceful efforts do not succeed, Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday. Afghanistan foreign minister...

Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes: What we know so far
Heavy fighting has broken out between Pakistani and Afghan forces at multiple locations on their border, and the rival sides claim to have captured and destroyed border posts in one of the worst border clashes in recent years. The Taliban...

Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange deadly border fire: What’s next?
Pakistani and Afghan forces have exchanged deadly fire at multiple locations along their border, and the two sides claim to have captured and destroyed border posts in one of the worst border clashes in recent years. The Taliban administration’s...

Afghan forces' unprovoked firing violates UN Charter, Doha agreement: experts
The recent unprovoked cross-border firing by Afghan forces on multiple Pakistani checkposts has sparked serious concerns among foreign relations and defence experts, who have termed it a blatant violation of the United Nations (UN) Charter and the...

Afghan cross-border firing 'violates' UN Charter, Doha agreement
The recent unprovoked cross-border firing by Afghan forces on multiple Pakistani border posts has drawn sharp criticism from foreign affairs and defence experts, who described the incident as a serious breach of the United Nations Charter and the...

SpaceCom International holds investment talks with Afghanistan
SpaceCom International, a global telecommunications and technology company, concluded a series of high-level investment meetings with the Prime Minister’s office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), underscoring the mutual commitment to...

TIKA builds 300-ton cold storage facility to support Afghan farmers
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has constructed a modern cold storage facility with a capacity of 300 tons to support the agricultural sector in Afghanistan. According to a written statement from TIKA, an inauguration...

New research reveals sexual exploitation risks to millions of children across India and South Asia
Bengaluru: New research being unveiled at an Indian cybersecurity conference this week has revealed a “human tragedy of sexual exploitation and abuse”, with millions of children at risk. The Childlight Global Child Safety Institute said that data,...

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...

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,...

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...

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 FM presser in India an example of how Taliban have treated women | Explained
A press conference held by Afghanistan's Taliban regime's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi became the center of controversy on October 9, 2025, after female journalists were not allowed to attend. The Indian government clarified on...

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...

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)....
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...

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...

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...